Portsmouth pushing 'Pompey pound'

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Undated handout issued by Portsmouth City Council of a proposed design of a new 12-sided pound coin featuring two key features of the Hampshire city - Nelson's flagship HMS Victory and the Spinnaker Tower, a viewing tower which overlooks the Solent created as a millennium project. PRESS ASSOCIATION Photo. Issue date: Wednesday April 9, 2014. The local authority is entering its design into a public competition run by the Government to decide what will feature on the coin which will have the Queen's head on the other side. See PA story POLITICS Pound. Photo credit should read: Portsmouth City Council/PA Wire  NOTE TO EDITORS: This handout photo may only be used in for editorial reporting purposes for the contemporaneous illustration of events, things or the people in the image or facts mentioned in the caption. Reuse of the picture may require further permission from the copyright holder.

%VIRTUAL-SkimlinksPromo%The home city of the Royal Navy has launched a bid to be featured on the new 12-sided pound coin.

Portsmouth City Council has proposed a design featuring two key features of the Hampshire city - Nelson's flagship HMS Victory and the Spinnaker Tower, a viewing tower which overlooks the Solent created as a millennium project.

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