What A Relief! Tower Mint Delve to New Depths and Hit New Heights…

Today, Tower Mint are profoundly proud to showcase our incredible new collections, which sees us delve to new depths and hit new relief heights! βš“πŸ‘‘πŸ‰ 2023 has been a remarkable year for numismatics, with the crowning of His Majesty, King Charles III, the UK and Commonwealth realms have seen unprecedented change. Tower Mint has seen…

King Charles III Coronation Collections – Celebrating the crowning of our Sovereign in Sovereigns & Crowns

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 πŸ‘‘πŸ₯‚πŸΎπŸ₯‚πŸ‘‘ Gibraltar HM Government of Gibraltar has approved the following Coronation collections: Gibraltar 2023 ‘Passing of the Crown’ Sovereign Collection Quarter, Half, One,…

King Charles III Coronation coins presented to the Isle of Man’s Lieutenant Governor

The Isle of Man’s Lieutenant Governor Sir John Lorimer KCB DSO MBE is pictured being presented with a coin collection launched to commemorate His Majesty King Charles III’s Coronation. The presentation was made on behalf of the Treasury by Bill Henderson MLC, Department member with responsibility for currency. The King Charles III Coronation Fifty Pence…

Isn’t that just enchanting?! An Absolutely Fabulous Day with Joanna Lumley at Tower Mint

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. πŸ‘‘πŸ₯‚πŸΎπŸ₯‚πŸ‘‘ With a little over a week until King Charles III’s coronation, Tower Mint hosted a very special first strike ceremony of the new Gibraltar Coronation coinage.…

The Saint, The Dragon, and The Sovereign

βš”οΈπŸ’‚πŸŽπŸ‘‘πŸ²πŸ‘ΈπŸ»πŸ”₯ “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…

St George & the Dragon: the Sovereign Saga

  πŸŒΉπŸŽβš”οΈπŸ‰πŸ”₯ “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 ‘superānus’,…