A dive into the medieval history of Britain as the Queen’s Beasts give way to those of a king. The Tudor Beasts debuts in style. We think it's fair to say that the Royal Mint's 'Queen's beasts' series has been one of the most popular and admired coin series in recent years, especially in the [...]
Royal Mint extends its 'Innovation in Science' 50 pence coin series with the pioneering Charles Babbage WHERE TO BUY The fourth of the Royal Mint’s ‘Innovation in Science’ coins launches today, and following in the footsteps of John Logic Baird, Stephen Hawking, and Rosalind Franklin, comes another intellectual giant, Charles Babbage. [...]
The Royal Mint's Shengxiao Lunar series emerges in proof form for the Year of the Tiger The Royal Mint has launched its latest Shengxiao Lunar entrant and it's for the 2022 Year of the Tiger. The ninth in the series to date, it's actually the third release in their first full lunar cycle, at which point [...]
Royal Mint debuts the second of three trilogies of 50p coins celebrating the classic childrens books 'Winnie the Pooh' Last year, the Royal Mint debuted what was the first three coins in a nine-coin, three year program dedicated to the world of literary pair A.A. Milne and E.H. Shephard. The former the writer, the latter the [...]
UPDATED: The Royal Mint continues its 'Myths & Legends' bullion range with the second Robin Hood coin - Maid Marian Ostensibly the replacement for the Queen's Beasts series, the Royal Mint's 'Myths and Legends' program will also tape into the rich tapestry of British history to produce something they hope coin collectors and stackers will desire to [...]
Royal Mint marks two centuries since the Gold Standard was introduced with a proof version of the 2016 gold bullion coin Launched in 2016 to mark the 200th anniversary of Britain creating the gold standard, the Royal Mints gold bullion coin range encompassed a quarter-ounce and a one-ounce carrying the same design. Done by Royal Mint regular, [...]
The Queen's Beasts 'Completer' silver bullion coins finally put in an appearance in 2oz and 1kg form We've already covered the beautiful Queen's Beasts 'Completer' coins in both original proof form, and in the very desirable limited ten-coin sets, so we're not going to go over that again, but the hugely popular silver bullion coin version [...]
The Royal Mint joins with the V&A Museum to celebrate Lewis Carroll's iconic Alice in Wonderland literary classics The literary classic that is Lewis Carroll’s ‘Alice in Wonderland’ is no stranger to the coin world. The Perth Mint has issued a very neat coin based on the books, and the New Zealand Mint, through its Disney [...]
Royal Mint bows out of the Queens Beasts series with three collections, including a lower-priced quarter-ounce silver set Launching on Monday, the Royal Mint have rounded out their hugely popular and quite beautiful Jody Clark-penned 'Queen's Beasts' series with a trio of ten coin collections. With the Royal Mint on a seemingly unstoppable roll of hits [...]
Royal Mint celebrates Prince Philip and a life of service to Queen and Country with an Ian Rank Broadley penned coin range On 9 April this year, Prince Philip, Duke of Edinburgh, passed away at the ripe old age of 99. Born into the Greek and Danish royal families, he joined the Royal Navy after the [...]
