Numismatic Guaranty Corporation announced in April 2020 that its London affiliate, NGC UK, has certified a 1952 British penny. If an American collector focuses only on U.S. coins and doesn’t study money from across the Pond, this might seem like a strange thing to publicize. The United States Mint produced more than a billion Wheat […]
In the wake of the outbreak of the Wuhan strain of the COVID-19 virus, we need our hobby and activity more than ever
The Wuhan strain of the COVID-19 virus has, for the most part, overtaken world headlines as many countries battle an unseen enemy. It’s hard to believe, just eight weeks ago, that many of us in the coin industry were attending the World Money Fair in Berlin. It seems like a distant memory now. While the […]
United Kingdom: Peter Rabbit hops onto new 50-pence coins in time for Easter — and for the very last time
The Royal Mint has announced (19th March) the return of one of the most famous and best-loved children’s literary characters, Peter Rabbit, onto UK commemorative 50-pence coins for one last time. Beatrix Potter’s character, Peter Rabbit, features for the fifth and final time on British 50-pence commemorative coins with a new design for 2020. First […]
United Kingdom: “Most popular poet,” William Wordsworth, honoured on new commemorative crown coins
The Royal Mint has launched (9th March) new gold and silver commemorative crown coins on the 250th anniversary of the birth of one of the country’s most beloved poets and regarded the world over as one of the greatest authors to have ever written in the English language. William Wordsworth (1770–1850) grew up near the […]
United Kingdom: 007’s most challenging mission on new gold and silver collector coins
The Royal Mint has released (2nd March) a new range of collector coins which features the world’s most well-known and best-loved undercover agents, James Bond. Created by author and journalist Ian Fleming (1908–1964) in the same year as Queen Elizabeth II’s accession, much of his reference to Britain’s secret intelligence service was gained while working […]
United Kingdom: Latest “Queen’s Beasts” gold and silver coins launch the White Horse of Hanover
The Royal Mint has released (24th February) the White Horse of Hanover, which is the eighth coin in the Queen’s Beasts bullion and Proof coin collection. The White Horse of Hanover is one of 10 heraldic Beasts that form the Queen’s Beasts. The White Horse of Hanover is a heraldic symbol with a long history, […]
United Kingdom: New collector coin series, the Dinosauria Collection, begins with Megalosaurus
The Royal Mint has launched (13th February) a new series focusing on the discovery of the planet’s prehistoric inhabitants, the dinosaurs, which roamed the Earth for more than 160 million years. With the release of this first coin in this series, it will be the first time a dinosaur has featured on an official legal […]
United Kingdom: Popular Britannia gold and silver Proof coins launched
The Royal Mint has launched (10th February) their 2020-dated collection of Proof gold and silver Britannias, one of the mint’s more popular series. The bullion-related coins, with reverse designs that are always different each year and feature the famed allegorical personification of Great Britain and the British Isles, has appeared on a variation of English […]
World Money Fair shines in Berlin as Mint of Japan hosts international event
Those who make up the coin industry gathered once again to attend the World Money Fair (WMF). The international event, which is the largest gathering of its kind, was hosted at the Estrel Convention Centre located in the eclectic Berlin borough of Neukölln (the 49th WMF has been at the same location for the 15th […]
United Kingdom: Brexit 50-pence collector editions released for circulation
The Royal Mint has released collector editions of the Brexit coins, produced in recognition of the British exit from the European Union. After 47 years, as part of the single market developed initially as the European Coal and Steel Community (ECSC), an organisation of six European countries was established in 1951 to regulate their industrial […]
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