Coin designs and specifications
Discover the art and craft of coin design through the coins in circulation today. View the designs featured on current and previous years’ UK coinage.
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View the latest number of coins that have been issued into circulation in the United Kingdom.
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Making the coins in your pocket
Learn about the art and process of coin-making. Did you know we roll our own metal sheet, cut the blanks and hand-craft the dies; and all before we strike the coins you find in your pocket?
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Proof coins represent the pinnacle of the minter’s art - we explain what goes into producing them at The Royal Mint.
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The processes involved in producing a coin can be broken down into three different sections: heritage, craftsmanship and quality.
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The round pound coin had only been in circulation for 33 years, but it is part of a story that is more than five centuries old.
Maundy money started in the reign of Charles II with an undated issue of hammered coins in 1662. The coins were a fourpenny, threepenny, twopenny and one penny piece...
Piedfort coins are double the weight and thickness of their standard circulating counterparts. Read on to find out about the origins of these royal prestige pieces...
The Royal Mint takes counterfeiting and fraud extremely seriously. To help identify genuine £1 coins we have prepared an easy-to-use guide and poster for you to download.
In November 2008 a number of 20p coins were incorrectly minted resulting in no date on the coins.
Since the introduction of the 50p coin in 1969 it has become one of the most collected coins. Find out more about the world’s first seven-sided coin.
The Trial of the Pyx is a judicial ceremony dating back to the twelfth century. Discover the history of the Trial of the Pyx with The Royal Mint.
The Trial of the Pyx in the Middle Ages
The Trial of the Pyx dates back to the twelfth century. Discover the origins of the Trial of the Pyx in medieval times.
Cupro Nickel Replacement Programme
In January 2013, the Royal Mint began a programme to recover cupronickel five pence and ten pence coins from circulation.