the round pound came into circulation in 1984.
when did the round pound come into circulation?
1984
the original, round £1 coin replaced the bank of england £1 note, which ceased to be issued at the end of 1984 and was removed from circulation on 11 march 1988, though still redeemable at the bank's offices, like all english banknotes. one-pound notes continue to be issued in jersey, guernsey and the isle of man, and by the royal bank of scotland, but the pound coin is much more widely used. a new, dodecagonal (12-sided) design of coin was introduced on 28 march 2017 and both new and old versions of the one pound coin circulated together until the older design was withdrawn from circulation on 15 october 2017. after that date, the older coin could only be redeemed at banks, although some retailers announced they would continue to accept it for a limited time. the round pound remains legal tender on the isle of man.
one pound (british coin)
while the round pound was operational, others that entered circulation, although not legal tender, in the uk were some £1 coins of british crown dependencies, gibraltar and uk south atlantic overseas territories. most coins of these territories, in all denominations, were of the same size and composition as a uk equivalent and most bore the same portraits of the uk monarch. none of these territories rushed to replace their round pound coins except gibraltar after the uk did so, which continues to use gibraltarian pound coins as legal tender as well as the new uk pound coins.





















































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one pound (british coin)