Overseas territories and Crown dependencies will be able to design and mint their own versions of the £1 coin, the Treasury has said.

New pound coin goes global with rollout to overseas nations

For some businesses in the South West region, making the switch from the old pound coin to the new one is proving to be pricey. 

Old £1 coin to cost some South West businesses thousands

Old pound coins will still be accepted by some shops even after they cease being legal tender, it is believed.

Four months after the new £1 coin went into circulation, work is about to start on upgrading parking ticket machines in Hartlepool. 


New £1 coins are being deliberately damaged so that they can be sold on for thousands of pounds to collectors, the Royal Mint believes.

As the new 12-sided coin enters circulation, some firms have had to make more changes than most.

Collectors editions of the new £1 coin are being sold from today ahead of the currency's release into general circulation.

You will need to spend all of your old round pound coins before October 15 this year - after that they will no longer be legal tender.