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    • Friday, 10 March, 2023
      Fintech
      Wahed’s golden headshake

      A gilt-edged plan to bring more Muslims into the financial system doesn’t wholly glitter

    • Tuesday, 7 February, 2023
      British coins tested for quality in 700-year-old ‘Trial of the Pyx’

      Annual ceremony dating back to the 12th century returns with rare addition to mark reign of King Charles III

    • Thursday, 13 October, 2022
      UK’s Royal Mint lifted by market turmoil as demand for gold surges

      Record profits at 1,100-year-old company driven entirely by its consumer business offsetting decline in the use of coins

    • Thursday, 29 September, 2022
      King Charles III
      King Charles to appear on UK coins before Christmas

      Royal Mint at work on ‘biggest change to coinage in decades’

    • Friday, 9 September, 2022
      Queen Elizabeth II
      UK coins, notes and stamps will remain valid after accession

      Money bearing image of Queen Elizabeth is still usable but new versions will enter circulation

    • Monday, 4 April, 2022
      Cryptocurrencies
      UK unveils bid to become ‘global hub’ for crypto

      Government measures to attract digital asset companies include stablecoin regulation and Royal Mint NFT

    • Friday, 1 April, 2022
      Watches & Jewellery
      Royal Mint strikes out with a lifestyle jewellery brand

      With the coin market in decline, the UK Treasury organisation tries to find other ways of making money as part of a reinvention of itself

    • Sunday, 8 September, 2019
      Gold
      Royal Mint plans first stock exchange product with gold ETF

      Institution founded under Alfred the Great more than 1,100 years ago responds to investor demand

    • Friday, 4 January, 2019
      Personal Finance
      Collectors set to hunt down Sherlock Holmes coin

      Royal Mint to release new series of commemoratives

    • Friday, 10 August, 2018
      Pound Sterling
      Britons still sitting on £169m old £1 coins

      Old money can be exchanged at banks and paid into accounts

    • Friday, 18 May, 2018
      Chinese politics & policy
      China’s UK embassy plans new home on site of Royal Mint

      Culmination of years of work to identify a location

    • Tuesday, 13 March, 2018
      Pound Sterling
      Days of copper coins and £50 note could be numbered

      UK Treasury questions whether mix of eight coins and four banknotes ‘meet current and future needs’

    • Friday, 2 March, 2018
      Personal Finance
      Royal Mint launches 10p coins celebrating British life

      New coinage likely to prove popular with collectors

    • Friday, 16 February, 2018
      World
      Anne Jessopp named first female chief executive of Royal Mint
    • Monday, 9 October, 2017
      Currencies
      Check down your sofas: round pound enters last week
    • Friday, 24 March, 2017
      UK business & economy
      Businesses and consumers spend millions preparing for new £1 coin

      Vending industry predicts adapting machines to changes will cost £100m

    • Friday, 17 February, 2017
      UK business & economy
      New 12-sided £1 coin gives it edge over forgers

      Savers warned to raid piggy banks before round pound becomes worthless in October

    • Tuesday, 31 January, 2017
      Pound Sterling
      Quality of Britain’s coins tested as ancient Trial of the Pyx starts

      Jurors will weigh and scrutinise 35,000 coins until end of April

    • Tuesday, 26 July, 2016
      Gold
      UK’s Royal Mint proves a rising force in gold trading

      The government-owned mint’s decision to target retail customers online pays off as profits rise

    • Tuesday, 21 June, 2016
      Gold
      Royal Mint reports surge in gold trading before EU vote

      Online platform sees 32% increase in transactions

    • Tuesday, 21 June, 2016
      Brexit
      Royal Mint reports surge in gold trading before Brexit vote
    • Tuesday, 7 June, 2016
      Gold
      Royal Mint opens gold vault to pension investors

      Investors to get a choice of bullion, from Royal Mint Refinery 100g and 1kg bars, to Signature Gold

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