How did The Queen’s Beasts series come about? The Queen’s Beasts series came about as any coin design would; it started with an RMAC (Royal Mint Advisory Committee) coin design competition – that was a while ago now. For the competition, we had to design two beasts in the series at first – the griffin […]
The Queen’s Beasts — Bringing Ancestry to Life
Meet Royal Mint coin designer Jody Clark, the creator of the reverse designs for The Queen’s Beasts Collection, including the Lion of England, Lion of Mortimer, Griffin, Falcon, Black Bull, Yale, Greyhound, Dragon, Unicorn and Horse. After designing Her Majesty The Queen’s fifth circulating coinage portrait, Jody Clark is well known to coin collectors. In […]
The Royal Mint releases its brand new zodiac coins
The Royal Mint, the official coin manufacturer of the United Kingdom, has released its first ever legal tender lunar coin to wealthy Chinese collectors. The coin was put on the market last month with the purpose of commemorating the upcoming lunar year of the horse. Over the past couple of years coin collecting has become […]