# Royal Mint invites designs for new £1 coin

- Link: https://fundraising.co.uk/2014/09/14/royal-mint-invites-designs-new-1-coin/
- Published: 2014-09-14T17:26:16+01:00
- Author: Howard Lake

**The Royal Mint is inviting designs for a new £1 coin that will be introduced in
2017. Members of the public can submit a design, together with professional designers
and artists.**

There is only one face of the coin to design. The ‘heads’ side will of course feature
the Queen’s head.
The winner will receive £10,000 as a design fee. In addition they
will be invited to The Royal Mint to see their design transformed into coins of 
the realm.

The [new coin was announced in the Chancellor’s Budget Speech](https://www.fundraising.co.uk/2014/03/19/new-twelve-sided-1-coin-2017/)
in March 2014.

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## Coin to symbolise Britain

The design brief requires that the design must represent Britain in a clear and 
unambiguous way. The Royal Mint suggests:

> “Think of symbols, heraldry, words, aspects of the natural world, man-made structures
> such as buildings and monuments, British achievements, whether social, political
> or cultural, and British institutions”.

The new coin will have 12 sides and be produced in two colours – a gold-coloured
outer ring and a silver-coloured centre. Designers can choose to overlap both parts
of the coin, or have two distinct sections to appear on the outer ring and centre.

The denomination **ONE POUND** must appear as part of the overall design. You are
not allowed to include any likenesses of people, living or dead.
 

 The coin will, according to The Royal Mint, be the world’s most secure circulating
coin.

The Rt. Hon George Osborne, The Chancellor of the Exchequer said:

> “Today we’re asking people across the UK to help us design the new £1 coin. Think
> about your favourite landmark, or a great British achievement or a symbol from
> our Islands’ Story. The winning design will be in millions of people’s pockets
> and purses. It’ll be heads you win; tails, it’s your design.”

So, what will the coin that members of the public place in charity collecting tins
in four years’ time look like? You could help decide that if you [enter to win the new £1 coin design competition](http://www.royalmint.com/newonepoundcoin).

The **deadline to submit designs is 23:59 on 30 October 2014**.

 * **[Four charities rounding up the old one pound coins](https://fundraising.co.uk/2017/09/07/four-charities-rounding-old-pound-coins/)(
   7 September 2017)**
 * **[Let’s put philanthropy on the new one pound coin](https://fundraising.co.uk/2014/10/01/lets-put-philanthropy-new-1-coin-2/)(
   1 October 2014)**
 * **[Last round one pound coins minted](https://fundraising.co.uk/2015/12/17/last-round-pound-coins-minted/)(
   17 December 2015)**
    

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