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 [...]
Scottsdale Mint finally debuts its 2023 Eastern Caribbean 8 bullion programme with St. Lucia, and St. Vincent & the Grenadines Launching back in 2018, Scottsdale Mint's EC8 programme has become one of the most ambitious bullion ranges in production today. It's composed of eight annual designs, one for each of the Caribbean island nations in [...]
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 [...]
The Royal Mint employs the talents of John Mercanti with The Lion and the Eagle, a nod to the US/UK relationship We've all heard about the 'Special Relationship' that exists between the United States, and the United Kingdom, two nations, who over the last three centuries, have been amongst the most powerful in history. However close [...]
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 [...]
The 2,600 year old Lydian Stater, possibly the world's first government issued coin, is reproduced for WCA's latest issue Introduced into the Lydian Empire by King Alyattes in the latter part of the 7th century BCE, the Lydian Stater is considered by most numismatic historians to be the first example of a state-issued coin in history, [...]
Mint XXI Summer '23: Animals in nature, mythology, and finance feature on new coins We're going to have a look at seven coins, about half the total number in Mint XXI's summer range, and spread them over three posts. This is the first of them, There's quite a varied selection, with the highlight for us [...]
The European Mint adds new annual issues to the five silver bullion coin series it started in 2022 In March 2022, European Mint debuted five new bullion coins, offering a variety of themes, but headlined by a focus on the national identities of countries in the British Isles, namely Ireland and Wales. Alongside those were pirate [...]
The Royal Mint reveals its celebratory coronation range in gold and silver ahead of the Coronation on 6 May With the coronation of King Charles III less than a month away, it was clear that the Royal Mint wasn't going to let an event so rare and important pass without numismatic commemoration. Today sees the unveiling [...]
Having a bad Monday? Mellow out with a cow, or swim with a penguin on the Royal Australian Mint's new bullion coins Not one, but two new bullion coins have dropped at the Royal Australian Mint today, one a continuation of an existing series, the other the first in a new one. The all-new range is [...]
