SUPERB BIRTHDAY PRESENT!
30th celebration for £1 and myself :-)
Thank you Mitch & Una.

The first installation, the first two out of four commemorative coins to celebrate 30th year of £1 coin since it was first introduced in 1983, one for each constituent nations; England, Wales, Scotland and Northen Ireland.

Depicting pairs of floral emblems, it is the first floral series since the 1984 floral series started, which was a bestseller.  The 2013 coins show the rose and the oak to represent England with the leek and the daffodil for Wales. Coins representing Northern Ireland and Scotland will be released in 2014 to complete the quartet.

Royal Mail officially released these two on 14 December 2012.

ELIZABETH•II•D•G•REG•F•D
Latin inscription whose full form is ELIZABETH II DEI GRATIA REGINA FIDEI DEFENSOR, meaning Elizabeth II, by the grace of God, Queen andDefender of the Faith.

Reverse Designer : Timothy Noad
Obverse Designer : Ian Rank-Broadley FRBS

ENGLAND

The Solid Oak and the Rose - England’s £1 coin features the leaves of an oak tree underneath a portrayal of an English rose, with the denomination written in full underneath the images.

Edge Inscription: DECUS ET TUTAMEN
Translation: An ornament and a safeguard

WALES

The Leek of St David and the Daffodil - The Welsh design also features the denomination in full underneath the image flowering daffodil underneath that of a leek.

Edge Inscription: PLEIDIOL WYF I’M GWLAD
Translation: True am I to my country