![bitterbuffalo:
Well I never noticed that before.
I may or may not have just gotten out my leftover pound sterling change and did this. Didn’t have the newer 50p/20p pieces though… OH WELL, LOOKS LIKE I’LL HAVE TO GO BACK TO ENGLAND TO GET THEM. [The redesign was the result of a competition launched by the Royal Mint in August 2005, ending that November. The competition was open to the public and received over 4,000 entries. The winning entry was unveiled on 2 April 2008, which was designed by Matthew Dent, a Welsh graphic designer who has an ironically arse-looking website. “The Royal Mint stated the new designs were ‘reflecting a twenty-first century Britain.’ An advisor to the Royal Mint described the new coins as ‘post-modern, something that could not have been done 50 years previously.’”]](http://24.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_llod6rpKVb1qeppsao1_500.jpg)
Well I never noticed that before.
I may or may not have just gotten out my leftover pound sterling change and did this. Didn’t have the newer 50p/20p pieces though…
OH WELL, LOOKS LIKE I’LL HAVE TO GO BACK TO ENGLAND TO GET THEM.
[The redesign was the result of a competition launched by the Royal Mint in August 2005, ending that November. The competition was open to the public and received over 4,000 entries. The winning entry was unveiled on 2 April 2008, which was designed by Matthew Dent, a Welsh graphic designer who has an ironically arse-looking website.
“The Royal Mint stated the new designs were ‘reflecting a twenty-first century Britain.’ An advisor to the Royal Mint described the new coins as ‘post-modern, something that could not have been done 50 years previously.’”]
(Source: designleaf)
