National buildings, national institutions, heroes of history, and heroes of sport headline the Royal Mint’s 2024 circulating designs

By |2023-12-28T09:47:20+00:00December 28th, 2023|Categories: Architecture, Art & Literature, Culture, Gold, People, Politics & Finance, Sport, Silver, Royal Mint, United Kingdom|

National buildings, national institutions, heroes of history, and heroes of sport headline the Royal Mint's 2024 circulating designs Hers's a little detour from our break to take a traditional look at the new Royal Mint circulating designs which were unveiled today. Perhaps a less political mix this year, we have a pair of designs marking [...]

After finishing Allegories and Mythical Forest in 2023, Germania Mint ends the year with the launch of Witchcraft: Seeress

By |2023-12-21T12:09:40+00:00December 21st, 2023|Categories: Coloured, Gold, Nature, Silver, Royal Mint, United Kingdom|

After finishing Allegories and Mythical Forest in 2023, Germania Mint ends the year with the launch of Witchcraft: Seeress With the finishing up of Germania Mint's 'Allegories' and 'Mythical Forest' ranges, their Germania World selection had shrunk considerably, but fortunately, because we’ve been big admirers of the Germania World range, there's a new addition to bring [...]

The Royal Mint digs into our prehistory for the third trio of dinosaur coins in its Tales of the Earth series

By |2023-12-14T02:49:46+00:00December 14th, 2023|Categories: Coloured, Gold, Nature, Silver, Royal Mint, United Kingdom|

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

By |2023-12-12T04:45:50+00:00December 12th, 2023|Categories: Bullion, Movies & TV, Gold, Silver, Royal Mint, United Kingdom|

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 [...]

Britannia bullion variants and Platinum (2024 The Royal Mint)

By |2023-12-08T16:38:36+00:00December 8th, 2023|Categories: Quicklooks, Culture, Bullion, Platinum, Silver, Royal Mint, United Kingdom|

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

By |2023-11-27T18:22:41+00:00November 27th, 2023|Categories: Gold, Politics & Finance, Silver, Royal Mint, United Kingdom|

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

By |2023-11-23T19:43:47+00:00November 23rd, 2023|Categories: News Nuggets, Royal Mint, United Kingdom|

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.

By |2023-11-15T18:32:48+00:00November 15th, 2023|Categories: Bullion, Movies & TV, Gold, Silver, Royal Mint, United Kingdom|

"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 [...]

Raymond Briggs: The Snowman coin range (2023 The Royal Mint)

By |2023-10-23T00:06:58+01:00October 23rd, 2023|Categories: Quicklooks, Art & Literature, Coloured, Gold, Silver, Royal Mint, United Kingdom|

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.. [...]

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