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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;sylvester, post: 67802, member: 708&quot;]Don&#039;t get me wrong Christian i think it&#039;s about time we had some new designs, it&#039;s been a long time coming. 1971-200X (be it 06 or 07) has been too long. Although this does tend to happen in long reigns (as Victoria where designs lingered on for 50 years and became monotonous), whilst the great Edward VII standing Britannia florins only lasted 8 years, due to the king&#039;s short reign.</p><p><br /></p><p>I think they might have been waiting for the monarch change before they did the next redesign but that could be a while. So it&#039;s probably best to redesign them now. They&#039;ll probably be redesigned again when the future king succeeds.</p><p><br /></p><p>The only thing that worries me is if the designs are not up to it. The decimal designs weren&#039;t exactly great and neither were the Elizabeth II pre-decimal designs. (I could take that back to 1927 when the designs went downhill). Hopefully Philip Nathan (the guy that designs the silver Britannias and some of the commems) will get his chance to shine truly. He does seem to be able to pull off a traditional design in a new light without trivialising or totally wrecking it. Which is pretty much what the mint is looking for.</p><p><br /></p><p>As long as we keep buildings and monuments and flowers and non traditional animals off of the coins and keep with the shields and the Britannias and the other regal and national symbolism (like three lions/leopards) i&#039;ll be happy enough. We&#039;ve had a long history of shields it&#039;d be nice to see them continued. Ideally i would actually like to see the traditional St. George&nbsp; design turn up on the 50p. Or maybe on all future £5 coins and finally introduce them as circulation pieces and axe the tatty £5 notes.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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