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Perhaps I can shed some light on the Wellington issue for those unfamiliar, basically as you can imagine it started by drunken capers, but any time Glasgow City Council removed the cone a new one would appear. Eventually (so the story goes!) it became a futile task to remove the cone the council deemed it to be a health and safety issue since if a cone was up there already nobody would climb the statue to put a new one on, so they left it. (This may not be entirely true, the council claim it costs them £10,000 a year to remove the cones, yet I never see it happen). There has been a cone on his head for the best part of three decades. It has become a symbol of Glasgow and our sense of humour, even appearing on tourist guides and other areas of popular culture. It's worth noting that the statue is right outside the Gallery of Modern Art. I'd like to think the man himself wouldn't be too bothered about it, his statue is now an endearing part of Glasgow culture. Everyone knows where he stands, yet most could not tell you any of the nearby statues by name. Last year the council drew up plans to raise the plinth to double it's height, and this started mass petitions and protest by the people of Glasgow. During the games the council replaced the cone with a golden one. The statue was also referenced several times in the opening ceremony. So basically, Wellington and his traffic cone hat are one of the most iconic symbols of Glasgow, and this is why the cone appears on the medal.

I worked for the Glasgow 2014 Organising Committee and on my last day of work I was handed this. I think it's really nice, and particularly like the Wellington statue with cone on the reverse I can't confirm this but I am also hearing one was handed to every competing athlete as they departed the village too. Not sure if it is entirely relevant to this forum, but I thought some of you would like to see it.

I think I may have found a 20p with a dodgy planchet. I was about to stick this in a vending machine when I noticed it and had a look. The coin appears to have a gouge out of it, however the surface of the gouge appears rough and has no direction to indicate it was scraped. Additionally along the raised edge the indentation has taken part of the pattern, which surely would have been scraped out too if this had happened after pressing. I may be wrong but it appears to me that the planchet was damaged before the coin was stuck. Another thought is that perhaps some foreign object was pressed along with the coin causing an odd indention. So what do you guys think? Post prediction damage or an error? Sorry about the photo's I only have an iPhone for a camera at the moment.

Just found out about these a few days ago, due in May. I noticed however that the sample notes had a serial number of a different format than Euro banknotes circulating today. While current banknotes start with a single letter to denote country of issue (X for Germany etc..) the samples of The Europa Series started with two letters. Does anyone know if there is going to be a change of format few the new series? Or was this likely just done because the note is a sample? As to the new design I'm not sure I like them as much as the current series, with that said there is barely any difference.

1971, and I get them every day I guess before 1990 I would have handled a fair few 1968, but none which I collected at the time.

Not very old for me, 1899.

Make sure he does! It is an awesome city, especially for those wanting to exprence European / Scottish culture. Though I will be obligated to call him a "Ya" Bloomin posh Edinbugh Uni students!

Most recent purchase (first ever) banknote wise where some "Euro-Pound" notes. RBS pound note from 1992, with the EC (now EU) stars on it. Little did they know then the Euro would become a reality. Guy was selling two "almost sequential" uncirculated and in a separate auction a circulated example. Since nobody bid on the circulated one he was kind enough to give it to me! Not particularly amazing but a nice little anomaly. I'm also quite pro-EU.