In 2008 there was supposed to be a new design for british coins. i have a coin dated 2008 old design. why?

Question

In 2008 there was supposed to be a new design for british coins. i have a coin dated 2008 old design. why?

Answer 1

Because they dont just stop all of the coins being made as there is a demand for more and more everday. they gradually add them into the system over a long period of time rather than stopping old production and making the new ones immediatley. this allows shops/banks etc to carry on spending the old design . they will gradually melt down the old design and re do them as new

Answer 2

The overhaul of all coinage in April is set to be the biggest change to British currency since the introduction of decimalisation more than 35 years ago.

This April (2008) , British currency is set to undergo its biggest transformation since decimalisation.

Gordon Brown personally approved the change as one of his last acts as Chancellor of the Exchequer, despite his current campaign to push Britishness. The Queen is also said to be supportive of the scheme.

It will be the first time in more than 300 years that Britannia is not featured on a British coin.

The redesign is the culmination of a competition launched by the Royal Mint in August 2005 to find new reverse designs.

More than 4,000 designs were received from 526 designers. After extensive consultation by the Royal Mint's Advisory Committee, seven designs were chosen that will replace the traditional designs on seven UK coins.

A Treasury spokesman said: "The new coins will be launched in the spring in accordance with the end of a long process. The Queen personally approved the designs, in accordance with the Royal Mint, and there's a lot of excitement about the project, for which I'm sure the nation will be equally proud once they see the product."

The figure of Britannia, created by the Romans as a personification of the British Isles, which they called Britanniae, first made her appearance on a British coin during the reign of Charles II on the copper farthing in 1672.