1983 was the first 1 pound coin. 1983 reverse used only 4 more times after 1993 1998 2003 2008. => commemorative?
after commemorative or not, iam not sure if it’s from an official source or just when the coin description has be done on the numista.
can also argue that reverses across years have been changed a lot, and sometimes issued 2 different years only. rotation to accommodate wales/England/Scotland/ Ireland revers. Therefore commemorative.
the 2 others 1 pound issued as as standard :
-minted more than 3 years
-reverse shows the 4 countries
Germany or France coins are much easier to classify standard or commemorative even before 2002.
I found your question interesting. As it is a bit special in UK. is there a clear answer?
if I take the franc for instance,
1st coin was the standard circulation.
2nd coin mass produced in parallel of the 1st one.
3rd coin mass produced. 1st coin been only in Proof sets that year.
2nd and 3rd were/are considered as circulating commemorative for having a specific design.
Yeah french coins are a bit weird in that regard too. They made this coin as well, only for a year. But it's considered a standard circulation coin. It's weirdly in between the Bimetallic and the other 10 francs with the industrial design. I can't even imagine that it actually circulated
10frcs 1986: 2 coins were removed from circulation, quickly. 1 commemorative & 1 should have been the new standard?? Was hard to make difference with the ½ franc. blinds, old people were confused.
The only commemorative pound coin issued by the UK was the last round pound which was not issued for circulation but on a card for collectors
Hi Offa,
does that make all others 1 pound standard circulation Coins?
ex the last 2 in screenshot.
B.R.
Yes only the 1999 Scottish lion was not issued as a circulating coin but it was in the set, it still wasn’t a commemorative though. All the others were readily found in circulation
