Coins of the pound sterling chronologically. All genuine UK coins are produced by the Royal Mint. The same coinage is used across the United Kingdom: unlike banknotes, local issues of coins are not produced for different parts of the UK. The pound coin until 2016 was produced in regional designs, but these circulate equally in all parts of the UK (see UK designs, below). Every year, newly minted coins are checked for size, weight, and composition at a Trial of the Pyx. Essentially the same procedure has been used since the 13th century. Assaying is now done by the Worshipful Company of Goldsmiths on behalf
Coins of the Rhodesian pound Commonwealth and the United Nations, as the Unilateral Declaration of Independence (UDI) was not recognized as legitimate. In 1966, the 'rebel' Rhodesian Government decided to issue a set of gold coins to commemorate the first anniversary of the UDI. These consisted of three denominations: - ten shillings (bearing a sable antelope on the reverse) (click for reverse image); - one pound - 5000 minted (bearing the "lion and tusk" armorial crest of Rhodesia on the reverse) (click for obverse image) (click for reverse image); and - five pounds - 3000 minted (bearing the arms of Rhodesia on the reverse) (click