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The Queen is Dead, Long Live the Coin

Three days ago, the queen died at Balmoral castle.  Since then, coins (and people) have gone berserk.  For example, last week no-one was even interested in a 2022 £1 coin.  Now they are an official collector’s status symbol it would seem lol.  Some coins have doubled in price overnight and some have even quadrupled (or …

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The Mandela Zone

You may or may not have heard of ‘The Mandela Effect’.  Basically this is supposed to be where things that used to be a certain way have changed without anyone realising.  This ‘effect’ was first noted by Fiona Broome (a ‘Paranormal Consultant’) who insisted she could remember Nelson Mandela dying in prison during the 1980s. …

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REVIEW – ‘Tigger’ Fifty Pence 2021

Luckily for anyone who likes ‘Winnie the Pooh’, The Royal Mint decided to use the proper illustrations rather than some horrid modern Disney reworking of it all.  As a consequence, the coins in this series have a lovely old-fashioned feel about them, further empathised by their gorgeous packaging.  Perhaps RM have finally learned (after making …

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Making Poo-h Potter-y

‘ Always remember…. Poo-h can be moulded into any shape that suits! ‘ Once The Royal Mint’s ‘Beatrix Potter Flagship’ had basically sunk (after being forced to sail for far, far too long), they needed some new vessel to take its place…..   ‘Ship ahoy! For it be the ‘HMS Milne Milker’, me hearties!!!’  Yes, RM …

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