HC Deb 28 March 1996 vol 274 c673W
Mr. William Ross

To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer (1) by what means the differing traditions in Northern Ireland are represented on the 1996 Northern Ireland £1 coin; [22011]

(2) who was the designer of the 1996 £1 coin for Northern Ireland. [21983]

Mrs. Angela Knight

The design shows a gold collar of the first century BC, found at Broighter, County Londonderry in 1896, an ornate cross of the style used in the old Celtin Church of Britain, and the flower of the yellow pimpernel which flourishes around Lough Neagh. The designer is Mr. Norman Sillman.