Design the London 2012 50 Pence Piece IT WILL BECOME REAL MONEY

[Shoulders?-Stomach!]

http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/uk/7824547.stm



The contest winner will witness their design being turned into real coins

I think there's a very slender chance we could design something subversive but generally good enough to actually get this made. But of course I am a deluded simpleton.

I'll be along soon* with a few efforts.

*eventually.

[Table Top Joe]

[Ginyard]

Haha!. Brilliant.

[Suttonpubcrawl]

Perhaps the government intends to issue these 50 pence pieces in bulk as part of a scheme of "quantitative easing".

[chocky909]

Sorry I took so long.

[Melody Lee]

Beautiful!

[Melody Lee]

[biggytitbo]

[Lookalike Mark Chapman]

[chocky909]

I was going to do that.

But I would've included the actual joke part... so... ;)



...surely?

[Shoulders?-Stomach!]

haha, wonderful, all of youses.

[ziggy starbucks]

[Lookalike Mark Chapman]

I was going to do that.

But I would've included the actual joke part...

Charming. I considered changing the text - and if I had, I would have gone the whole hog and changed it to 'Fiddy Cent.' As it is I decided that if the Royal Mint pressed millions of them and had got it slightly naffly wrong then it would be funnier. But then apparently you wouldn't know funny if it fell through the bar and landed on your balls.

[JesusAndYourBush]

[Lookalike Mark Chapman]

That's fantastic. Seriously, send it in. Then of course there's the inevitable:



Lest we forget.

[ziggy starbucks]

alas the competition's age limit of 12 precludes me from entering.

but here is something to inspire the kids of today to victory in 2012

[Shoulders?-Stomach!]

These are all ace

[Small Man Big Horse]

A quick and lazy one.

[Lookalike Mark Chapman]

[Clone Army]

I really like this one, like the 25 peseta piece.

Money makers, why come not this please?

[Blue Jam]

[chocky909]

I must obey the taggers.





Annoying LMC is just a pleasant side effect.