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King Charles III Definitive Collection of UK circulating currency features nature, a subject close to his heart
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King Charles III Definitive Collection of UK circulating currency features nature, a subject close to his heart

King Charles III Definitive Collection of UK circulating currency features nature, a subject close to his heart

By Mik Woodgate|2023-10-12T20:06:01+01:00October 12th, 2023|Categories: Bi-Metallic, Nature, Politics & Finance, Royal Mint, United Kingdom|

King Charles III Definitive Collection of UK circulating currency features nature, a subject close to his heart British circulating currency, especially since decimalisation, has seen a rise in popularity amongst collectors, with the iconic heptagonal fifty-pence coin attracting particular attention. The mintages on them vary tremendously, but it's the wide mix of designs that appear to [...]

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Mary Seacole commemoration silver & gold coins (2023 Royal Mint)

By Mik Woodgate|2023-10-02T00:41:52+01:00October 2nd, 2023|Categories: Quicklooks, Gold, People, Silver, Royal Mint, United Kingdom|

Born in Jamaica in 1805, Mary Jane Seacole was the daughter of a Scottish officer in the British Army, and spent most of her first 50 years in the Caribbean, and in Central America, often providing nursing assistance in the region. She found her way in 1855, to the Crimean War, where she opened an establishment to aid [...]

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The Royal Mint’s heraldic Tudor Beasts 10-coin series hits its mid-point, with the Seymour Unicorn
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The Royal Mint’s heraldic Tudor Beasts 10-coin series hits its mid-point, with the Seymour Unicorn

The Royal Mint’s heraldic Tudor Beasts 10-coin series hits its mid-point, with the Seymour Unicorn

By Mik Woodgate|2023-09-26T13:30:44+01:00September 25th, 2023|Categories: Culture, History, Gold, Silver, Royal Mint, United Kingdom|

The Royal Mint's heraldic Tudor Beasts 10-coin series hits its mid-point, with the Seymour Unicorn Now hitting the half-way mark, Tudor Beast's, the spiritual successor to the Royal Mint's 'Queen's Beasts' series, returns with the Seymour Unicorn. This is the fifth of ten coins in this David Lawrence penned series, digging into the heraldic history of [...]

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The Royal Mint marks the accession of King Charles III with the Royal Celebration, heraldic-themed gold and silver bars
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The Royal Mint marks the accession of King Charles III with the Royal Celebration, heraldic-themed gold and silver bars

The Royal Mint marks the accession of King Charles III with the Royal Celebration, heraldic-themed gold and silver bars

By Mik Woodgate|2023-09-22T14:22:28+01:00September 22nd, 2023|Categories: Culture, Bullion, Gold, Silver, Royal Mint, United Kingdom|

The Royal Mint marks the accession of King Charles III with the Royal Celebration, heraldic-themed gold and silver bars Launched today, the Royal Mint's latest bullion bar dives deep into the United Kingdom's heraldic traditions with a design quintessentially British, issued to mark the occasion of King Charles II's ascension to the throne. Featuring the four [...]

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Royal Mint launches the 2024 edition of its perennial Britannia bullion coin, with a King Charles III obverse
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Royal Mint launches the 2024 edition of its perennial Britannia bullion coin, with a King Charles III obverse

Royal Mint launches the 2024 edition of its perennial Britannia bullion coin, with a King Charles III obverse

By Mik Woodgate|2023-09-19T14:00:30+01:00September 19th, 2023|Categories: Culture, Bullion, Gold, Silver, Royal Mint, United Kingdom|

Royal Mint launches the 2024 edition of its perennial Britannia bullion coin, with a King Charles III obverse Today is the day the Royal Mint launches its 2024 Britannia bullion coin range in all its expansive glory. This iconic design is well known to collectors and stackers, and for us, remains one of the very best [...]

