{ image by Mik } Just as a lot of folk don’t realise that the Queen’s head is actually the front of a coin, there is far more currency-related trivia to discover. Test your numismatic knowledge by reading through this article and seeing just how many of these fun and funky facts you are …
{ image by Mik } The first two pound coin was released in 1986 but it wasn’t until 1997 that this denomination took on the bimetallic format we all know so well today. In this eleven year period of single colour coins, a total of seven commemorative designs were issued. Although these were, and …
{ WWF by Matt Dent } Matt Dent is one of our most respected modern coin designers. Now thirty-eight years old, he has already made quite an impression on the business of numismatics. His most well-known designs here in the UK are the WWF fifty pence and the Charles Dickens two pound coin. He …
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{ Join the Kew – image by Mik } Kew Gardens is an expensive coin. We all know that. However, not all of us would be able to spot a fake one from a hundred yards, or even from right up close. And that is precisely why this article has been put together. Because …
{ the enigma of the Mallard – image by Mik } Jemima Puddleduck is a rare coin. In fact, it is right up there with some of the rarest ones of all. That’s why it will usually set you back by fifteen quid or more on average (at the time of writing). I mean, …
[Mintage Became a Burning Issue – image by Mik] Let me take you back through the mists of time to 2016…..
Labelling John W. Mills as a ‘coin designer’ would be on par with referring to Da Vinci as ‘that guy who did the Mona Lisa’. It would be rather like latching onto about one percent of an artist’s creative worth and missing out completely on everything else. Unfortunately, with a limited amount of space in …
Many coins from the Isle of Man are seriously sought after by collectors. And when you take a look at their designs it isn’t difficult to see why. So many releases from this part of the world are thoroughly attractive, especially those in the TT Races and Christmas categories. In fact, a lot of them …
There have been all manner of commemorative coins over the years and something to suit just about anyone’s taste; right from sports, wars and events to locations, engineers and explorers. However, up until this point in time, we have never had a coin based on one of the most infamous faces in Gothic literature.
Just as a lot of folk don’t realise that the Queen’s head is actually the front of a coin, there is far more currency-related trivia to discover. Test your numismatic knowledge by reading through this article and seeing just how many of these fun and funky facts you are aware of….
