first parts of British sovereign territory adopt euro

Britannist · 03-01-2008, 06:48 PM

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Originally Posted by tito

To all those who haven't heard yet, late spring every single one of our Sterling coins is being completely redesigned, the designs aren't yet announced.

A Pound coin with a new design on the back of it has just appeared - I wonder if that is the first sign of the above.

Britannist · 03-01-2008, 06:53 PM

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Originally Posted by mkpdavies

Also they will realise how much they were brainwashed as time goes on.

One of the strongest critcisms of the euro on the european continent is that it causes inflation. I read before Christmas that many people in Spain still haven't worked out how to compare euro prices to the original 'old' peseta price. Apparently, those (in Spain) who have learnt to do this are angry when they discover just how much items have increased in price since the euro came in.

If the europhiles launch another drive to kill our Pound those of us in the pro-Pound movement will certainly be reminding all British voters that th euro - apart from all the other reasons to oppose it - has pushed prices up in every country it is used in.

Malta and Cyprus joined the euro a couple of days ago - it won't be long before we are reading about huge price rises in both of those countries.

tito · 03-01-2008, 08:20 PM

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Originally Posted by mkpdavies

Why? What is the point of wasting money on this?

Because the government is self important, just like every other government.

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A Pound coin with a new design on the back of it has just appeared - I wonder if that is the first sign of the above.

Really? Are you sure it isn't just a new commemorative design?
Each year commemorative coins are minted with something different on, but these are usually 50p and £2 coins, but standard issue coins are minted alongside the commemorative ones.

This is an actual replacement of the standard issue coins.

tito · 03-01-2008, 08:23 PM

I've just checked, the designs aren't yet available, the coin Britannist saw must be a commemorative or special issue one.

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Since decimalization, the coins of the United Kingdom for the first time will feature new designs. The nation will be able to see the major change in the design of the legal tender coins in the late spring of 2008. New designs will be included on coins with denominations from 1p to £1. These will feature a more contemporaneous Britain, the one of the 21st century.

Britannist · 03-01-2008, 08:33 PM

The new design on the back of the Pound coin looks like a bridge.

tito · 03-01-2008, 08:49 PM

Ah yes, there are four different Bridge designs. They are special issue coins made by the Royal mint until just a few days ago, they stopped issue in 2008.
They represent examples of British engineering in bridges in England, Wales, Scotland and Ireland.

Millenium Bridge

Menai Strait Bridge

The Egyptian arch bridge

Forth Railway Bridge

Westcountryman · 03-01-2008, 11:34 PM

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Originally Posted by mkpdavies

Why? What is the point of wasting money on this?

I believe the designs are 'to reflect modern 21st century Britain'. In other words, expect ******** PC designs.

tito · 03-01-2008, 11:48 PM

Toynbee instead of the Queen.

Britannist · 04-01-2008, 12:22 AM

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Originally Posted by Eurosceptic Atlanticist

I believe the designs are 'to reflect modern 21st century Britain'. In other words, expect ******** PC designs.

Prime Minister Brown (Son of a Preacher Man as Phil Sheldon dubbed him in another thread a couple of days ago) has already removed the image of that great Englishman Edward Elgar from our £20 note.

I wonder if the images of any English people will appear on the newly-designed Pound coins due out in the Spring. If there are any, they will (as you imply in the quote above, Eurosceptic Atlanticist) have to 'comply with the exacting politically-correct standards' of the Labour regime.

I can remember that awful ring of hands representing the nine nations in the EEC in 1973 which appeared on the reverse side of the fifty pence coin from the time europhile Heath forced us into the hated EEC/EU. Fortunately the fifty pence coins featuring the image representing the EEC/EU appeared less and less among our change during the period of office of Lady Thatcher and I assume that those horrible coins are (hopefully) all out of circulation by now.

Britannist · 04-01-2008, 12:26 AM

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Originally Posted by tito

Ah yes, there are four different Bridge designs. They are special issue coins made by the Royal mint until just a few days ago, they stopped issue in 2008. They represent examples of British engineering in bridges in England, Wales, Scotland and Ireland: Millenium Bridge; Menai Strait Bridge; The Egyptian arch bridge and the Forth Railway Bridge

Thank you for that information, Tito. I did wonder what the design represented when I spotted a couple of Pound coins with the Egyptian arch bridge image on them among my change from about a week before Christmas.

I haven't seen the other three designs yet.

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