What would you put on our UK Coinage?

It’s been over a year since the New UK Coinage for King Charles III was released, featuring 8 brand new designs from the 1p to the £2!

Since the designs were revealed, the Salmon 50p and the Bee £1 have entered circulation and collectors have been rushing to find them in their change – especially the 2023 Salmon 50p which is now the UK’s rarest 50p!

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New UK Coinage: British Flora and Fauna

Each of the new coins featured not only a new obverse design of King Charles III, but new reverse designs paying tribute to iconic British wildlife. His Majesty is known for his keen interest in wildlife conservation and plant life, and this passion was a key inspiration for The Royal Mint when designing the UK’s new coinage.

But we wanted to know, if you were to design the UK’s new coinage, what would you put on them?

The results are in!

The results are in and we can reveal that the overall favourite design from the New UK Coinage set is the Dormouse 1p! Interestingly, although the Bee £1 was previously voted the favourite design, it’s now been knocked down to 6th place.

We also asked which of the previous definitive coin designs you’ll miss the most once the New UK Coinage for King Charles III eventually replaces it. The vote was close, but Christopher Ironside’s decimal designs took the lead with 56% of the votes.

And finally, we asked ‘If you could design our definitive coinage from the 1p to the £2 coin, what would you put on them?’. Here are a few of your answers!

One creative collector even drew out their designs and sent them in to us!

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A huge thank you to everyone who got involved, who knows – perhaps the next UK coins to be issued might just feature your ideas!