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Coins for 2007

Posted on Fri, 24 November 2006 by Phil Mussell - Coin News

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The Royal Mint has recently announced the designs for the 2007 series of circulating coins - they include a £2 celebrating the 300th anniversary of the act of Union between England and Scotland and another celebrating 200 years since the abolition of the slave trade in the UK. The 50p focuses on the 100th anniversary of the Scout Movement, the £5 crown celebrates Her Majesty the Queen and Prince Philip’s Diamond Wedding and the £1 features the Millennium Bridge in Gateshead - full details, and pictures, in COIN NEWS January.