Here's Why £1 Coins Have 12 Sides, And It Makes So Much Sense

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Here's Why £1 Coins Have 12 Sides, And It Makes So Much Sense
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King Charles or no King Charles, the shape still has a purpose.

love of nature, designs on the back of the coins feature bees; on the front, of course, is his royal likeness.The shape of the coin, on the other hand, hasn’t changed. It’s still a dodecagon, or 12-sided shape.

It’s partly to do with counterfeitingThe 12-sided pound coin, which was introduced in 2017, “has a number of features that make it much more difficult to counterfeit,”Secondly, the coin uses two types of metal ― “The outer ring is gold coloured and the inner ring is silver coloured .

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