Tower Mint celebrate the crowning of our sovereign, King Charles III on the 6th of May 2023, through a series of collections for our foreign and commonwealth Issuing Authorities. God Save The King!Β ππ₯πΎπ₯π Gibraltar HM Government of Gibraltar has approved the following Coronation collections: Gibraltar 2023 ‘Passing of the Crown’ Sovereign Collection Quarter, Half, One,…
ππ₯πΎπ₯π Celebrating this momentous day in our history, Tower Mint threw a very British party for all of it’s staff, with fun and games, and a BBQ in the pouring rain! GOD SAVE THE KING! ππ₯πΎπ₯π
Today, Tower Mint welcomed the fabulous Dame Joanna Lumley, who struck and approved the very first 2023 Gibraltar coinage issued to celebrate His Majesty, King Charles III Coronation. ππ₯πΎπ₯π With a little over a week until King Charles IIIβs coronation, Tower Mint hosted a very special first strike ceremony of the new Gibraltar Coronation coinage.…
βοΈππππ²πΈπ»π₯ “Fairy tales do not tell children the dragons exist. Children already know that dragons exist. Fairy tales tell children the dragons can be killed.” G.K. Chesterton PISTRUCCI LEGACY The Italian sculptor Benedetto Pistrucci came to London early in 1816. Lady Lavinia Spencer, (Princess Diana’s great-great-great-great-great-grandmother), showed Pistrucci a wax model of St. George and…
πΉπβοΈππ₯ “Fairy tales do not tell children the dragons exist. Children already know that dragons exist. Fairy tales tell children the dragons can be killed.” G.K. Chesterton THE SUPREME ‘Sovereign’ is a title which can be applied to the highest leader. The word is borrowed from Old French ‘souverain’, derived from the Latin ‘superΔnus’,…
ππ¨ Princess Elizabeth became Queen on February 6th, 1952 and was crowned on June 2nd, 1953. However, at the time of her birth, neither Elizabeth nor her family would imagine she would someday become the Queen of Great Britain and Commonwealth. After Edward VIII unexpectedly abdicated in 1936 the crown was passed to his brother,…
March 27th 2021, live from front-row ring-side, Europa Point Stadium, Gibraltar ππ₯ππ₯π THE BODY SNATCHER STRIKES AGAIN! Whyte arrived to the beat of JAWS mixed to AC/DCs ‘Back in Black’ and floored Povetkin in the fourth round of this electric rematch for the WBC Interim Heavyweight Championship belt and the pretigious Diamond belt. Whyte’s right…
πΉ Each year we come together to pay tribute to the those who made the greatest sacrifice for us all. We remember them and show our respect by wearing red poppies, inspired by the red poppies that grew in Flanders fields after the First World War. The poppy is now a symbol of the fallen…
π This year is not like most, it is the sort of year that makes the history books but not for the right reasons. Throughout the hardships, the illness, and the lockdowns alike, each year no matter what, as the months roll through from spring and summer to autumn, when winter creeps in there is…
Gibraltar COVID-19 50p Collection At the end of 2019, news began to emerge from China that a deadly virus had been identified in the deaths of a significant number of people. As the days continued and the news of growing fatalities reached the rest of the world, it very quickly became clear that this was…