The Royal Mint's 'British Myths & Legends' series has been issued in waves of three designs, each trio featuring a particular tale from British history. The first trilogy was Robin Hood, and the second, King Arthur's Camelot. Now it's time for the latest story, and we're drawn back to Anglo-Saxon times for the epic tale, Beowulf. "Beowulf," [...]
Tudor Beast's adds proof versions of the Tudor Dragon as its sixth release in a ten-coin program, with bullion to follow The spiritual successor to the Royal Mint's 'Queen's Beasts' series, Tudor Beasts is back with a sixth entrant in this ten-coin series. Designed by David Lawrence, the series is a look at the heraldic history [...]
Benedetto Pistrucci's numismatic icon, 'St George & the Dragon' is brought to stunning life for the Royal Mint's sixth 'Great Engravers' The Royal Mint continues its Great Engravers programme with what must be one of the most recognisable designs in numismatic history. St George and the Dragon has been a staple of British coinage, including the [...]
The Royal Mint and the United States Mint debut their collaborative range of bullion and proof coins Just a quick heads up that today is the day the Royal Mint/US Mint collaborative 'Britannia and Liberty' coin is released. We did a tease of it with information about a month ago, but the full specs are listed [...]
The Royal Mint and the United States Mint tease a new collaborative coin design from their Chief Engravers A quick heads-up for some interesting news concerning a new collaborative effort between The Royal Mint, and the United States Mint that will develop as the year goes on. The last time this happened was back in September [...]
National buildings, national institutions, heroes of history, and heroes of sport headline the Royal Mint's 2024 circulating designs Hers's a little detour from our break to take a traditional look at the new Royal Mint circulating designs which were unveiled today. Perhaps a less political mix this year, we have a pair of designs marking [...]
After finishing Allegories and Mythical Forest in 2023, Germania Mint ends the year with the launch of Witchcraft: Seeress With the finishing up of Germania Mint's 'Allegories' and 'Mythical Forest' ranges, their Germania World selection had shrunk considerably, but fortunately, because we’ve been big admirers of the Germania World range, there's a new addition to bring [...]
The Royal Mint digs into our prehistory for the third trio of dinosaur coins in its Tales of the Earth series Back with a third trilogy of coins, the Royal Mint's 'Tales of the Earth' range yet again delves into our planet's past natural history using one of the best paleo artists working today, Robert [...]
Bond's iconic undersea Lotus Esprit S1 represents the legendary spy's celluloid journey through the 1970s With a debut just four weeks ago, the Royal Mint is already following up it's look at the film career of the legendary spy, James Bond, with the second of seven coins in the series. Each issue will showcase the films [...]
A giant in the bullion world, the Royal Mint Britannia, with its Philip Nathan designed depiction of the British female personification, has been a mainstay of the bullion world for over 35 years. Like most major bullion coins, the one-ounce weight class in gold and/or silver, is either the only size available, or by far the most [...]
