The Royal Mint in the U.K. has unveiled a new 1-pound coin that it says will be the world's most counterfeit-proof coin.. The 12-sided coin, which is set to be released by 2017, will still feature ...

The old pound will be phased out by next fall because its design makes it vulnerable to counterfeiting. The Royal Mint said more than 2.5% of all £1 coins currently in circulation ...

The new £1 coin is supposed to be much harder to fake. British teenager David Pearce must feel like a million bucks after the government unveiled his winning design for the nation's new one pound ...

The design for the new pound coin includes a rose, a thistle, a leek and a shamrock to reflect the four parts of the UK. In the past there have been 25 different designs on the pound coin.

Pound coins with the King's portrait on them to enter circulation this week. ... The £1 coin depicts a pair of British bees on the ‘tails’ side, ... rose, daffodil, thistle and shamrock. ...

The new 12-sided one pound coins (Picture: Victoria Jones/PA Wire) You have not got long left to spend those old £1 coins you have sitting in your piggy bank or lingering down the back of the sofa.

Image: Wikimedia (Creative Commons licence) In any case, the reason there's a unicorn on the pound coin is because—for the last 700 years, at least—the unicorn has been used in heraldry to ...

The Royal Mint said more than 2.5% of all £1 coins currently in circulation -- approximately 1 in 40 -- are fake. The new pound is being hailed by the Royal Mint as the most secure coin in the world.

British businesses are trying to square (or to be precise, polygon) a circle as they get ready for the new pound coin. The shiny 12-sided piece will start circulating in March, gradually replacing ...