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Royal Mint

Which beloved Star Wars characters feature in the new coin collection?

The Royal Mint releases new Star Wars coins

The ‘world’s most beautiful coin’ depicting Queen Victoria as a royal fairy guiding a lion has sold for £267,000, 182 years after it was minted for her coronation.

Coin depicting Queen Victoria as fairy fetches huge amount at auction

The BBC show air never seen before footage of King Charles in an upcoming documentary

BBC documentary to show never seen before footage of King Charles

The coins will be the first to feature a portrait of King Charles wearing a crown.

Everything you need to know about the Royal Mint's special Coronation coins

The 50p coin showing King Charles III in a crown (Photo: Royal Mint)

First images of 50p coin showing a crowned King Charles emerge

King Charles stamps

New Royal Mail stamps featuring King Charles go on sale

The Royal Mint has released a new Harry Potter 50p coin

Royal Mint release new Harry Potter 50p coin - how to buy

The Royal Mint Flying Scotsman collectable £2 coin

Royal Mint celebrate 100 years of Flying Scotsman with special £2 coin

A collectable £2 coin at East Lancashire Railway in Bury ahead of its release by The Royal Mint, in collaboration with the National Railway Museum to celebrate the centenary of the world's most famous locomotive, the Flying Scotsman. Issue date: Tuesday February 21, 2023.

Flying Scotsman’s centenary celebrated with new Royal Mint coins

A Brexit 50p coin has sold on eBay for £10,000

Brexit 50p coin fetches £10k on eBay - 10 million still in circulation

The Royal Mint has launched a new coin featuring Albus Dumbledore and King Charles as part of a new Harry Potter themed collection. The monarch’s likeness features on the “heads” of the special 50p, while the Hogwarts headmaster features on the other side.

Dumbledore joins King Charles on new 50p coin from Royal Mint

Royal Mint visitors can strike their own King Charles III £2 coin

Royal Mint reveals first coins for 2023

The 50p coins with showing King Charles III (photo The Royal Mint)

First King Charles III 50p coins enter circulation - where to get one

Royal Mint releases Harry Potter 50p coin featuring Hogwarts Express

Royal Mint launches Harry Potter 50p featuring  Hogwarts Express

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

In pictures: New Harry Potter-themed coin featuring Hogwarts Express launched

Northern Ireland 2002 Commonwealth Games £2 coin

A list of the rarest and most valuable £2 coins in circulation

The Royal Mint has launched a new £2 coin to celebrate being in circulation for 25 years

Royal Mint launches new £2 coin to celebrate 25 years in circulation

The first coins featuring the portrait of King Charles III are struck at the royal Mint in Pontyclun, ahead of them entering circulation from December 28, 2022

Royal Mint begins production of first coins for circulation featuring the King

Royal Mint unveils new collection celebrating 25 years of Harry Potter

Prince Charles, visiting the Royal Mint in 2017. The new King's image will eventually appear on newly minted coins (photo: Getty Images)

Changing face of our currency and stamps

The new 50p BBC coin is set to be in ‘huge demand’ for collectors as it still features the image of the late Queen. Picture by The Royal Mint

Royal Mint unveils new 50p coin to mark BBC’s centenary

New coins with portrait of King Charles III and Queen Elizabeth II revealed - when they go into circulation

Demand for Queen Elizabeth memorial coins crashes Royal Mint website

Royal Mint reveals 10 rarest 50p coins - see the list

Buckingham Palace has released a new portrait of King Charles III with his family

Buckingham Palace release new portrait of King Charles III with family

New coins with portrait of King Charles III and Queen Elizabeth II revealed - when they go into circulation

King Charles III coins: When memorial coin and new 50p to be released

Queen Elizabeth II: tasteful memorabilia, souvenirs to commemorate

Queen Elizabeth II: tasteful memorabilia, souvenirs to commemorate

Undated handout photo issued by the Royal Collection Trust, Official Platinum Jubilee souvenirs inspired by the renowned postage stamp profile portrait of the Queen

Update on stamps and legal tender following death of Queen

Queen’s Platinum Jubilee Coin and Medal

Queen’s Platinum Jubilee medal and coin collection from Royal Mint

The Harry Potter Collection, a coin collection released by the Royal Mint to celebrate 25th anniversary of Harry Potter and The Philosopher's Stone. Picture: The Royal Mint/PA Wire

