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    British coins are sized in an illogical way, with larger denominations being smaller than smaller denominations. This sizing is intentional to make the coins easier to distinguish by feel for blind and visually impaired people. Coins are paired with similar metals and edge textures to further aid distinction. The 2008 coins removed numbers and rely solely on text denomination, assuming most British people can identify coins by feel and sight from a distance due to familiarity with the system. However, this change makes coins more difficult for foreign visitors to distinguish.

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    British coins are sized in an illogical way, with larger denominations being smaller than smaller denominations. This sizing is intentional to make the coins easier to distinguish by feel for blind and visually impaired people. Coins are paired with similar metals and edge textures to further aid distinction. The 2008 coins removed numbers and rely solely on text denomination, assuming most British people can identify coins by feel and sight from a distance due to familiarity with the system. However, this change makes coins more difficult for foreign visitors to distinguish.

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    British coins are sized in an illogical way, with larger denominations being smaller than smaller denominations. This sizing is intentional to make the coins easier to distinguish by feel for blind and visually impaired people. Coins are paired with similar metals and edge textures to further aid distinction. The 2008 coins removed numbers and rely solely on text denomination, assuming most British people can identify coins by feel and sight from a distance due to familiarity with the system. However, this change makes coins more difficult for foreign visitors to distinguish.

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    British coins are sized in an illogical way, with larger denominations being smaller than smaller denominations. This sizing is intentional to make the coins easier to distinguish by feel for blind and visually impaired people. Coins are paired with similar metals and edge textures to further aid distinction. The 2008 coins removed numbers and rely solely on text denomination, assuming most British people can identify coins by feel and sight from a distance due to familiarity with the system. However, this change makes coins more difficult for foreign visitors to distinguish.

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    British Coins

    When many people come to the UK,


    they find it very difficult to identify
    which coin is which. The system
    doesn’t seem very logical because the
    2p (and even the 1p) is bigger than
    the 5p piece, and the 20p is smaller
    than the 10p piece. When visitors first
    arrive, they spend a long time search-
    ing through change to find the correct
    one. British Coins

    Has this happened to you? Have you ever wondered why British money is seemingly so
    illogical? Is there a reason that justifies the varying sizes?

    If you look at euros for example, each coin is grouped


    with two other coins next to it in a group of three, so
    they place together the 1, 2 and 5 euro cent coins, the
    10, 20 and 50 euro cent coins, and the 1 and 2 euro
    coins. This grouping causes some problems because the
    coins look very similar to each other because they are
    the same colour and only very slightly different in
    Euro Coins
    size. So, in order for blind or partially-sighted people to distinguish the coins, each coin
    has a different edge. So the 10, 20 and 50 euro cent coins can be distinguished by rub-
    bing your fingernail over the edge of the coin.

    In the UK we take this a step further by putting our coins, not in groups of 3, but in
    pairs. So, we put 1p with 2p (small and large with a smooth edge, make with a copper
    coloured metal), 5p with 10p (small and large with a rough edge and made of nickel, a
    silver colour), 20p with 50p (small and large with an angular edge) and £1 with £2
    (much thicker than the other coins). The sharp contrast in size between the two coins
    in each pair, as well as the different textures of the edges and the colours of the metals
    make it much easier for blind or partially-sighted people to identify the coins and
    much more easily identifiable when paying for things.
    The newest UK coins,
    released in 2008 join together to make a picture,
    the image of a shield. But why do these new
    coins only have text to identify their value (FIVE
    PENCE) and not numbers (5 PENCE)? Well, the
    above system is judged to be so effective that it

    was unnecessary. Most British people can identify coins from a large distance and by feel-
    ing the weight of the coin without looking at the number. Both of these are much more
    difficult to do with euro coins. Try it with a friend. Stand 15-20 metres away from a friend
    and try to identify the coin that they are holding up.

    However, these new coins, although clever, admittedly do make it much more difficult for
    foreign visitors and tourists who may not speak English and who are not familiar with the
    British system.
    Do you agree with the decision in 2008 to remove numbers from the coins? If you worked
    for the Royal Mint (the organisation that produces our money) what other changes would
    you make to British coins to make them easier for foreign visitors, while retaining their
    blind-friendly features?

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