To celebrate the United Kingdom, the Royal Mint has issued 26 new 10p coins - each representing an aspect of British life. This is the full range of designs - from the Angel of the North to Zebra crossings

First there were the Olympic 50ps, then the Beatrix Potter series - and now the 10p coin is getting in on the act.

The Royal Mint has unveiled 26 new, limited edition, "quintessentially British" 10ps - and they are now in circulation.

With one coin per letter of the alphabet, the coin designs acknowledge some of the UK’s most astonishing scientific and technological achievements along with more everyday aspects of British life - and some of the national myths and stories that bind us together.

Q was an early favourite with the public, and experts predicted which 10ps are likely to become most collectable.

This is what they look like, and the element of Britishness they are each representing.