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WWF Silver Medal Set Issued by The Royal Mint

October 29, 2009 by · Leave a Comment 

The World Wide Fund for Nature (WWF) was started nearly 50 years ago in Europe with a mission to conserve nature. Over the years, the organization has grown world-wide and now directs millions of dollars annually toward nature preservation. To help draw attention to the work of the WWF, The Royal Mint of the United [...]

First Child Ever to Design UK Coin Revealed

October 13, 2009 by · Leave a Comment 

Nine-year-old Florence Jackson, from Bristol, was today revealed as the first child ever to work with the Royal Mint to design a UK coin. Florence won the once-in-a-lifetime opportunity to design a coin celebrating London 2012 by taking part in a CBBC Blue Peter competition. The competition proved one of the show’s all time most [...]

Silver Proof Set Celebrates 40th Year of UK 50p

September 23, 2009 by · Leave a Comment 

2009 marks 40 years since the introduction of the UK’s most distinctive circulation coin – the 50p piece. To mark this defining moment in British currency, The Royal Mint is proud to make available for the very first time a 16-coin silver Proof set celebrating the many commemorative designs to have graced the coin. The [...]

Royal Mint Honours HRH The Prince of Wales to Mark Regiment’s 50th Anniversary

September 11, 2009 by · Leave a Comment 

The Royal Mint has presented HRH The Prince of Wales, with a special gold edition of a medallion struck to commemorate the golden anniversary of the 1st The Queen’s Dragoon Guards (The Welsh Cavalry) who have been serving in Afghanistan recently. The Prince of Wales is Colonel-in-Chief of the 1st The Queen’s Dragoon Guards, but [...]

Last Chance 2008 UK Coins from The Royal Mint

March 20, 2009 by · Leave a Comment 

The British Royal Mint is reminding collectors to complete their 2008 UK collections while they still can, as the remainder of the Mint’s 2008-dated coin products will go off sale on March 31. The Mint’s selection includes more than a dozen coins struck in silver, gold and platinum and in Proof and Brilliant Uncirculated condition. [...]

UK’s Royal Mint is top prospect for privatization

March 16, 2009 by · Leave a Comment 

By Samantha Pearson Financial Times, London Sunday, March 15, 2009 The Royal Mint, which manufactures coins for the UK and over 50 other countries, has moved to the top of the government’s privatisation list as it looks for ways to ease the huge pressure on public finances in the wake of the banking crisis. In [...]