Obverse. Photo © Numista
  • 1 Pound 2014, Sp# J35, United Kingdom (Great Britain), Elizabeth II, Floral Emblems, Scottish Thistle and Bluebell
  • 1 Pound 2014, Sp# J35, United Kingdom (Great Britain), Elizabeth II, Floral Emblems, Scottish Thistle and Bluebell
  • 1 Pound 2014, Sp# J35, United Kingdom (Great Britain), Elizabeth II, Floral Emblems, Scottish Thistle and Bluebell, Brilliant Uncirculated two-coin set
Description

In 2014 two new £1 coins – one for Northern Ireland and one for Scotland – completed a series of four that began in 2013 with coins for England and Wales. This series of £1 coin designs uses pairs of floral emblems to represent the United Kingdom and its four constituent countries. For the first time ever familiar floral emblems are paired together with other less well-known floral symbols in one reverse design.

Obverse

Fourth crowned portrait of HM Queen Elizabeth II facing right, wearing the Girls of Great Britain and Ireland tiara.

The Girls of Great Britain and Ireland tiara was a wedding present in 1947 from her grandmother, Queen Mary, who received it as a gift from the Girls of Great Britain and Ireland in 1893 on the occasion of her marriage to the Duke of York, later George V. Made by E. Wolfe & Co., it was purchased from Garrard & Co. by a committee organised by Lady Eve Greville. In 1914, Mary adapted the tiara to take 13 diamonds in place of the large oriental pearls surmounting the tiara. At first, Elizabeth wore the tiara without its base and pearls but the base was reattached in 1969. The Girls of Great Britain and Ireland Tiara is one of Elizabeth's most recognisable pieces of jewellery due to its widespread use on British banknotes and coinage.

ELIZABETH II DEI GRATIA REGINA FIDEI DEFENSATRIX means Elizabeth II, by the grace of God, Queen and Defender of the Faith.

Engraver: Ian Rank-Broadley

ELIZABETH·II·D·G REG·F·D·2014
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Reverse

Floral emblems of Scotland, the thistle and bluebell together.

Cirsium vulgare (spear thistle, bull thistle, or common thistle) is a species of the genus Cirsium, native throughout most of Europe, Western Asia, and northwestern Africa (Atlas Mountains). It is the national flower of Scotland.

Campanula rotundifolia (harebell) is a herbaceous perennial flowering plant in the bellflower family Campanulaceae. It has a circumpolar distribution in the Northern Hemisphere, extending in Europe from the north Mediterranean to the arctic. In Scotland, it is often known as the bluebell.

Engraver: Timothy Noad

ONE POUND

Edge

The Latin motto of Scotland's most noble Order of the Thistle, NEMO ME IMPUNE LACESSIT (no-one provokes me with impunity).

NEMO ME IMPUNE LACESSIT

1 Pound

4th portrait

Floral Emblems
Scottish Thistle and Bluebell

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Sp# J35
Characteristics
Type Commemorative Issue (Circulating)
Material Nickel Brass
Weight 9.5 g
Diameter 22.5 mm
Thickness 3.15 mm
Shape round
Alignment Medal
Mint
Royal Mint

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