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YouTube highlights: new coin videos from several mints, and the ancient world
Time for one of our very irregular round ups of coin videos put out by some of the bigger producers. Precious Metal Collectors, and the Mint of Poland, seem to have been busy lately. Both of those make some excellent videos, really showing off the coins.The star of the show for us, however, is a super video from toldinstone that features some quite stunning examples of the best of the ancient coin world. Many of these put modern coins to shame with their combination of striking, but simple design, devoid of gimmickry. Hopefully, CIT will bring another one of these to life as [...]
Royal Mint opens the voting for their Coin of the Year poll
Royal Mint opens the voting for their Coin of the Year poll The Royal Mint has opened the voting to choose Britain's favourite coin design of 2021. There are 35 designs in the poll, with a simple vote button under each, so head on over and make a choice. If I'm honest, it's a fairly lacklustre selection this year, with only some classics like the Sovereign and the Gothic Crown really standing out. If it weren't for the four-legged tripod, the HG Wells coin would've been one of our picks, but c'est la vie, as they say. Whatever is [...]
