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.

Part of The Royal Mint's rotating series of national plant designs for the One Pound coin, this flax plant design, representing Northern Ireland, was also used in 1991. It's paired with Raphael Maklouf's portrait of Queen Elizabeth II.

• The edge reads 'DECUS ET TUTAMEN', meaning 'An ornament and a safeguard'
• 10,409,501 of these circulating 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• The lower mintage and the status of these £ 1 coins as withdrawn currency may make them hard to find