1986 Northern Ireland Flax Plant One Pound Circulated Coin
Northern Ireland Flax Plant 1986 UK £1 coin, featuring a flax plant encircled by a royal diadem on the reverse, designed by [Leslie Durbin](file:///blog/leslie-durbin/). Part of [The Royal Mint](file:///buy-coins/the-royal-mint/)'s rotating series of national plant designs for the [One Pound](file:///buy-coins/one-pound/) coin, this flax plant design, representing Northern Ireland, was also used in 1991. It's paired with [Raphael Maklouf](file:///blog/raphael-maklouf/)'s portrait of [Queen Elizabeth II](file:///buy-coins/elizabeth-ii/). - The edge reads 'DECUS ET TUTAMEN', meaning 'An ornament and a safeguard' - 10,409,501 of these [circulating](file:///buy-coins/circulated/) nickel-brass coins were issued by The Royal Mint in 1986 - The lower mintage and the status of these £ 1 coins as withdrawn currency may make them hard to find