After months of hoarding ( and I'm not the only one ), I've finally collected each of the new UK coin designs. The set was complete one evening at the pub where the elusive 5 pence piece was slotted into the center of the arrangement... to my disappointment there was no magical flash of light and I was not endowed with super powers.

I don't normally get excited by coins and I wouldn't normally collect them, however the unique and original puzzle-like design of these really caught my interest. UK coin designs aren't particularly exciting, bar the special-edition 50p's you see around, so the boldness of this design is a refreshing break from the mold.

Join the coins ...kinda

The circular nature of coins don't make for a particularly intuitive jigsaw-puzzle, you can't make every piece touch it's neighbours.

When arranging the coins by eye you naturally rest the Two and Ten on the One and Twenty below (as I have done in the main photograph) - lining up the coins relative to the original shield design results in the Two and Ten floating slightly above. This irritates the obsessive compulsive within me.