Eighteenth-century Hanoverian, King George I, adorns the third in the Royal Mint's 'British Monarchs' series The 'British Monarchs Collection' is the latest multi-year programme of proof coins, and will reproduce key coins from four of the major royal families, Tudor, Stuart, Hanover, and the latest, Saxe-Coburg, Gotha & Windsor. There will be 21 coins launched over [...]
Three Graces returns to the Royal Mint with an attractive new range of gold and silver bullion bars One of the biggest hits in the coin world over the last couple of years have undoubtably been the Royal Mint's stunning 'Great Engravers' coins. Releasing classic designs using updated dies from the original Victorian-era originals, they've been [...]
The Royal Mint commemorates Queen Elizabeth II, on the epic 70th anniversary of her ascension to the throne It's hard to believe that someone can stay in a position of power for seventy years, even more so when you consider they're still working at an age most of us will never see, but Queen Elizabeth II [...]
The Royal Mint issues a custom, Platinum Jubilee, 15kg gold coin, the biggest in its history If there was anything the old adage 'If you have to ask the price, you can't afford it' applies to more than a 15 kg gold coin from the Royal Mint, we'd love to see it. As part of the [...]
The Royal Mint celebrates the 40th birthday of the Duke of Cambridge with a new coin range in gold and silver Born on 21 June 1982, just a week after British forces had successfully concluded the Falklands War, and thus at the height of a patriotic fervour in the UK, William Arthur Philip Louis was the [...]
With the rainbow flag appearing seemingly everywhere these days, often on the frontline fighting for wider political and ethical rights, it comes as little surprise that it's made an appearance in the numismatic world. The Royal Mint is issuing one of its fifty-pence coins to celebrate the 50th anniversary of Pride UK. There are few details of the [...]
The Royal Mint introduces its City Views proof coin series with a 1640s view of London and the River Thames The Royal Mint has long tapped into London's history and culture for numismatic inspiration, and their latest series goes back to 1647 for it. Wenceslaus Hollar, a Bohemian graphic artist, spent much of his life in England, [...]
The Royal Mint's 'British Monarchs Collection' adds the 17th century monarch, James I as its second numismatic homage Never one to shy away from a multi-coin, multi-year release programme, the Royal Mint has issued some superb series over the last decade, with the Queen's Beasts standing out as a prime example. Even so, the 21-coin, 5-year [...]
The Britannia proof range returns for 2022 with striking new core and three-figure exclusive edition designs After a superb showing last year, when the Royal Mint debuted its dual proof Britannia offerings, including the first time a woman of colour had been depicted in the role, we've really looked forward to seeing how the concept would proceed [...]
The Royal Mint's 'Tudor Beasts' continues with 'Lion of England' in a range of proof and bullion coins The Tudor Beasts, the flagship follow-on series to the Royal Mint's much-loved 'Queen's Beasts' series, debuted last October with the launch of the 'Seymour Panther' in proof form. The first of a new ten-coin series to be issued [...]
