Today, March 28, the Royal Mint will release 300 million new £1 coins. The new coins are 12-sided, slightly thinner than old pound coins, and are bimetallic like the £2 coin. Perhaps most ...

A new 12-sided £1 coin is to enter circulation later this month as the current “round pound” is phased out. Within six months the round coin is to become obsolete, replaced by the new design ...

An estimated one in 30 pound coins are fake, according to the Royal Mint. ... has a bi-metallic structure with a gold-coloured outer ring and a silver-coloured inner ring.

The Royal Mint said more than 2.5% of all £1 coins currently in circulation -- approximately 1 in 40 -- are fake. The new pound is being hailed by the Royal Mint as the most secure coin in the world.

Businesses are being urged to prepare for the new pound coin that is being introduced in March 2017. BBC Homepage. Skip to content; ... and the inner ring is silver coloured (nickel-plated alloy).

The new 12-sided one pound coin - that will enter circulation in the UK in March this year - is the most secure coin in the world, thanks to a number of features that make it difficult to ...

Money; New pound coin; The new £1 coins worth £250 - what to look for to spot the really rare ones There are 200,000 £1 coins worth A LOT of money out there - this is what to look out for ...

ROUND pound coins are now past their expiry date, ... SINCE the original £1 coin was first minted in 1983, ... The silver in the middle of the coin has melted into the outer gold ring.

The 12-sided coin also has grooves on alternate sides, some “very small lettering on the lower inside rim on both sides of ...

A total of 2.975 million £1 coins are being issued to banks and Post Offices (Picture: Getty Images) Following commemorative coins bearing the King’s portrait, the first Charles III definitive ...