LEGENDARY STATESMAN WINSTON CHURCHILL CELEBRATED BY ROYAL MINT

By |2021-01-24T15:49:40+00:00January 5th, 2015|Categories: History, People, Gold, Platinum, Silver, Royal Mint, United Kingdom|

Part of the Royal Mint's new 2015 range of commemorative coins featuring some superb designs, the first of these has now broken cover in precious metal. Commemorating fifty years since the death of Winston Churchill, the Mark Richards designed coin features a stirring close-up portrait of one of the most recognisable faces of the 20th century. One of [...]

ROYAL MINT EXPANDS ITS £20 RANGE UP TO THE £100 STRATOSPHERE

By |2021-11-26T02:07:32+00:00December 29th, 2014|Categories: History, Silver, Royal Mint, United Kingdom|

Following on from the Royal Mint embracing the $ for $ concept popularised in recent years by the Royal Canadian Mint (RCM), they too have decided to expand from the initial £20 mark up into the higher reaches of coin values with an all-new £100 for £100 denominated silver release. For those unfamiliar with the concept, it basically [...]

2014 NORTHERN IRELAND FLORAL PROOF £1 COIN ANNOUNCED

By |2023-10-02T01:31:42+01:00August 31st, 2014|Categories: Culture, History, Gold, Silver, Royal Mint, United Kingdom|

First introduced in 1983, the £1 coin in the United Kingdom is regularly updated to include new designs celebrating various facets of the four cornerstones of the Union, England, Scotland Northern Ireland and Wales. The Royal Mint, on an equally regular basis, releases commemorative proof versions of this highly popular coin in both silver and gold. [...]

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