Tyographic Fifties

I’ve spent the best part of this morning trying to photograph this little beauty.

But it’s too early, too difficult and too just not working. So I thought I’d try and find one online.

And then I found the Royal Mint website, which has all sorts of little 50p gems. I love the typographic one (that I was originally trying to photograph) but these are ones are great as well.

Nice aren’t they? Wouldn't it be good if every coin had a different design on the back, that changed all the time.

There are some quite interesting two pounders too, not quite as good but I imagine the two tome effect makes coin designers go weak at the knees.

The typographic 50p is still my favourite.

Comments

[Paul Mison]

I try and keep hold of those interesting coins when they come past. I think there were two £2 coins last year; one featuring St Paul's (which I loved) and another commemorating the Gunpowder Plot (much less impressive). The 50p was good, though.

The 2004 £1 coin, with the Forth Bridge on, was pretty nifty too.

If you really want to keep them, the Royal Mint (and, presumably, shops somewhere in London) will be happy to sell you uncirculated coins.