# Last round pound coins minted

- Link: https://fundraising.co.uk/2015/12/17/last-round-pound-coins-minted/
- Published: 2015-12-17T11:24:28+00:00
- Author: Howard Lake

**The days of the circular pound coin are numbered, as the last ones were minted
yesterday.**

Charity fundraisers will have to get used to a new one pound coin soon, now that
the Royal Mint is no long producing the ’round pound’ coin that has been in circulation
for the past 30 years.

 

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The [new 12-sided £1 coin design](https://www.fundraising.co.uk/2014/03/19/new-twelve-sided-1-coin-2017/)
will be introduced in 2017. Its prototype was unveiled in March 2014.

 

The Royal Mint last year ran a [competition to decide its design](https://www.fundraising.co.uk/2014/09/14/royal-mint-invites-designs-new-1-coin/):
sadly UK Fundraising’s proposal for it to [reflect the UK’s tradition of charitable giving](https://www.fundraising.co.uk/2014/10/01/lets-put-philanthropy-new-1-coin-2/)
and philanthropy was not accepted.

The winning design by 15 year old David Pearce was announced in March this year:

 

**Editor’s note:** _the video previously embedded here (https://www.youtube.com/
watch?v=3s5oHFDlvnc) is no longer available._

 

So this is the coin fundraisers can expect to start receiving in two years time.

You can find out more [about the new £1 coin](http://www.royalmint.com/newonepoundcoin)
from The Royal Mint.

 

_Image: [Two pound coins](http://www.shutterstock.com/pic-61598314/stock-photo-two-pounds.html)
by Daniele Carotenuto on Shutterstock.com_