For more than 1,000 years, the primary purpose of Britain’s Royal Mint has been to make coins. It has forged into metal the likenesses of England’s kings and queens from Alfred the Great ...

We are all being urged to check our change as we could be sitting on a small fortune without realising it. The Royal Mint has revealed some of the rarest coins to enter circulation during the ...

It does not necessarily reflect the view of The Herald. The Royal Mint has revealed the 9 rarest £2 coins in circulation in the UK today. The £2 coin has become a hidden treasure with our change ...

John Lennon is being honoured by a commemorative Royal Mint coin, marking what would have been the musician's 85th birthday. The Royal Mint, which has an ongoing “music legends” coin series ...

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A number of employees at the Royal Mint in Llantrisant will lose their jobs as part of a strategy to secure its future. It is understood about 80 roles are affected at the Rhondda Cynon Taf site ...

Article continues below The famous Kew Gardens 50p remains the most coveted coin in circulation, with a mintage of just 210,000, the Royal Mint said. Other rare designs include Olympic-themed 50ps ...

It’s official: the UK has caught gold fever. The Royal Mint is experiencing an unprecedented surge in demand for gold bullion coins, with investors piling into the market like never before. According ...

The Royal Mint produced a coin commemorating the centenary of the 1908 London Olympic Games. This is another coin which was designed by Thomas T. Docherty, a product designer at The Royal Mint.