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Unless there is a real problem with your transaction, which the Seller will not respond to and work out with you (for a satisfactory outcome), please, leave Positive Feedback.Thank you!! A portent of future problems is clearly highlighted in the description? I suspect the opening bracket should be moved to the front of the word after the first comma.

Another favourite of mine, Simon & Garfunkel, America

Obviously because 4.5 million people in the UK believe they are worth far more than 20p and need to collect them.....?

For export???

sounds like a "Real bargain" off ebay prob. Hang on a moment , original post is from july 2004 , he might just have got over his buy by now

That's probably the generic explanation, but the size of the variation and the sheer numbers suggests its a bit more complex than that. For example, the mintage of the 1967 penny was around 600 million or so, and with the exception of a few minor varieties concerned with the drapery and the helmet, they are remarkably consistent in terms of the quality of the strike. Fast forward to 2016, when the new pound coins were produced in about the same numbers, and the consistency of the strike appears to be significantly poorer if tolerance is the only explanation for the differences. Without giving away too much concerning my article for coin news, I can say that I analysed just 40 coins dated 2016, and believe it or not, all 40 were different, which is remarkable. The differences are sufficiently clear cut that in any other series of coins they would be regarded as varieties. Indeed, in some pre-decimal coins, I would suggest that the accepted varieties show a much smaller difference than those for the new pound coin. The issue is whether these differences are explained purely by machine tolerances or whether there are genuine die varieties mixed in, plus whether striking a 12 sided coin introduced further tolerance issues, especially given the bi-metallic nature of the coin. I don't have an explanation, but I'm hoping my articles generate some interest and throw up some suggestions.

Another small batch I'd think worthy of sharing. Swing your pants folks….

Nice coin perhaps undergraded. Here in Australia we do not pay GST and duty for items under $800.

There's a myriad of 'varieties' of the new £1 coins, too many to be deliberate design changes. More likely many of them arise from issues concerning the striking of 12 sided coins. I'm just finishing an article for Coin News on my very modest study of the new coin, together with a summary of the genuine varieties and also those that have been deliberately 'manufactured' by the unscrupulous for sale on eBay.