2007 Gateshead Millennium Bridge One Pound Circulated Coin
Gateshead Millennium Bridge 2007 circulated [One Pound](file:///buy-coins/one-pound/): the final coin in [The Royal Mint](file:///buy-coins/the-royal-mint/)'s collectable UK Bridges £1 series. These coins feature a design by [Edwina Ellis](file:///blog/edwina-ellis/) showing the Gateshead Millennium Bridge (sometimes called the 'Blinking Eye Bridge') - a pedestrian and cyclist tilt bridge over the River Tyne between Gateshead and Newcastle-Upon-Tyne, opened in 2001. - On the obverse is [Ian Rank-Broadley](file:///blog/ian-rank-broadley/)'s definitive coinage portrait of [Queen Elizabeth II](file:///buy-coins/elizabeth-ii/) - 26,180,160 of these round, nickel-brass Pound coins were struck for [circulation](file:///buy-coins/circulated/) in 2007 - The edge features a decorative criss-cross pattern representing bridges and pathways