[ image by Svetta ] Royal Mint presentation packs. They look so nice, don’t they? For years they have all been issued in the same regimental format (which is great for those of us with OCD) and their artwork is often ever nicer than the coins they house. But are presentation packs the best thing …
[ The Cost of Continuity – image by Mik ] When it comes to collecting coins, all of us are different. Some will only collect fifty pences for example, while other people will insist on having coins from all denominations. And then there is the pickle of condition – will you collect circulated, BUNC …
[ image reblogged from calgaryherald.com ] In 2017, no new £2 coins went into general circulation. This was the year that saw the release of Jane Austen and Aviation.
[image reblogged from bbc.co.uk] When The Royal Mint released the Frankenstein £2 coin in 2018, they inadvertently overlooked a potential new target audience without even realising it. Yup, the Goth quarter. So it is quite possible that the Mint could have sold even more units than they actually did.
[Bill Rattlelance yesterday – image reblogged from lifesitenews.com] We are all guilty of it, aren’t we? Whenever we have the opportunity we’ll get a bag or two of coins from the bank to see what treasures are in there…… For some of us this is something we’ll do once a week or so, while …
[image reblogged from spinfold.com] So….. in a weeks’ time the new Wallace and Gromit fifty pence is going to be released. And the word on the street is that the Brexit coin will be coming out at around the same time too. Things are hotting up it would seem over at The Mint.
{ image reblogged from sky.com } PLEASE TAKE NOTE – Clearly this was written (and first published) prior to the release of the Queen five pound coin. A Queen £5 coin sounds pretty cool, I have to admit. And apparently this will become a reality in 2020. It will be the first UK coin to …
{ Shhhh! Secret Squirrel – image reblogged from theseniorunit2018.blogspot.com } We are all well aware of the twenty-nine different Olympics fifty pences which were released in 2011. We also know that a few of these are pretty hard to find. Offside Explained, Judo, Triathlon and Wresting are the four rarest of the set and …
EXCLUSIVE!!!! Previously Unseen Carded Olympic 50p MINTAGE FIGURES!! Read More »
{ Northern Ireland, England, Wales, Scotland – image by Mik } When the four Commonwealth Games two pound coins were released in 2002, none of us expected them to be quite so amazingly sought-after. With a mintage of 771,750, Scotland was the least scarce of these whilst Northern Ireland suddenly became the rarest two …
