Of course, the 5-pound ($8.14) coin is official and it has rolled off the presses. Britain's Royal Mint says it expects to sell more than 250,000 of the coins worldwide, as anticipation grows over ...

This material is said to last 2.5 times longer than the old cotton paper ... of the coin for security reasons. Sophisticated counterfeiters were able to replicate the round pound, however the ...

The paper £10 and £5 banknotes are no longer ... On top of that, there are about £109m in the older round pound coins that have not been banked, according to the Royal Mint.

THE DEADLINE for spending your old one pound coins ... from paper to plastic hasn’t been as smooth as hoped. Many have raised concerns over potential chaos if the new coins don’t work in ...

there are 114 million £5 paper notes and 76 million old-style £10 notes still out there, while the Royal Mint reckons there are 109 million old 'round pound' coins sitting in coin jars and stuck ...