Flying Scotsman’s centenary celebrated with new Royal Mint coins

Collectible £2 coins celebrating the centenary of the Flying Scotsman are being launched by the Royal Mint.

Some versions of the coin depict the steam locomotive in color, and the edge inscription on the coins reads: “Live for the journey.”

Synonymous with the golden

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Biggest coin in Royal Mint’s history submitted for testing at the esoteric Trial of the Pyx

Nearly 10,000 coins, including the biggest in the Royal Mint’s history, have been submitted for testing at a 700-year-old ceremony.

The Trial of the Pyx aims to protects consumers by upholding the quality of coinage through rigoro

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Remastered portrait of Henry VIII on Royal Mint coins

Coins featuring a remastered portrait of Henry VIII have been unveiled by the Royal Mint.

It is the fifth coin in the Mint’s British monarchs collection and the second in the collection to feature a king from the House of Tudor.

Henry’s father Henry VII featured on the first coin of the series.

Henry VIII, who reigne

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Bullion coin bearing King Charles’s portrait is unveiled by the Royal Mint

The Royal Mint has unveiled its first bullion coin to bear the portrait of King Charles.

The King’s effigy on the 2023 bullion Britannia coin marks the start of a new chapter for bullion coins, the Mint said.

Struck in fine gold and enhanced with security featur

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Tolkien, Flying Scotsmen, Windrush generation and NHS celebrated in new 2023 Royal Mint coin collection

The Windrush generation and the NHS will be celebrated in new commemorative coins for 2023, bearing the King’s official coinage portrait.

The unveiling of the new collection symbolizes one of the biggest changes to UK

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Tolkien, Flying Scotsmen, Windrush generation and NHS celebrated in new 2023 coin collection

The Windrush generation and the NHS will be celebrated in new commemorative coins for 2023, bearing the King’s official coinage portrait.

The unveiling of the new collection symbolizes one of the biggest changes to UK coins since decim

https://anglotopia.net/royals/tolkien-flying-scotsmen-windrush-generation-and-nhs-celebrated-in-new-2023-coin-collection/

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The #RoyalMint begins production of the first circulating coins featuring #KingCharles III

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Coins bearing portrait of King Charles to enter circulation

The first coins bearing the official effigy of the King will appear in circulation in post offices around the UK from Thursday.

The King’s portrait will first appear on a 50p, with the reverse, or “tails” side of the coin, commemorating the life and legacy of Queen Elizabeth II.

A

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Harry Potter-themed coin featuring Hogwarts Express launched by Royal Mint – Last coin to feature Queen

Harry Potter-themed coins featuring the Hogwarts Express have been launched by the Royal Mint.

The Hogwarts Express collectible coin is also the final individual 50p coin to have Queen Elizabeth II’s portrait appear

https://anglotopia.net/british-entertainment/harry-potter-themed-coin-featuring-hogwarts-express-launched-by-royal-mint/

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Royal Mint launches collectable £2 to celebrate 25 years of the bi-metallic coin

A new collectible £2 coin bearing the same design as the first version of the coin designed 25 years ago has been unveiled by the Royal Mint.

Artist Bruce Rushin, who created the 1997 bi-metallic design, visited the Mint to celebrate the launch of the new ver

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Cool.

"The Royal Mint is releasing three new dinosaur-themed coins - the first ever in the UK.

The series of 50p coins is a collaboration with palaeoartist Bob Nicholls and experts at the Museum.

The coins will honour the first three dinosaurs ever named - Megalosaurus, Iguanodon and Hylaeosaurus"

https://www.nhm.ac.uk/discover/news/2020/february/british-dinosaurs-to-feature-on-coins.html

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This is cracking.

"The Royal Mint launches new coin to celebrate 30 years of Wallace & Gromit
[...]
Inspired by the original short film, A Grand Day Out, the commemorative coin depicts Wallace and Gromit and the outer shell of the rocket ship that took them to the moon. The coin also features the Latin inscription ‘CASEUS PRAESTANS’, which translates to ‘cracking cheese’."

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https://www.aardman.com/royal-mint-wallace-gromit-coin/