New GBP1 coin in two weeks

Not only is it the same size and shape as the old 3d coin (which I remember from my childhood pocket money), it has roughly the same purchasing power. That's inflation for you.
More info on the new £1 coin on the official website here: https://www.thenewpoundcoin.com/

A 3d coin being the OLD 3 penny peice... Rather than a 3 dimensional coin as even I thought at first glance.

The £5 note is very new, yes.

Last year, I found some British Pound notes from the early 1990's. I had to go down to the Bank of England to exchange them for new ones. (The guard at the door told me I couldn't do that there. He was trying to be funny.)

I'll be back in the UK next month. I must remember to take my pound coins.

Mike J, You must be younger than me not to remember "old money". They changed over when I was still at school, so I had already been taught "£sd".
3d = Threepenny bit, pronounced "Thrupenny bit"
Heads: https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/9/9d/Threepence_Elizabeth_II_obverse.png
Tails: https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/1/19/Threepence_reverse_1958.png
Compare with this: http://ichef-1.bbci.co.uk/news/660/cpsprodpb/40DE/production/_92160661_coinepa.jpg

Yes, the thrupenny bit was my favourite coin and the 10 bob note my favourite paper money:
http://www.thebanknotestore.com/british/Bank%20of%20England%2010%20Shilling%20notes/BE33.jpg

https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/1/1c/Bank_of_England_10s_reverse.jpg

Before we had the decimal monopoly money.

2/6 went a long way in those days.... who had 10 bob?

It was hard to get a change for one of these, let alone fit it into a wallet.

" who had 10 bob?"

I used to (for a very short while) after I was paid........That's when I was on 2 guineas a week.:-)

Didn't know we had the highly paid on here..... ;-)

I still have a silver threepenny piece, my grandmother used to use them in the clootie dumplings she made, when we found one we exchanged it with her for a sixpence. when she died about 30 years ago I was given a silver threepenny from her.

that's heartwarming....

To Mike J and all the others for whom 3d was not obvious, I offer the following advert: https://c1.staticflickr.com/9/8791/16896678539_1fb479c2f6_b.jpg

Price 12 Guineas, 30/11 deposit and 8 monthly payments of 30/11

I guess this is from the 1950's or 1960's. Question: How much extra above the cash price (20 Gns) are you paying if you buy on installments?