2017 Sovereign recreates the 200 year old ultra-iconic Pistrucci original It's Sovereign time again at the Royal Mint and we're fortunate enough to be in one of those very rare years when the coin design reverts away from the reproduction of Benedetto Pistrucci's ultra-iconic design from the 1821 original. [...]
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 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 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 [...]
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 [...]
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 [...]
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 [...]
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. [...]
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 [...]
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 [...]
