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David Thompson - you've got it all wrong. Given the reported decline in maths standards, I propose that we replace our current coinage with the following: 1p, 3p, 12p, 27p, 59p, £1.26. That ought to improve people's mental arithmetic.
Ed W, London,
Peter Cressall is spot on, but the real question that would need answering is what would happen to the "only £xx.99" brigade?
John, Worcester,
Our coinage is a jumble : too many denominations and not the right ones anyway. I think the US and Canada have the mix right.
I suggest coins of 1p, 5p, 10p, 25p, 50p and £1. We could achieve this progressivelt - starting with the removal from circulation of the 2p and 20p coins. Why not ?
David Thompson, Burnham, UK
Kay Bagon should be grateful some symbol of the United States wasn't chosen. Emails to the Times and its own articles are sodden with US English and I see attempts to correct my spelling in favour of theirs. If we were drowned with as much from China or Brasil, there would be the devil to pay.
John Orford, Balingasag, Philippines
It isn't just the 1p coin that's being redesigned - ALL of them have been. The designs are all too similar and lack any real identity. The question must be asked: "Why?"
John, Southampton, UK
Kay Bagon should be asking, along with everyone else, why money is being wasted printing coins of negligible value and zero use.
Peter Cressall, La Lucila, Argentina