2004 Scottish One Pound Coin - Forth Railway Bridge

2004 Silver Proof £1 Coin in Box

Forth Railway Bridge Design on Reverse of 2004 £1 Coin

Forth Railway Bridge Design on Reverse of 2004 Proof £1 Coin

Forth Railway Bridge Design
The Forth Railway Bridge appears on the 2004 pound coin representing Scotland. According to the Royal Mint, the new series of reverse designs is required because the existing four-year sequence of £1 coins has come to an end. The designs depict bridges from England, Scotland, Wales and Northern Ireland. The designer is engraver Edwina Ellis, who won a limited competition judged by the Royal Mint Advisory Committee. It will represent the third series of £1 reverse designs. The first series of "Floral" designs was used between 1984 and 1987 and again between 1989 and 1992. The second series of "Heraldry" designs was used between 1994 and 1997 and was then repeated between 1999 and 2002. During the intervening years, and in 2003, designs representing the whole of the United Kingdom were employed.

2003 Dated Patterns
The Mint issued pattern sets of the new series of one pound coin designs in 2003. The coins in these sets were struck in gold and silver. The issue limit on the gold set was 3,000. The issue limit on the silver set was 7,500. Details can be found on our 2003 Bridge Designs Pattern Pound Coins page.
The coins in the pattern sets have on the obverse the portrait of the Queen by Ian Rank-Broadley, approved for use on United Kingdom coins from 1998, and they are dated 2003.
The coins in the sets are referred to as pattern pieces, that is, proposed coins and consequently they will have no status as current or legal tender coins. They have plain edges and therefore differ from the legal tender versions of the coins to be issued between 2004 and 2007, which will have a decorative design on the edge.
Precedents exist in the nineteenth and twentieth centuries for the Mint issuing pattern pieces. (For example the George V Silver Jubilee Crown of 1935 and a plain edged sovereign of George VI in 1937.)

Technical Specifications
Ordinary Circulation Issue

Alloy	Nickel-Brass
Copper	70%
Zinc	24.5%
Nickel	5.5%
Diameter	22.5 mm
Weight	9.5 grams

Price & Availability

Version	Grade	Issue Limit	Issue Price	Price £	Price $
Specimen in Folder	Unc		£5.95	£Ask	$Ask
Silver Proof	FDC	25,000	£27.50	£25	$39.95
Silver Piedfort Proof	FDC	?	£48.95	£Ask	$Ask
Gold Proof	FDC	5,000	£345	£295	$595

Postage & Packing:
UK: At buyer's Risk £2.50 or
Fully Insured £6 (Usually by Royal Mail Special Delivery)
USA: Airmail at buyer's risk $10 or
Fully Insured $20
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