New series of coins announced in the UK - Alphabetical 10 pence

"See all 26 new limited edition 'alphabet' 10p coin designs - from A to Z"

 

In looking at the designs, and what they're supposed to represent, I find them even more absurd... but not completely in a bad way.

I think "whimsical" would be the word here.

Ridiculous? Yes, of course. But fun? Yes, that too.

Would I buy them? No.

But, silly though they are, I must say I don't find myself utterly hating the whole idea, after some reflection.

Of course I'm not British. I wonder how I'd feel if the USA issued some pop-culture related coin series (it'll probably happen, eventually). I'll probably loathe that, whatever it is.

(Pray to the saints above it won't be NFL football team logos or stupidhero movie characters... oh please NO...)

 

I was about to wonder aloud when the dog and cat breeds would happen, when I suddenly remembered that the Isle of Man has been doing cats for years.

 

Agreed. Even at the £52 issue price (never mind the markups in the secondary market!) this seems crackpipe-crazy.

'Tis a silly/whimsical theme that might be fun from circulation, but that's all. You'd never see me queuing up for the "Q" coin!

I feel the same way about our Statehood and National Parks quarters. I managed to complete a set of the former in a free Whitman folder I got, but my one self-imposed rule was to collect them from circulation only. I never bought one. They all cost me face value.

 

I had to look that up, but it was interesting.

 

Looks like Gaelic. LOL

My ancestral clan's war cry, by comparison, is Garg 'nuair dhùisgear ("Fierce when roused").

I haven't the foggiest notion how to pronounce that, so don't rouse me and make me fierce, to where I'll have to try. The resulting "war cry" would probably sound like gargling and be a pitiful embarrassment to my ancestors.