Did you know that there is hidden writing on the new £1 coin? Under close inspection, you can see the words "one pound" on the front of the coin. On the reverse side you can see the year the coin ...

Britain's new £1 coin has officially been released. It is 12-sided and composed of two different metals. The Royal Mint has made more than 1.5 billion of the new coins. The old ones will have to ...

From 16 October, the round £1 ... pounds in circulation than old ones. Businesses were warned by the Treasury last year that they would need to update their machines and the Royal Mint says all ...

The bad news is that after Sunday, the old pound coins can't be spent any more because they've been replaced with shinier, newer ones, which are harder to copy illegally. However, all is not lost ...