The Royal Mint digs into our prehistory for the third trio of dinosaur coins in its Tales of the Earth series Back with a third trilogy of coins, the Royal Mint's 'Tales of the Earth' range yet again delves into our planet's past natural history using one of the best paleo artists working today, Robert [...]
Bond's iconic undersea Lotus Esprit S1 represents the legendary spy's celluloid journey through the 1970s With a debut just four weeks ago, the Royal Mint is already following up it's look at the film career of the legendary spy, James Bond, with the second of seven coins in the series. Each issue will showcase the films [...]
A giant in the bullion world, the Royal Mint Britannia, with its Philip Nathan designed depiction of the British female personification, has been a mainstay of the bullion world for over 35 years. Like most major bullion coins, the one-ounce weight class in gold and/or silver, is either the only size available, or by far the most [...]
The Royal Mint employs the talents of John Mercanti with The Lion and the Eagle, a nod to the US/UK relationship We've all heard about the 'Special Relationship' that exists between the United States, and the United Kingdom, two nations, who over the last three centuries, have been amongst the most powerful in history. However close [...]
The Royal Mint set to host its largest auction of coins – including a Kew Gardens 50p Calling all moneybags!. Calling all moneybags! Here's your opportunity to get some numismatic goodies, and there appear to be some very nice pieces coming up in this auction. We don't have full details, or a [...]
"Nooo, Mr Bond, I expect you to buy!". The Royal Mint celebrates six decades of 007 with Little Nellie. Last year saw the 60th anniversary of the first of the serious James Bond movies, back in 1962 when Dr. No debuted to widespread critical acclaim, creating legions of fans that persist to this day. The [...]
A perennial classic, the Raymond Briggs classic children's tale, The Snowman, has adorned a Christmas fifty pence coin at the Royal Mint since 2018. Not one of the more extravagant ranges, it's always been a simple affair, with a gold proof, a coloured silver proof, and a pair of base-metal coins, and so it is for 2023.. [...]
King Charles III Definitive Collection of UK circulating currency features nature, a subject close to his heart British circulating currency, especially since decimalisation, has seen a rise in popularity amongst collectors, with the iconic heptagonal fifty-pence coin attracting particular attention. The mintages on them vary tremendously, but it's the wide mix of designs that appear to [...]
Born in Jamaica in 1805, Mary Jane Seacole was the daughter of a Scottish officer in the British Army, and spent most of her first 50 years in the Caribbean, and in Central America, often providing nursing assistance in the region. She found her way in 1855, to the Crimean War, where she opened an establishment to aid [...]
The Royal Mint's heraldic Tudor Beasts 10-coin series hits its mid-point, with the Seymour Unicorn Now hitting the half-way mark, Tudor Beast's, the spiritual successor to the Royal Mint's 'Queen's Beasts' series, returns with the Seymour Unicorn. This is the fifth of ten coins in this David Lawrence penned series, digging into the heraldic history of [...]
