How many different designs of 1 pound coins are there?

Answer 1

As of 2009, there are 16 different designs of the British one pound coin. These were:

Separate designs in 1983, '84, '85, '86, '87, and '88

'89, '90, '91, '92 and '93 saw repeats of the designs from '84, '85. '86, '87, and '83 respectively.

There were new designs for '94, '95, '96, and '97.

In '98 and '99, pounds coins were not widely circulated, and the only coins in circulation were collectors' editions of the '83 and '84 coins.

2000, '01, '02, and '03 saw repeats of the designs from '95, '96, '97, and '83 respectively.

There were new designs in '04, '05, '06, '07, and '08, with a new version of a 2008 coin, designed by Matthew Dent, of which there were 29,433,000 put into circulation.