It's time to start checking your pockets again, as a rare pound coin with a manufacturing fault has been valued at £3,000. A coin collector from Hull spotted the ...

As the Royal Mint introduces a new £1 coin to tackle forgeries, here are 10 things we know about the pound. 1. The new 12-sided coin has a gold-coloured outer ring and a silver-coloured centre.

says the 'demand for the Guernsey pound coin just isn't there anymore' and islanders are 'much happier with the Guernsey one pound note'. Guernsey one pound notes will continue to be issued ...

Throughout the Queen's reign, the Royal Mint has struck every official UK coin. The Queen's portrait on the £1 pound coin has been redesigned over the decades, and the most recent edition of the ...

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 ...

THE DEADLINE for spending your old one pound coins has now passed. The old round pounds had become an easy target for forgers, prompting the introduction of the new "counterfeit-proof coin".

Any old pound coins sent in to the Royal Mint will be melted down and used to make the new £1 coin - however with 50 million of them in circulation believed to be fake, it's likely many won't be ...