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| | British coin One Pound -- Facts, Info, and Encyclopedia article (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-19) |
 | | For earlier coins worth One Pound, please see the articles on the (A nation's ruler or head of state usually by hereditary right) Sovereign, (Slang term for a woman) Broad, (Any of various aromatic trees of the laurel family) Laurel, and (additional info and facts about Unite) Unite. |
 | | The coin was introduced in 1983 to replace the (The central bank of England and Wales) Bank of England One Pound note, which ceased to be issued at the end of 1984 and was removed from circulation (though still redeemable at the Bank's offices) on 11 March 1988. |
 | | An interesting feature of this denomination is that the design of the reverse of the coin changes every year in turn to have an emblem representing the UK, Scotland, Wales, Northern Ireland, and England in turn, together with an appropriate edge inscription, and the value |
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