ROMILEY COINS

2025 saw yet another busy year for UK coin production with a large number of commemorative coin sets and designs. Despite this no commemorative coins entered circulation this year and the only definitive coins to be circulated were the Bees £1 and Oak Leaf 5p This blog post takes a look back at the coins released in 2025: THE DEFINITIVES The third year of the King Charles Flora and Fauna definitives. The coins featured the same designs as those released in 2023, and just as in 2024, the 2025...

The Royal Mint recently announced the brand new coins which will make up the 2026 annual coin set. There are 13 new coins in total, the eight coin definitives (dated 2026) and five new commemorative designs. THE DEFINITIVES KING CHARLES FLORA & FAUNA DEFINITIVE SET The fourth year of the King Charles Flora and Fauna definitives. The coins featured the same designs as those released in 2023 but unlike the inaugural collection, the 2024, 2025 & 2026 sets do not contain privy marks. It has not...

Reviewing the many remarkable changes to British coinage during the reign of Queen Elizabeth (1953-2022) Queen Elizabeth II during the course of her reign BACKGROUND Queen Elizabeth first ascended to the throne in 1952, following the death of her father King George VI, when she was just 26 years old, with two young children. During the course of her reign she became a figure head of Britain and the Commonwealth. The Queen was extremely popular all around the world with Royal fanatics...