The coins will make their way into people's pockets and tills across the UK this week via post offices and banks.
The first £1 coins featuring the King have entered circulation. Almost three million - 2.975 million to be precise - of the new designs will be making their way into people's pockets and tills across the UK this week, via post offices and banks. The 'tails' side of the coins depict a pair of British bees, in honour of the King's passion for conservation and the natural world, with the monarch's official coin effigy on the 'heads' side.
The designs, which will be introduced in line with demand, are the 1p showing a hazel dormouse, the 2p red squirrel, the 5p oak tree leaf, 10p capercaillie grouse, 20p puffin, and the £2 with the national flowers - rose, daffodil, thistle and shamrock. The 50p - depicting an Atlantic salmon - was released in November last year. A public poll by the Royal Mint found that the £1 bee coin was the favourite, closely followed by the 2p red squirrel.
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