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The Royal Mint has just announced the release of a brand new UK Prince Philip coin
The Royal Mint has just announced the release of a brand new UK coin that pays tribute to Prince Philip and his 70 years of service.
The New Prince Philip Retirement Coin
On 4th May this year, Buckingham Palace announced that Prince Philip, the Duke of Edinburgh would be retiring from public duty. This marks an incredible 70 years of service to the Queen, the United Kingdom, British Isles and the Commonwealth.
The release of this coin is sure to be exciting for Change Checkers in the knowledge that the last UK coin that featured Prince Philip turned out to be extremely rare.
The rarest £5 coin
Back in 2011 a UK £5 coin was issued by The Royal Mint in celebration of the 90th birthday of Prince Philip.
The rarest UK £5 coin – 2011 Prince Philip 90th Birthday £5
The coins design featured a specially commissioned portrait of Philip by Mark Richards FRBS. Just 18,730 of these coins were struck in Brilliant Uncirculated presentation packs making it one of the rarest £5 coins ever.
And because of this, the coin is extremely sought after by collectors and is virtually impossible to get hold of on the secondary market.
As you probably already know, coins with a lower mintage are often the most sought-after by collectors in years to come.
So could this new 2017 UK Prince Phillip coin have an even lower mintage?
Now available to order
The Brand New 2017 UK Prince Philip CERTIFIED BU £5 Coin is now available to order.
June 2017 Video Newsletter
With 4 new coin releases, 1 coin unexpectedly entering circulation and a genuine minting error confirmed, June was a very exciting month. Watch as Yasmin and Luke discuss all the latest change collecting news.
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The Phonescope works by clipping onto a mobile device, and magnifying the camera, allowing you to take incredible close-up photos and videos.
Canada has just released the world’s first glow-in-the-dark coin into circulation…
On the 1st July 2017, Canada turned 150. To celebrate, The Royal Canadian Mint released a once-in-a-life-time set of coins highlighting this milestone event in Canadian history.
And one of them glows in the dark!
The two-dollar coin, (or toonie), celebrates the wonders of Canada with an evocative design featuring the Northern Lights and it even glows in the dark thanks to special ink that contains luminescent material.
The glow-in-the-dark coin that every Canadian Change Checker wants!
The specially designed two-dollar coin, which was issued to celebrate the 150th anniversary of Canada, features two people paddling in a canoe as the northern lights dance high above – which the Cree peoples called “the dance of the spirits”.
When the coin is put in the dark, the aurora borealis glows softly, thanks to a new ink formulation that contains luminescent material.
Just 3 million of these coins were released into general circulation in Canada, meaning just one in ten Canadians were able to find one in their change.
There is no doubt that these coins would create a collecting frenzy if a similar event like this was to happen in the UK.
5 brand new coins have been struck by The Royal Canadian Mint to celebrate the 150th anniversary of Canada.
In fact, each and every one of these special Royal Canadian Mint releases have become a collector’s item and going by previous issues, 25 cents and $2 coins are extremely difficult to get hold of.
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