The early dinosaur discoveries are showcased by the Royal Mint and the Natural History Museum As a dinosaur enthusiast, it's great to see increased activity in the genre so early in 2020 with both the Austrian Mint's coloured base-metal offerings and the New Zealand Mint's silver T-Rex coin kicking the new year off in [...]
2020 proof Britannia range launches with a huge range of sizes and sets from the Royal Mint Another early in the year release for the Royal mint's iconic Britannia series of proof coins and it's as expansive as ever. Ice sculptor James Tottle is having his first crack at designing this series and [...]
British music giants Queen, kick off the Royal Mint's new 'Music legends' coin series While not exactly rare, we don't tend to see a huge number of coins celebrating the world of music. However, there was bound to be an increase in interest after the sell out popularity of the AC/DC coins [...]
Agatha Christie, The Mayflower and George III headline a fine mix of new coins from the Royal Mint for 2020 Time for the Royal Mints annual core selection of commemorative coin designs to be revealed and it's another very iconic British selection. There's the usual four bimetallic £2 coins, including the Britannia style [...]
Dipping into its rich past, the Royal Mint resurrects the classic Una and the Lion for stunning new coin It was only last month that Una and the Lion returned to the coin world with the East India Company issuing a range reinterpreting the concept with a design both updating the original, but sympathetic [...]
The Snowman returns to the Royal Mint as it expands its 50p licenced coin selection for 2019 Back for the second year, The Snowman rejoins an ever-growing range of classics that the Royal Mint is putting on its fifty pence coin range, alongside the recent Wallace & Gromit, Paddington and Gruffalo issues. [...]
Wallace and Gromit are the latest classic characters to join the Royal Mint’s ever expanding range Beatrix Potter, the Gruffalo, Paddington, and the Snowman are all classics of children's literature and motion media that have enraptured people for decades. What they also have in common is appearing on a shiny piece of metal with [...]
Queen’s Beasts is back with the White Lion of Mortimer returning to the big cats for heraldic inspiration The Royal Mint's beautiful Jody Clark-penned Queen's Beasts series of ten British heraldic coins continues its march towards conclusion with the seventh proof release to date - the 2020 White Lion of Mortimer. The bullion variant [...]
Royal Mint commemorates a century of remembrance for the sacrifices of the First World War multitudes The Royal Mint's latest Remembrance Day coin is now available and has been issued in a gold variant for the first time. This year marks the 100th time that the Remembrance Day service has been held, starting [...]
2020 LUNARS: Royal Mint adds to its Shengxiao series with a new style for the Year of the Rat Now seven years old, the Royal Mints Shēngxiào Collection has always been a slightly eccentric take on the whole Lunar Calendar style of coin. Initially employing British-Chinese artist Wuon-Gean Ho to design the [...]
