Royal Mints bullion Lunar Rooster range out along with revised Britannia

By |2016-11-05T06:30:15+00:00October 18th, 2016|Categories: Culture, Bullion, Gold, Silver, Royal Mint, United Kingdom|

Royal Mints bullion Lunar Rooster range out along with revised Britannia We had a good look at the new 2017 lunar Year of the Rooster coins from the Royal Mint when we featured the proof range a short while ago. We all knew the bullion coins were coming and [...]

Royal Mint launches its first Christmas coin and it’s a £20 silver one

By |2016-11-05T06:30:20+00:00October 17th, 2016|Categories: Event, Silver, Royal Mint, United Kingdom|

Royal Mint launches its first Christmas coin and it's a £20 silver one The latest £20 denominated silver coin from the Royal Mint is available to buy now. After coins commemorating the Queens 90th birthday and the iconic Welsh Dragon so far this year, this latest piece is a [...]

Royal Mints new £50 for £50 coin rounds out Shakespeares anniversary year

By |2016-11-05T06:30:23+00:00October 4th, 2016|Categories: Art & Literature, People, Silver, Royal Mint, United Kingdom|

Royal Mints new £50 for £50 coin rounds out Shakespeares anniversary year While the face value concept applied to precious metal coins has recieved increasing resistance this year, the mints, particularly the Royal Canadian Mint and the British Royal Mint continue to produce them. New out is the [...]

Royal Mint releases gold and silver versions of 50p Battle of Hastings coin

By |2016-11-05T06:30:33+00:00August 17th, 2016|Categories: History, Gold, Silver, Royal Mint, United Kingdom|

ONE IN THE EYE FOR HAROLD. ROYAL MINT 50P COMMEMORATES HASTINGS A busy year for the Royal Mint with its seven-sided 50 pence commemorative coins, highlighted by the hugely popular Beatrix Potter series. We've recently seen a nice 2016 Olympics 50p coin, and now we're being treated to one [...]

Portraits of Britain silver coin set showcases the islands for second year

By |2016-11-05T06:30:36+00:00August 14th, 2016|Categories: Nature, Coloured, Silver, Royal Mint, United Kingdom|

Back in June 2014 the Royal Mint launched a pretty nice set of coins called Portraits of Britain. Designed by Royal Mint engravers Laura Clancy and Glyn Davies, each coin depicted an iconic British location, although to be honest, it was entirely London attraction focused. Not depicting the sites realistically, the look was a little more [...]

Royal Mints iconic Five Sovereign gold bullion coin back

By |2016-11-05T06:30:37+00:00August 10th, 2016|Categories: Culture, History, Gold, Royal Mint, United Kingdom|

Back again for 2016 is the biggest version of the Royal Mint's oldest, and most iconic bullion coin, the 22kt gold Sovereign. While the standard coin comes in at a little under 8 g in weight, this Five Sovereign coin is up at 39.94 grams. This particular weight, while unusual for modern numismatics, is used by [...]

Full details of the new 2016 proof Britannia series in gold & silver

By |2016-11-05T06:30:42+00:00July 17th, 2016|Categories: Culture, Gold, Silver, Royal Mint, United Kingdom|

We said when we posted up a quick heads-up of the new 2016 proof Britannia that we'd revisit them with better images of the range and here we are. It's another fine design, not scaling the heights of the 2014 version, still my coin of the decade so far, but a good addition to the series. [...]

Royal Mint launch the Welsh Dragon, the latest £20 face value coin for 2016

By |2016-11-05T06:30:46+00:00July 3rd, 2016|Categories: Culture, Silver, Royal Mint, United Kingdom|

The newest of the Royal Mints £20 for £20 coins has been launched and it's a fine, albeit familiar design. Following on from the Queens 90th Birthday design, we're back on national symbolism with a timely Welsh themed coin. With the Welsh football team blowing expectations out of the water in the ultra-popular Euro 2016 football [...]

The Royal Mint marks a centenary since the brutal Battle of the Somme

By |2016-11-05T06:30:47+00:00June 28th, 2016|Categories: History, Silver, United Kingdom, Royal Mint|

One of the most important battles of the First World War, the Somme Offensive was fought by the British and French armies against the German army. It took place on both sides of the upper reaches of the River Somme in France between 1 July and 18 November 1916. Not only the largest battle of the [...]

The Great Fire of London of 1666 alights on new £2 coin range

By |2016-11-05T06:30:53+00:00June 15th, 2016|Categories: History, Gilded, Gold, Silver, Royal Mint, United Kingdom|

The latest set of precious metal releases based on one of the United Kingdom's circulating coins has now debuted, and this time it is the turn of the biggest coin in the range, the £2. Until the launch of the new 12-sided £1 coin next year, the £2 coin remains the only bimetallic item in use, [...]

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