The Royal Mint reissues the UK/US Special Relationship 'The British Lion & American Eagle' bullion coin range in gold and silver for 2025 Last year, the Royal Mint employed the talents of iconic ex-US Mint coin artist, John Mercanti, to design a new coin range celebrating the historic relationship between the United States of America, and [...]
The Town-class cruiser, and famous museum ship, HMS Belfast, is showcased on the Royal Mint's latest gold and silver coin Displacing 11,550 tons, and reaching 166.99 metres in length, the Town-class light cruiser, HMS Belfast, has become an icon of the modern London experience, sitting anchored close to Tower Bridge, and the Tower of London, as [...]
The Royal Mint adds a ninth British star to their Music Legends series, and it's the legendary ex-Beatle, Paul McCartney The Royal Mints popular Music Legends range continues today with the launch of the ninth in the series to date. A wide range of proof formats make up the series, in both gold and silver, [...]
It's animals all round for our latest bullion coin round-up (Week 46, 2024) A day late, as I spent most of yesterday updating guides and profiles (and losing the will to live in the process...), here's our fortnightly look at new bullion coins. There are just the four this week, but a decent variety nevertheless, [...]
The pantheon of Norse gods are featured on a new range of minted bars in gold and silver at The Royal Mint There seems to be an increasing interest in cast and minted bars from the major mints, as well as from independent producers, and the Royal Mint has shown a particular penchant for the minted [...]
The Royal Mint launches Steppe Mammoth, the first of three 50p coins in its latest foray into the prehistoric world There's no finer start to a week than a prehistoric animal coin, and it's The Royal Mint doing the honours this time around. The mint's 'Tales of the Earth' program started in 2020 with a series [...]
Here's a collation of some of the new bullion coin releases from around the world (Week 42, 2024) We've been having some success with our weekly round-up of new coin releases on Fridays, and we used to do similar things last year with bullion coins, so I've decided to continue with similar weekly bullion collections on [...]
The Royal Mint's 'Myths & Legends' bullion series continues its telling of Beowulf with 'Grendel's Mother' in silver and gold The Royal Mint’s ‘Myths & Legends’ series has appeared in sets of three, with Robin Hood, and the Arthurian legend comprising the first two sets. The third is a wander through another medieval classic, Beowulf, an [...]
Big changes ahead for the Royal Mint's iconic Sovereign, with the introduction of silver, and the swansong of red gold for 2025 Sometimes we cover the release of the annual Royal Mint Sovereign coin, and sometimes we don't. There's usually little change from year to year, outside the obvious date inscription, mintages, and prices, but [...]
The Royal Mint expands its Tudor Beasts, Shēngxiào Lunars, and Myths & Legends ranges with new proof quality additions Here, we're having a quick round-up of the latest issues from the Royal Mint, which are additions to three of their longer running series. The latest Tudor Beast design is shown, as is the next Shēngxiào [...]
