Naujos Didziosios Britanijos monetos

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New steel 5p and 10p coins a 'disaster'

Britain's 5p and 10p coins are to be substantially changed next year, causing potential chaos for the millions of people using vending machines and parking meters.

The changes, which involves the coins being made from a different metal and becoming thicker, have never been officially announced by either the Royal Mint or the Treasury. Some experts have told The Daily Telegraph the change is a "disaster" and they are becoming increasingly alarmed the new coins will fail to work in hundreds of thousands of machines, and that the costs of implementing changes will run to as much as £100 million.

The "silver" 5p and 10p coins have always been made from a metal known as cupronickel, an alloy made of 75 per cent copper, 25 per cent nickel. Indeed, all shillings, which preceded the 5p coin, were made from cupronickel following the end of World War II.

However, from January 1 next year they will be made from steel, with a nickel coating. In most respects they will look identical and weigh the same, but sharp-eye observers will notice they will be 11 per cent thicker, moving from 1.7mm in depth to 1.9mm.

They will also become magnetic for the first time.

The change, proposed by the former Labour government, is designed to save the Royal Mint between £7 million and £8 million a year, allowing it to use steel rather than copper, which has surged in price over recent years. Making the cupronickel alloy is also a relatively expensive process.

However, while most shoppers and schoolchildren receiving their pocket money might not notice the difference, nearly all vending machine and parking meters will. Office workers buying a cup of coffee or someone in a rush to park their car could suddenly find their money – perfectly legal tender – is not accepted.

Jonathan Hilder, the chief executive of the Automatic Vending Machine Association, whose members service 500,000 vending machines in Britain, said: "We've told the Treasury and The Royal Mint that this is going to be a disaster, but they haven't taken notice.

"It's meant to be a money saving exercise, but this will cost the vending industry £42 million and the coin machine industry as a whole possibly as much as £100 million."

The problem comes about because tea and chocolate dispensers, as well as parking meters are sophisticated machines designed to detect fraudulent coinage. They test each coin by shape, weight as well as its electromagnetic composition.

All machines will have to have their software updated, and in most instances, need to be recalibrated to recognise both the new coins and the old ones, which will continue to be in circulation for at least a decade.

While the Royal Mint has given the industry a few samples of the new coins, they have not provided final production versions, making it impossible to start changing the machines. The industry said it does not have enough engineers to undertake the overhaul in less than four months.

Manny Rasores, at the British Parking Association, said: "Most meters don't accept 5p, but they do take 10p. It means every single bit of parking equipment will have to be changed. This is going to be a considerable investment for all the local authorities, and who will ultimately pay for this? It will have to be local taxpayers."

This is not th first time the Royal Mint and the Treasury have come under fire for the state of Britain's coins. In July the Royal Mint admitted there was a record £41 million fake £1 coins in Britain – one in every 36 in circulation, double the proportion compared with ten years ago.

A similar change to the 1p and 2p coins was made in 1992, with those made before that date non-magnetic bronze, while those made afterwards a magnetic copper-plated steel. The vending machine industry said that this change did not cause any problems because most machine never accepted coppers.

Andrew Mills, director of circulating coins at The Royal Mint, said that the general election had slowed down the process of passing on final coins to the vending industry.

He added that the concerns of the industry "have been taken very seriously and from the communications we’ve had with various sectors we understand that they are keen to facilitate this change both swiftly and cost effectively".

A spokesman for the Treasury said: "The proposal to make new 5p and 10p coins out of nickel-plated steel rather than a cupro-nickel alloy is one of many measures being considered by the Government with a view to reducing the fiscal deficit."

Šaltinis: Telegraph.co.uk

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London 2012 Olympic 50p coins go into circulation

New 50 pence coins commemorating the London 2012 Olympic and Paralympic Games have been launched.

The coins each feature one of 29 sports on the reverse and have been designed by people from England and Wales.

They were picked from nearly 30,000 entries in a Royal Mint public competition.

The designers range from a Manchester policeman and a delivery driver from Reading to a bank clerk from Preston and a Bristol schoolgirl.

They share the honour of seeing their designs come into circulation and also knowing that, like every UK coin in general use, it has been approved by the Queen and the Treasury.

The 50 pence pieces feature well-known sports such as sailing, swimming and basketball, but also lesser-known disciplines including handball and the Paralympic sport boccia.

Jonathan Olliffe, whose designs for gymnastics and aquatics were chosen, said: "I can't believe it. To think how many people entered the national competition and to have my designs made and circulated around the nation is very exciting."

London 2012 chairman Lord Coe said: "Coins are a part of the fabric of our daily life, so to have a range of coins designed specifically to celebrate London 2012 is a huge honour, made all the more special by the fact that members of the public have designed them.

"The 50ps will be part of a long-lasting, wide-reaching cultural legacy that will benefit the entire nation and I'm looking forward to finding the first one in my change and collecting the entire range," added Lord Coe.

Two of the winning designs were produced by children and had already been unveiled, but not yet issued.

Florence Jackson, from Bristol, was nine when she beat 17,000 other entries to win a BBC One Blue Peter competition last year.

Her high-jump motif was the first in the series of 29 officially-licensed 50p designs.

The second design, by Theo Crutchley-Mack, 16, from Halifax, was a picture of a cyclist in a velodrome and was unveiled earlier in 2010.

The Royal Mint said that 87 million of the 29 special 50p coins would come into circulation over 2010 and 2011.

Keli šaltiniai:
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-11527266
http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article ... Games.html

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Užsisakyti internetu iš royal mint galima
http://www.royalmint.com/store/BritishBase/FREFLD1.aspx

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Didžiojoje Britanijoje pradėta platinti proginė moneta, skirta velionio legedinės grupės „The Beatles“ lyderio Johno Lennono gimimo 70-osioms metinėms atminti.
Penktadienį hitu tapusios dainos „Imagine“ autorius buvo paskelbtas nugalėtoju internetinėje apklausoje, kurios organizatoriai siekė išsiaiškinti, kuris iš britų šviesuolių turėtų būti pagerbtas Karališkosios monetų kalyklos išleista moneta.
J.Lennonas pagal populiarumą aplenkė velionę rašytoją Jane Austen ir škotą inžinierių Johną Logie Bairdą.
Penkių svarų (19,8 lito) nominalo monetoje J.Lennonas pavaiduotas užsiauginęs ilgus plaukus ir žandenas bei dėvintis nuo jo įvaizdžio neatsiejamus akinius apskritais stiklais. Ši 5 000 egzempliorių tiražu išleista moneta bus pardavinėjame po 44,99 svaro (178,2 lito).
Karališkoji monetų kalykla taip pat planuoja nukaldinti vienintelę gryno aukso monetą, kuri bus įteikta dainininko paveldėtojams.
Vienas kalyklos atstovas sakė: „Visiškai derama, kad visuomenė išrinko Johną Lennoną, kuriam dabar būtų sukakę 70 metų. Didžiulė jo pelnytų balsų dalis aiškiai rodo, jog jo ankstyva žūtis iki šiol sukelia didelį atgarsį šalyje. Jis prilygsta, o kai kada netgi lenkia kai kurias garsiausias istorines asmenybes.“
J.Lennonui, kuris 1980 metais buvo nušautas prie savo namų Niujorke, šiemet spalio 9 dieną būtų sukakę 70 metų.

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[SarasM]

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