On 16 Jun, 23:22, Tom Anderson wrote:
On Mon, 16 Jun 2008, MIG wrote:
On 15 Jun, 17:08, Tom Anderson wrote:
On Sun, 15 Jun 2008, Colin Rosenstiel wrote:
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I have noticed lately that there appear to be much less coins 1-
and 2-pound coins, plus 50-pence coins with special reverses in
circulation. Is it becoming a trend for the general public to hoard
these coins?

Since all £1 coin reverses are "special" I'm not sure what you mean
there.

Some are more special than others!

Have a butcher's:

http://www.ukcoinpics.co.uk/dec1p.html

IME, the 1983 etc all-UK reverse is far and away the most common one to
come across.

The 1983 design had to replace every £1 note in circulation, so there's
bound to be more of them.

Aaaah, didn't think of that!

After that it would just be replacements for natural wastage (or
whatever it's called).

It was re-issued in 1193, 1998, 2003 and 2008 (according to that site) -
are you saying this was just to cover withdrawn or destructed 1983 coins?
Why would they bother to replace like with like?

Presumably just to replace pounds rather than specific ones. I don't
know how the number of coins needed per year is calculated. It seems
to assume a vast number getting lost or destroyed, but I don't know to
what extent the total amount of currency in circulation varies from
year to year or how it could be monitored in any case.