You'll probably have noticed over the past couple of weeks that the new one pound coin has entered into circulation, with its twelve sides and its fancy multiple metals to provide extra security ...

This image supplied by the Royal Mint on March 19, 2014, shows the new design for a 12-sided one pound coin. The Royal Mint unveiled Wednesday a new 12-sided pound coin made with two separate metals, ...

In case you hadn't heard, pound coins as we know and love them are changing this week. As of tomorrow, a new version of the round pound coin will enter into circulation and it'll have twelve sides.

The Royal Mint in the U.K. has unveiled a new 1-pound coin that it says will be the world's most counterfeit-proof coin. The 12-sided coin, which is set to be released by 2017, will still feature a ...

A new 12-sided design has both covert and overt signs that make it easier to find fakes. But modernization only goes so far: the 766-year-old Trial of the Pyx tradition lives on to check the metals.

The Royal Mint released 300 million new one pound coins into circulation on Tuesday. The money’s packed with cutting edge anti-counterfeiting measures, including one that British authorities won’t ...

No matter the name, past or present, the pound has been the United Kingdom currency since Anglo-Saxon times. Yet the coin used today has only been around since 1983. And this year, the Royal Mint will ...

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 intriguingly ...

Sunday (October 15) has been and gone, meaning it's now the shiny new £1 coin or nothing, as the deadline for spending your old round pound has passed. But if you've still got some old-style coins in ...

Did you know that there is hidden writing on the new £1 coin? Under close inspection, you can see the words "one pound" on the front of the coin. On the reverse side you can see the year the coin was ...