‘Spellbinding’ coins will celebrate Harry Potter And The Philosopher’s Stone

Harry Potter books are loved around the world (Photo: Adobe)

Royal Mint announces Harry Potter coin collection - when its available

Royal Mint issues new Disney 50p coin in exclusive Winnie the Pooh series

The new 50p coin commemorates Alan Turing’s codebreaking during the Second World War (Photo: Royal Mint)

Royal Mint launches new Alan Turing 50p coin with hidden codes

Laura Waddell won't be singing along to Neil Diamond's Sweet Caroline to mark Queen Elizabeth's jubilee (Picture: Paul Kane/Getty Images)

Who thought singing Sweet Caroline for the Queen was a good idea?

50p coins are seen at the Royal Mint plant (Photo by Matt Cardy/Getty Images)

The rare 50p fetching £150 on eBay - how to tell if your coin is valuable

The coin marks 120 years since the first publication of The Tale of Peter Rabbit (Photo: Royal Mint)

Royal Mint releases new £5 coin to mark 120 years of Peter Rabbit

The Bank of England has issued a warning over paper banknotes which are currently still in circulation (Getty Images)

The date when old £20 and £50 paper notes will no longer be accepted

Royal Mint release FA Cup commemorative £2 coin

Royal Mint releases commemorative £2 coin to mark 150 years of FA Cup

Queen’s platinum jubilee 2022 memorabilia

Queen’s Platinum Jubilee memorabilia: Royal Mint coins, plates & more

New 50p coin features the Queen on horseback to mark Platinum Jubilee

The special coins commemorate the Queen’s 70th anniversary as monarch (Photo: Royal Mint)

Royal Mint unveils two new coins in celebration of Queen’s Platinum Jubilee

The Royal Mint has launched a collection of Mr Men and Little Miss coins (Photo: Royal Mint)

Royal Mint launches new Mr Men and Little Miss coins - here’s how to buy them

An assistant helps an elderly customer pay for her purchases using the new decimal coinage in a London supermarket on the first day of national decimalisation (Photo: Leonard Burt/Central Press/Getty Images)

It's been 50 years since decimal currency was introduced in the UK

The Kews Garden 2009 coin is the rarest, while Flopsy Bunny also ranks high

The Royal Mint has revealed its 10 rarest 50p coins - here is the list in full

HG Wells fans are criticising a new commemorative coin - here's why

A £2 coin commemorating the 250th anniversary of the birth of Sir Walter Scott.

New coins celebrate Sir Walter Scott and John Logie Baird

The Royal Mint has launched a new £5 coin to mark the Queen’s 95th birthday

The Royal Mint has released five commemorative coins for 2021, including one to mark the Queen's 95th birthday. (Pic: PA)

New £5 coin: Royal Mint’s 2021 commemorative coins explained

Fans can also buy coins from the Bowie collection from the Royal Mint’s website

Royal Mint launches a new Bowie collection

A new Snowman 50p coin is coming in time for Christmas - here’s how to get one

A new Winnie the Pooh 50p coin has been released - here’s how to get one

The bullion bars are available in one ounce or 10 ounce sizes (Photo: Royal Mint)

The Royal Mint is releasing limited edition James Bond-themed gold and silver ba...

The new gold bullion coin which can be authenticated as genuine by moving it in the light.

Royal Mint reveals intricate anti-counterfeit measures for new coins

A new 50p coin depicting beloved children’s character Winnie the Pooh is now available in the UK, adding to the growing number of illustrated coins (Photo: Royal Mint)

Winnie the Pooh 50p coin: how to get new AA Milne collection coins

£50bn-worth of UK banknotes ‘missing’ from circulation

According to Guinness World Records, Agatha Christie has the title of “world's best-selling fiction writer,” with estimated sales of over £2 billion (Photo: Shutterstock)

A new Agatha Christie £2 coin is being released to mark 100 years since her firs...

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Ian Blackford is waving goodbye to his time as an MP.

Former SNP Westminster leader Ian Blackford standing down at next election

Lorna Slater is the minister for green skills, circular economy and biodiversity. Picture: PA

Lorna Slater confirms deposit return plans scrapped in current form

Ange Postecoglou has left Celtic to take charge of Tottenham Hotspur. (Photo by Rob Casey / SNS Group)

Postecoglou Celtic exit confirmed as new Spurs boss delivers farewell speech