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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;chrisild, post: 1587334, member: 39&quot;]Some of the UK 2013 commems are good, others ... well, not everything that I do not like is bad. <img src="styles/default/xenforo/clear.png" class="mceSmilieSprite mceSmilie2" alt=";)" unselectable="on" unselectable="on" /> The mint has detailed images of the coins here:</p><p><a href="http://www.royalmint.com/shop/d/du13" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://www.royalmint.com/shop/d/du13" rel="nofollow">http://www.royalmint.com/shop/d/du13</a></p><p><br /></p><p>If you click on the set image, you get a gallery with 19 images. Pics 1 to 3 are the folder, 19 shows the sleeve.</p><p>4 - the £5 piece (60th anniversary of the Queen&#039;s coronation)</p><p>5 - Tube train (150 years London Underground, £2)</p><p>6 - the Underground logo (ditto)</p><p>7 - Guinea jubilee £2 (350th anniversary of the first strike of the Golden guinea)</p><p>8 - the &quot;regular&quot; £2 coin</p><p>9 - £1 coin with plants representing England</p><p>10 - £1 coin with plants representing Wales</p><p>11 - the &quot;regular&quot; £1 coin</p><p>12 - Ironside&#039;s 50p design*</p><p>13-18 are the regular (Dent) circulation coins</p><p><br /></p><p>* Christopher Ironside was an artist and coin designer who was born 100 years ago. Seems that the coin does not explicitly refer to the anniversary, but that was his &quot;alternative&quot; design for the original 50 pence coin.</p><p><br /></p><p>Of the commemorative issues, I like the Underground coin with the train, also because it makes good use of the &quot;material&quot;: The pill of the coin works as the tunnel so to say. The design with the logo is a bit simple, but then that is a symbol which is very well known. The stripes - not my cup of coffee <img src="styles/default/xenforo/clear.png" class="mceSmilieSprite mceSmilie2" alt=";)" unselectable="on" unselectable="on" /> but I guess the logo alone would not have looked good. I also like the &quot;plants&quot; £1 coins. This will be a four-coin set later, I suppose, with Scotland and Northern Ireland coming later.</p><p><br /></p><p>Christian[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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