For those who may not have seen this before - UK 1p, 2p, 5p, 10p and a 50p (roughly) laid out to form a shield. Okay so it's not an exact shield but works!
I live in England and I don't recognise any of them. I suppose I just don't look at modern stuff, too gimmicky. But then, I have never thought much of the decimal coins anyway.
I liked the story how they were created. Wasn't it a female art student who came up with the idea in a national contest? Brilliant. OTOH there should be a national contest to remove Ernest Borgnine from the obverse of your coins. Btw, yeah, ours suck too. Just a different type of suck, one of dead presidents portrayed increasingly flat and cartoonish. In fact, cartoons would be an improvement. I think most Americans would approve of Mickey Mouse over our current coins, (and more would recognize him too, but that is another sad, sad story).
