Outraged Brits have been left feeling shortchanged (pun intended) after learning that the British one-pound coin will take on a new shape next year, losing its roundness in favor of a pristine ...

British teenager David Pearce must feel like a million bucks after the government unveiled his winning design for the nation’s new one pound coins. The design features a crown and four plants ...

It has been estimated, and I have read various estimates, that up to 25 percent of British 1 pound coins in circulation are counterfeit. That’s a lot of coins and money, since the current ...

In a month where the UK Prime Minister has formally begun so called Brexit proceedings, it is almost amusing that the Royal Mint has also released a new two-tone pound coin that looks more than a ...

The new British one pound coin has been designed by a 15-year-old who beat out more than 6,000 entries. David Pearce’s drawing contains the national emblems of the United Kingdom, with a rose ...

Ask anyone in the world what images you'd find on the average British coin and most people ... out that there isn't a unicorn on every pound coin—only those minted in 1983, 1993, 1998, 2003 ...

The U.K. has unveiled what it says is the "most secure coin in the world." The British 1-pound coin hit the market Monday after three years in development. This is the first time the pound coin ...

LONDON (AP) — A new 12-sided British pound coin is entering circulation amid ... that changes from the pound symbol to the numeral one. It also has micro-lettering and milled edges.

The new £1 coin is supposed to be much harder to fake. British teenager David Pearce must feel like a million bucks after the government unveiled his winning design for the nation's new one pound ...

“We think it’s suitably British,” Adam Lawrence ... As many as 3% of the estimated 1.5 billion pound coins in circulation are fakes, with a collective face value of nearly $75 million.