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The Royal Mint has achieved over $5.1 million (£4.1million) in sales in a special ‘Royal Succession’ auction

By Mik Woodgate|2023-09-13T21:59:53+01:00September 13th, 2023|Categories: News Nuggets, Royal Mint|

The Royal Mint has achieved over $5.1 million (£4.1million) in sales in a special ‘Royal Succession’ auction The Royal Mint has shared it has achieved record-breaking sales of over $5.1 million (£4.1 million) in a special ‘Royal Succession’ auction featuring the last bullion coins struck by the UK coin maker featuring the [...]

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The Royal Mint’s Shengxiao Lunar series of proof coins roars on with the launch of the 2024 dragon range in gold and silver
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The Royal Mint’s Shengxiao Lunar series of proof coins roars on with the launch of the 2024 dragon range in gold and silver

The Royal Mint’s Shengxiao Lunar series of proof coins roars on with the launch of the 2024 dragon range in gold and silver

By Mik Woodgate|2023-09-05T11:43:08+01:00September 5th, 2023|Categories: Lunar Calendar, Gold, Silver, Royal Mint, United Kingdom|

The Royal Mint's Shēngxiào Lunar series of proof coins roars on with the launch of the 2024 dragon range in gold and silver Now on its eleventh release, at least in proof form, the Royal Mint's Shēngxiào Lunar range gets its first mythical entrant, the 2024 Dragon. A very traditional looking design by William Webb adorns the [...]

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The Royal Mint’s 21-issue ‘British Monarchs’ collection continues with its second Hanoverian king, George II,the eighth release to date
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The Royal Mint’s 21-issue ‘British Monarchs’ collection continues with its second Hanoverian king, George II,the eighth release to date

The Royal Mint’s 21-issue ‘British Monarchs’ collection continues with its second Hanoverian king, George II,the eighth release to date

By Mik Woodgate|2023-08-29T00:36:10+01:00August 29th, 2023|Categories: History, Gold, Silver, Royal Mint, United Kingdom|

The Royal Mint's 21-issue 'British Monarchs' collection continues with its second Hanoverian king, George II,the eighth release to date Continuing to power its way through this 21-coin multi-year programme of proof gold and silver coins, the Royal Mint is today releasing the eighth in the British Monarchs series. The collection spans the Royal Houses of Tudor, [...]

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The ‘Enchantress of Numbers’, and early computing pioneer, Ada Lovelace, is the latest coin in the Innovation in Science collection
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The ‘Enchantress of Numbers’, and early computing pioneer, Ada Lovelace, is the latest coin in the Innovation in Science collection

The ‘Enchantress of Numbers’, and early computing pioneer, Ada Lovelace, is the latest coin in the Innovation in Science collection

By Mik Woodgate|2023-07-31T00:25:01+01:00July 31st, 2023|Categories: Gold, People, Science, Silver, Royal Mint, United Kingdom|

The 'Enchantress of Numbers', and early computing pioneer, Ada Lovelace, is the latest coin in the Innovation in Science collection Ada Lovelace, born the daughter of the eminent poet Lord Byron, in 1815, was a brilliant mathematician and writer, often regarded as the world's first computer programmer. Raised in a highly intellectual environment by her [...]

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Every Breath You Take.. Legendary British band ‘The Police’ are the next icons in the Royal Mint’s Music Legends series
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Every Breath You Take.. Legendary British band ‘The Police’ are the next icons in the Royal Mint’s Music Legends series

Every Breath You Take.. Legendary British band ‘The Police’ are the next icons in the Royal Mint’s Music Legends series

By Mik Woodgate|2023-07-24T01:05:28+01:00July 24th, 2023|Categories: Art & Literature, Gold, Silver, Royal Mint, United Kingdom|

Every Breath You Take.. Legendary British band 'The Police' are the next icons in the Royal Mint's Music Legends series It wasn't even a month ago that the Royal Mint added Dame Shirley Bassey to its Music Legends series, joining Queen, Elton John, David Bowie, The Rolling Stones, and The Who, in what is a veritable [...]

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