New pound has a shamrock on it to "represent the 4 parts of the UK"

lifeandtimes

http://news.sky.com/story/1631-coin-everything-you-need-to-know-about-the-new-pound-10815562

"4. The design for the new pound coin includes a rose, a thistle, a leek and a shamrock to reflect the four parts of the UK"

Da fuq?

lifeandtimes

D0NNELLY wrote: »

Scotland, England, Wales and Northern Ireland.
4 countries.

Can't find wear it says northern Ireland's symbol is a shamrock though?

Maybe I'm not looking hard enough

Firewalkwithme

lifeandtimes wrote: »

http://news.sky.com/story/1631-coin-everything-you-need-to-know-about-the-new-pound-10815562

"4. The design for the new pound coin includes a rose, a thistle, a leek and a shamrock to reflect the four parts of the UK"

Da fuq?

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Countries_of_the_United_Kingdom

D0NNELLY

lifeandtimes wrote: »

Can't find wear it says northern Ireland's symbol is a shamrock though?

Maybe I'm not looking hard enough

Keep going

D0NNELLY

D0NNELLY wrote: »

Scotland, England, Wales and Northern Ireland.
4 countries.

D0NNELLY wrote: »

Scotland, England, Wales and Northern Ireland.

hehe.

osarusan

clintondaly

lifeandtimes wrote: »

Can't find wear it says northern Ireland's symbol is a shamrock though?

Maybe I'm not looking hard enough

Here you go

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/National_symbols_of_the_United_Kingdom,_the_Channel_Islands_and_the_Isle_of_Man

There's a fair amount of wishful thinking on the Brits part to put the shamrock and thistle into the currency of their new post-Brexit state.

BorneTobyWilde

It's about time Ireland took back what belongs to them.

BorneTobyWilde

Ireland and UK should form an alliance if Scotland leave.

Is this why they're trying to get Scotland to stay in the UK? Because otherwise they'd just be investing money in a random plant on their coin.

Graces7

Love the coin.

The old one / royal warrant had / has a harp on it.



They can put whatever they want on it.

osarusan

The design was chosen through a competition held more than 2 years ago. The winner was a 15 year-old boy from Walsall.

Tom Mann Centuria

With common sense then this thread should fizzle out in the next few posts.


See you all on page 50.

My name is URL

Your Face wrote: »

Will this affect the Loins tour?

No, there'll still be plenty of hen parties coming over

Outlaw Pete

Deleted User wrote: »

They can put whatever they want on it.

Exactly, sure we've already put a big cock and balls on our €2 coins to reflect how well hung European men are (apart from Brits I guess).

Omackeral

I'm outraged at this sitting here in my Man United jersey.

lazybones32

BorneTobyWilde wrote: »

It's about time Ireland took back what belongs to them.

If you're referring to the 6 Counties, I've bad news for you: the Good Friday Agreement acknowledges that it is territory of the UK and Rep. of Ireland has no claim to it.

And the Republican parties on either side of the border pushed for a "yes" vote.

Nabber

"Now your national emblem is on our coin you can't leave"

twinytwo

lazybones32 wrote: »

If you're referring to the 6 Counties, I've bad news for you: the Good Friday Agreement acknowledges that it is territory of the UK and Rep. of Ireland has no claim to it.

And the Republican parties on either side of the border pushed for a "yes" vote.

Actually, the agreement was NI was part the UK's soverign terrority until a point a majority both of the people of Northern Ireland and of the Republic of Ireland wished otherwise. Should that happen, then the British and Irish governments are under "a binding obligation" to implement that choice.

So technically your wrong on your first point.

It stopped the killing, for the most part... they would never have let us have it anyway.(Would you rather the BA continued to kill innocent civilians?)

Kinda comical when you look at the current situation.

DrGreenthumb

Tom Mann Centuria wrote: »

With common sense then this thread should fizzle out in the next few posts.


See you all on page 50.

I bet you a pound we won't see page 50

please helpThank YOU

Outlaw Pete wrote: »

Exactly, sure we've already put a big cock and balls on our €2 coins to reflect how well hung European men are (apart from Brits I guess).


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Roger Hassenforder

Outlaw Pete wrote: »

Exactly, sure we've already put a big *** and balls on our €2 coins to reflect how well hung European men are (apart from Brits I guess).

that mickey looks like its got a chancre or two.

pickarooney

Surely if they want to prevent forgeries they shouldn't​ let any old bank print their own versions of their notes?

Fr_Dougal

We're part of the British Isles.

fiachr_a

According to Chris Coleman (Wales manager).

Nate--IRL--

Fr_Dougal wrote: »

We're part of the British Isles.

Hahah, nicely done

Nate

TheQuietFella

lifeandtimes wrote: »

http://news.sky.com/story/1631-coin-everything-you-need-to-know-about-the-new-pound-10815562

"4. The design for the new pound coin includes a rose, a thistle, a leek and a shamrock to reflect the four parts of the UK"

Da fuq?

Maybe they're trying to tell our brothers up north something?

Who gives a 'fuq' really?

alchemist33

Tom Mann Centuria wrote: »

With common sense then this thread should fizzle out in the next few posts.


See you all on page 50.

Page 50?

Fr_Dougal wrote: »

We're part of the British Isles.

We'll be on page 100 by midnight now!

Capt'n Midnight

Given the drop since Brexit . it's time to paraphrase Spitting Image.

"when I said phase out the pound I meant the old pound coin, not the pound sterling"

Pac1Man

I started drinking coffee at 11 years of age. Didn't do me any harm.

lazybones32

twinytwo wrote: »

Actually, the agreement was NI was part the UK's soverign terrority until a point a majority both of the people of Northern Ireland and of the Republic of Ireland wished otherwise. Should that happen, then the British and Irish governments are under "a binding obligation" to implement that choice.

So technically your wrong on your first point.

It stopped the killing, for the most part... they would never have let us have it anyway.(Would you rather the BA continued to kill innocent civilians?)

Kinda comical when you look at the current situation.

Actually I'm correct. For the first time, the Govt. of the Republic recognised that the 6 Counties were territory of the UK - we amended the Constitution to legally accept it. We gave up our claim to it being part of the Republic and accepted that it is British soil.
Ireland is a 32 County Island and the Rep. is 26 Counties.

degsie

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Wow, that was fast...

Zaph

Why is this news? They've had shamrocks on British pound coins since 2014. I don't remember much of a fuss then.

melloa

it's obviously trump giving a shout out to his troll army

riffmongous

Zaph wrote: »

Why is this news? They've had shamrocks on British pound coins since 2014. I don't remember much of a fuss then.

Seems like they were a fairly limited production, just for northern ireland