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August 29, 2025
Half Guinea 1669 to 1701 - Price Guide and Values
The half guinea gold coins were first produced in 1669, some years after the Guinea entered circulation. The Elephant and Castle symbol appears in some of them, from the emblem of the Royal African Company in Africa. It was founded, as The Company of Royal Adventurers Trading to Africa after Charles II ascended to the throne in 1660.
August 27, 2025
From the archives: Seventeenth-century tokens and heraldry
State arms appear on fewer than 2% of those armorial tokens, mostly the King's Arms as a sign, although the French Arms occur in Chelmsford and in Dover. A few bear the Commonwealth Arms, with the conjoined shields of England and Ireland. Amongst the tokens of Ireland is placed a CORKE FARTHING which bears not the arms of Cork but the arms of England on one side and on the other a harp, which looks like some sort of official issue of the Commonwealth.
August 23, 2025
Double Sovereign - 1980 to 2025 - Not intended for circulation
No Sovereigns were struck in the first few years of the decimal era and in 1974, Machin's coinage portrait graced the chief coin of the world for the first time. Interestingly, a 1974 Sovereign was the very last coin to be struck at the premises in Tower Hill, London, before production moved to the 35-acre site in Llantrisant, South Wales.
August 21, 2025
350 Years of the Royal Observatory Greenwich
The Royal Mint released several coins to commemorate the 350 years of the Royal Observatory Greenwich in partnership with the National Maritime Museum. The reverse design, by Henry Gray, depicts several scientific elements that have contributed to some of the historic discoveries made by the Royal Observatory.
August 20, 2025
10 Pence 1968 to 2025 - Price Guide and values
The reverse of the coin, before the Royal Arms, was designed by Christopher Ironside and was a crowned lion (formally, Part of the crest of England, a lion passant guardant royally crowned). A lion passant is walking, with the right fore paw raised and all others on the ground. The smaller coin was issued on 30th September 1992. In October 2023, the King Charles III 10 Pence coin was presented; the coin design features a capercaillie.
