Your art, in everyone s hands. Your one pound coin. Your opportunity to design the new United Kingdom 1 coin!

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1 Your art, in everyone s hands Your one pound coin Your opportunity to design the new United Kingdom 1 coin!

2 YOUR OPPORTUNITY TO DESIGN A COIN FOR THE NATION MAKE YOUR OWN MARK In 2017 the United Kingdom will welcome a brand new 1 coin and its design will be chosen in a competition. The Royal Mint invites the nation to design the new 1 coin, a fantastic opportunity for members of the public, professional artists and designers. This is a chance to create the reverse of what will be the United Kingdom s newest coin. The Chancellor of the Exchequer and Master of the Mint, George Osborne, announced plans for the new coin at Budget 2014, saying: After thirty years loyal service, the time is right to retire the current 1 coin, and replace it with the most secure coin in the world. With advances in technology making high value coins like the 1 ever more vulnerable to counterfeiters, it s vital that we keep several paces ahead of the criminals to maintain the integrity of our currency. The proposed new 1 coin has twelve sides and will feature a portrait of The Queen on the obverse ( heads side). I am particularly pleased that the coin will take a giant leap into the future, using cutting edge British technology, while at the same time paying tribute to the past in the 12sided design of the iconic threepenny bit.

3 new one pound coin DESIGN BRIEF Only a handful of people will ever get the chance to design a United Kingdom coin. But The Royal Mint and government are giving the whole nation a once in a lifetime opportunity to create a design for the new 1 coin that will enter circulation for the first time in The design, which should symbolise Britain, will feature on the reverse side of the new coin: the tails. To help all artists both professionals and budding beginners here are some hints and tips to get you started. For the full story of the current 1 coin designs visit What does Britain mean to you? These iconic images could represent Britain but what direction will you choose? Try to create a design that represents Britain in a clear and unambiguous way. Whatever you choose as your inspiration, it must be readily understood to represent Britain. Think of symbols, heraldry, words, aspects of the natural world, manmade structures such as buildings and monuments, British achievements, whether social, political or cultural, and British institutions. Find a way of conveying your ideas simply so other people can tell what they are. The proposed new coin is 12sided and bicolour, with a goldcoloured outer ring and a silvercoloured centre. Your design could cover both parts of the coin with no boundaries, or have two distinct parts that are exclusively on the outer ring and centre*. You will need to create a design that fits within a 12sided shape, and think about a design that works with the bicolour composition. Successful coinage designs commonly feature emblems or symbols and are often heraldic in their inspiration. Above all, try to imagine how the design will look on the coin in your pocket. * The government is currently consulting on the precise specification of the coin, including the physical dimensions. The Royal Mint will work with the winning entrant to ensure that their design fits the final specification, which will be announced in due course.

4 BE INSPIRED! HOW TO ENTER When thinking about your design, why not consider the following: Talk to your friends and family about the competition and share ideas with them. Are you part of a society or club involved with art and design? Talk to other members about the competition to help inspire each other. Conduct your own research into British coins and their heraldic traditions. Ask yourself how you think Britain has been best represented on other coins. STEP 1 For every entry you wish to make, register your details at Download a template it will have the unique reference code generated by your registration. This is your personal code and will be used to track your entry anonymously. Only one entry can be submitted per template. STEP 2 When your design is complete, post your entry to the address below. Competition for New 1 Coin PO Box 137 Pontyclun CF72 0DR DESIGN RULES You have lots of freedom to prepare designs in whatever way you wish, whether through a computer programme or by preparing a drawing, but here are a few guidelines to stick to when designing your coin. The government expects that the coin will be 12sided and bicolour, with a goldcoloured outer ring and a silvercoloured centre. Designs should be based on the specification of the proposed coin, on which the government is currently consulting. The Royal Mint will work with the winning entrant to ensure that their design fits the final specification. A portrait of Her Majesty The Queen will be used for one side of the coin. Entrants will need to provide a design for the tails, or reverse side, only. The denomination ONE POUND must appear as part of the overall design but it is left up to you precisely where it is placed within the design. The expected diameter of the coin will be between 22.5mm and 24.5mm. For design purposes you may like to assume the midpoint of this range, however the final specification will only be announced following the completion of the public consultation process. Your design should be orientated with a point of the proposed 12sided shape at the base. Designs must not include a recognisable likeness of a known person, whether living or dead. Your design must be your own work, must not be copied from someone else and must not contain any thirdparty materials and/or content that you do not have permission to use. All designs submitted should be presented on the supplied template, which can be downloaded from The Royal Mint website. Designs can be submitted in pencil, ink, paint or using computer drawing or design software. We cannot accept 3D entries, including collages or models. To ensure the competition is fair, please do not include any initials or identifying marks on your designs. The winner will be identified via their unique reference code, and it is therefore very important that the registration process is completed correctly. Threedimensional models will be made of the designs that are shortlisted towards the end of the selection process. A fee of 1,000 per model will be paid to those invited to prepare models of their designs. This payment will be reduced to 250 per model if the models, by agreement, are prepared by The Royal Mint. If you wish to enter more than one design, either print more copies of the template featuring your unique reference code or register again for a new reference code to download more Entry Forms. Please visit for further information, including how to enter, registration and useful design hints and tips. Designs should reach us no later than 23:59 on Thursday 30th October Designs should only be presented on the template provided by The Royal Mint. Entrants can send in more than one design, but use a separate template with your unique reference code clearly visible on each template. Entries sent to any postal address other than the one above will not be eligible to win the competition. The Royal Mint recommends that you post your final design to ensure the representation is exactly as you want it to be. However, if you do wish to your entry to us, please send it to onepounddesign@royalmint.com Entries sent to any other address will not be eligible to win the competition. Entries submitted by must be a maximum of 10MB in size, with an image no more than 300 dpi. The winner will receive 10,000 as a design fee. The 10,000 fee, and other fees mentioned, represents payment in full for all coinage purposes for which the winning design will be used. More importantly, the winner will have the pleasure and pride of seeing their design replicated on millions of coins that will be used by the people of the United Kingdom for years to come. The winner will be invited to The Royal Mint to see their design transformed into actual United Kingdom coins. This is the opportunity of a lifetime to design a coin that will remain in circulation for decades to come.

