The Great Engravers
The Royal Mint's celebrated series revives the masterworks of Britain's finest coin engravers — from William Wyon's romantic Una and the Lion to Benedetto Pistrucci's never-struck Waterloo Medal. Our guide covers every release: the history, the symbolism, and the official mintage figures.
Queen Victoria as Spenser's Una, guiding the British Lion — often called the most beautiful British coin ever struck.
Read the guide →England, Scotland, and Ireland personified in Wyon's neoclassical pattern — only about 50 originals were ever struck.
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The Victorian Gothic Revival in silver and gold — Britain's first proof-only crown and the birth of the collector market.
Read the guide →"The King of English Coins" — Simon's plea to Charles II, inscribed in two raised lines on the coin's edge.
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The most enduring coin design in British history — still struck on gold sovereigns more than two centuries later.
Read the guide →Thirty years in the making and never struck in Pistrucci's lifetime — finally realized 209 years after the commission.
Read the guide →The series finale honors the forgotten king's coinage — only around 200 proof sets were struck in 1831.
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