Here is a 1p coin. Two of these coins are worth the same as a 2p coin. Here is a 5p coin. A 5p coin is worth the same as five 1p coins. Two 5p coins are worth the same as a 10p coin. Two 10p coins ...

The 1p depicts a hazel dormouse, the 2p a red squirrel, the 5p an oak tree leaf ... a shamrock for Northern Ireland. Rebecca Morgan, the director of commemorative coin at the Royal Mint, said ...