We spend money every day.But do you know how to design them?David Pearce,a 15-year-old boy from the UK,just became the (1)designeresigner of the new one-pound coin.
To fight (2)againstgainst fake coins,the UK government held a design competition for new coin in September last year. (3)Amongmong about 6000 works,Pearce's design came out on top and won the competition.
" I heard about the (4)competitionompetition from my teacher,and I thought I had nothing to lose so I decided to enter," said Pearce.
The new (5)coinoin has 12 edges(邊).On one side is the picture of the Queen.And on the other side,Pearce designed a crown(皇冠)and four plants growing from one stem (花莖):the rose for England,the leek(韭蔥)for Wales,the thistle(薊)for Scotland and the shamrock(三葉草)for Northern Ireland.In Pearce's words,he spent lots of time (6)researchingesearching what coin designs look like and what sort of designs would (7)suitableuitable for all parts of the UK.
In the end,the four-plant design (8)stoodtood out among others.
The new coins will begin to be used in 2017.And they will use the (9)latestatest technology to make sure the new ones are hard to fake.
"The competition captured (俘獲)the imagination of thousands of people and David Pearce's winning design will be (10)recognizedecognized by millions in the years ahead," said George Osborne,the British Chancellor of the Exchequer( 美國(guó)財(cái)政大臣).
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