The Royal Mint expands its gold and silver bullion offerings with Frankenstein, Una & the Lion, and an anniversary Britannia The Royal Mint has had a busy year with its bullion range, and the last few weeks has seen plenty of activity, starting with an anniversary issue of the ultra-iconic Britannia. It's joined by a new addition [...]
MDM and The Royal Mint release new coins topay homage to the literary legend that is The Lord of the Rings The Lord of the Rings, the 1950s literary masterpiece by English suthor J.R.R. Tolkein, is huge in the modern entertainment world, largely as a result of a trilogy of huge hit films by Peter Jackson. [...]
Classic mystery-solving board game, Cluedo, features on a new range of coins from The Royal Mint The Royal Mint has been particularly busy on the heptagonal 50 pence front of late, with coins celebrating the show 'Wicked', and the anniversary of the original Star Trek. This type of coin seems very popular in the UK particularly, [...]
Modern icon, Game of Thrones, marks 15 years since its debut with a new pair of fifty pence designs called 'Fire' and 'Ice' Based on the fantasy novel series 'A Song of Ice and Fire', by George R. R. Martin, Game of Thrones debuted on HBO on April 17, 2011, and became a phenomenon almost immediately. [...]
The British Grand Prix marks a century of competitive motorsport with a new fifty pence proof coin from The Royal Mint Yet another 50p coin has dropped at the Royal Mint, but fortunately it isn't another in the endless run of literature, and pop culture themed issues, but something hardly ever seen on UK coinage - [...]
As expected, the upcoming 250th anniversary of the US Declaration of Independence is creating a lot of numismatic interest, and one of the biggest players with intimate interest is Britain's own Royal Mint. A new proof range dropped today, designed by Gordon Summers, the current Chief Engraver of the Royal Mint, in both gold and silver. The [...]
500 years since Henry VIII introduced the Gold Crown, the Royal Mint issues a commemorative homage in silver and gold One of the icons of British coinage, the Gold Crown was inspired by a French coin called the 'ecu au soleil', or 'crown of the sun', and was first issued in 1526 by that infamous honeymoon addict, [...]
A first issue from T&S Coin, an addition to the Royal Mint's Tudor Beast's series, and fractional Germania coins bump up bullion choice It's been a while since we did a round-up of the bullion market, as they involve a lot of work in collating and optimising images for the site, but I've concentrated on three [...]
English rock icons, Pink Floyd, and the legendary Dark Side of the Moon, adorn the Royal Mint's 14th Music Legends coin The Royal Mint's successful Music Legends series sees its fourteenth release today. Starting in 2020, this showcases British music talent, and features some of the biggest names in music history. You can see [...]
The Royal Mint marks a century since the birth of Queen Elizabeth II with a new range of gold and silver coins With 21 April 2026 marking 100 years since the birth of Queen Elizabeth II, The Royal Mint has launched a new range of coins in celebration of the centenary. The new range is unusual [...]
