The London Mint Office and the In Flanders Fields Museum have partnered to release an exclusive coin commemorating the centenary of the end of the First World War. Released in […]
Royal Air Force Celebrate 100 Years! #RAF100
This year we celebrate the 100th anniversary of The Royal Air Force. The RAF was formed in 1918 during the First World War when the Royal Flying Corps and Royal […]
Simon Weston CBE Military Ambassador for The London Mint Office Presents Mayor of Bridgend with a Special Commemorative
2018 is a huge year in British Commemorations with Brits celebrating 100 years of the RAF, 100 years since the end of The First World War and 75 years since […]
The Birth of a Princess: How Princess ‘Lilibet’ Became Queen Elizabeth II
This year on June 9th the country will celebrate Her Majesty Queen Elizabeth II’s Official Birthday, a royal tradition which spans back centuries to 1748 when King George II who was […]
Coin Designer Bishop Gregory Cameron Visits The London Mint Office
For as long as coins have existed, artists have been required to design them. After all, a coin without a design is simply a blank piece of metal and therefore […]
EXCLUSIVE: Monnaie de Paris Partners with Fairmined Gold
A History of Mining. The world holds a long history of gold mining, although the exact date of the start of mining is unknown, some of the world’s oldest known […]
George ‘Johnny’ Johnson MBE: A life in The British Royal Air Force
We are very excited to share this blog with you, transcribed from an interview between George ‘Johnny’ Johnson MBE and Falklands War Veteran Simon Weston CBE. It talks about Johnny’s […]
“I Was There”- Britain’s Last Remaining Dambuster Tells All
George ‘Johnny’ Johnson MBE is Britain’s last surviving Dambuster. Here in conversation at the RAF Museum with another war veteran, Simon Weston CBE, he relates his experience of a daring […]
5 Places You Can See an Avro Lancaster in 2018
The History. The Avro Lancaster is one of the most Iconic planes of WWII. Designed by Roy Chadwick, it was powered by 4 Rolls- Royce Merlin engines which gave it […]
St George: The English Hero and Numismatic Icon
English Hero Throughout the middle ages, shrines dedicated to Saint George sprung up across the country with many communities trying to claim him as one of their own. For example, […]