Royal Mint Archives

Jan 04, 2024

RNLI to feature on 2024 commemorative coin

The Royal Mint has revealed five new designs that will appear on UK commemorative coins over the course of this…

Sep 30, 2022

The Royal Mint unveiled the official coin effigy of King Charles this week, with the Bank of England announcing that…

Jun 25, 2018

Mar 06, 2018

Oct 31, 2016

The familiar £1 coin will not be round for much longer. A new 12-sided coin will be introduced in 2017…

Mar 04, 2016

Dec 17, 2015

Sep 14, 2014

The Royal Mint is inviting designs for a new £1 coin that will be introduced in 2017. Members of the…

Mar 19, 2014

HM Treasury is to introduce a new £1 coin in 2017. It will have a distinctive twelve-sided shape, reminiscent of…

Feb 21, 2014