5 COMPETITION The competition is open to anyone who wishes to enter, irrespective of age or nationality. Entrants aged under 18 shall have obtained the consent of a parent or guardian (and will provide us with the contact details we need should verification be required). Closing date for entries is Thursday 30th October Designs should reach us no later than 23:59 on Thursday 30th October The Royal Mint takes no responsibility for entries that are lost, delayed, misdirected or incomplete or cannot be delivered or entered for any technical or other reason. Proof of posting or delivery of the entry, is not proof of receipt. Each entry submitted will be retained by The Royal Mint and you will not have any right of return. Your entry must be your own work, must not be copied from someone else and must not contain any thirdparty materials and/or content that you do not have permission to use. You warrant that you own the copyright to your design as its author. If another person has assisted in preparing your design, you warrant that you have received an assignment of all associated copyright from that person. We may ask to see evidence of that assignment at any time. You hereby grant The Royal Mint a nonexclusive, royaltyfree, irrevocable, perpetual, worldwide right and licence to use, reproduce, modify, adapt and publish your design in electronic format or hard copy and for purposes connected with the competition, and to adapt the design to enable such publication (including to crop or otherwise edit it for such purposes), and you hereby irrevocably waive, for the benefit of The Royal Mint, all moral rights in the entry to which you are entitled. Copyright for all entries submitted, including the winning design, will become the property of the Crown and by entering the competition all participants agree to assign all copyright in any designs submitted to the Crown. The fee of 10,000, and other fees mentioned, represents payment in full for all coinage purposes for which the winning design will be used. The Royal Mint reserves the right to award discretionary prizes, particularly for designs received from children judged to be of an especially high quality. When completing your online registration form, you must provide your name, date of birth and address (contact telephone number with dialling codes is optional). When registering, you will have the option of opting out of future marketing campaigns. The fee offered is as stated and is nontransferable. In addition to the winning design fee mentioned, The Royal Mint reserves the right to offer and award other prizes in respect of designs submitted whether under this competition or otherwise. We reserve the right to require that the parent or guardian of any entrant aged under 18 years confirms in writing that they agree to be bound by these rules and will accept the prize on behalf of an under 18 winner. RULES The winning design may be used in full or in part to produce a final design for coins to be circulated as United Kingdom currency. The Royal Mint will work with the winner of this competition to ensure that the winning design fits the final specification of the coin. The approved coin design will be subject to publication via all media channels. The Royal Mint reserves the right to provide the press and media with details of the competition and the results, including the name of the winner. The winner will be required to participate in publicity which will result in photographs being taken and their name being provided to the press and media. Individuals can send in more than one design, provided they are completed on the official template downloaded from The Royal Mint website, complete with a unique reference code. The winner will be notified during the course of The decision of the judges is final and no correspondence will be entered into. The winning design will be available to view online at at a date to be announced. The Royal Mint accepts no responsibility for any damage, loss, liabilities, injury or disappointment incurred or suffered by an entrant as a result of entering the competition or accepting the fee. The Royal Mint further disclaims liability for any injury or damage to the entrant or any other person relating to or resulting from participation in or downloading any materials in connection with the competition. The Royal Mint reserves the right at any time and from time to time to modify or discontinue, temporarily or permanently, this competition with or without prior notice due to reasons outside its control (including, without limitation, in the case of anticipated, suspected or actual fraud). By entering the competition, entrants will be deemed to have accepted the rules. The decision of The Royal Mint in all matters under its control is final and binding. The designer of the winning design hereby assigns to The Royal Mint all existing and future intellectual property rights in the design and agrees promptly to execute all documents and do all acts as may, in The Royal Mint s opinion, be necessary to give effect to this condition as will be required to assign formally copyright to the Crown. Those people directly involved in organising the competition and all members of staff employed by The Royal Mint will not be entitled to enter. For further information, including how to enter, competition registration, entry form and useful design hints and tips, please visit /royalmint The Royal Mint Llantrisant, Pontyclun CF72 8YT United Kingdom The Royal Mint Limited 2014