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V11 2008 INDEX
E-SYLUM ARCHIVE
WALES OVERLOOKED IN NEW UNITED KINGDOM COINS
Dick Johnson submitted the following about the new designs
for Great Britain's circulating coins. -Editor
To announce their new
coin designs the British Royal Mint ran ads in British newspapers
headlined "Your Change is Changing." When it appeared in the Wales
publication, Western Mail, June 4, it inspired one reader to
respond:"The United Kingdom coinage is the currency for all of
Great Britain" wrote John Knight of Heath Cardiff. "Strange then that all
the other parts are represented by this design but not Wales. It would
appear we do not exist as far as the Royal Mint is concerned.
A bit of an oversight, considering they are based at Pontyclun and the designer is Welsh. Perhaps if we joined the euro we may get more recognition!"
A bit of an oversight, considering they are based at Pontyclun and the designer is Welsh. Perhaps if we joined the euro we may get more recognition!"
To read the complete Letter to the Editor, see: Mints forgotten us (http://icwales.icnetwork.co.uk/news/letters-to-the-editor/western-mail-letters/2008/06/13/friday-13-june-2008-91466-21066844/)
To read an earlier E-Sylum article, see: ROYAL MINT UNVEILS NEW CIRCULATING COIN REVERSE DESIGNS (http://www.coinbooks.org/esylum_v11n14a21.html)
Wayne Homren, Editor
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