On May 8, 1945, at 3:00 PM, Prime Minister Winston Churchill delivered an announcement that echoed across Britain and the world: Nazi Germany had unconditionally surrendered. Victory in Europe Day, or VE Day, marked the end of nearly six years of devastating war in Europe. Streets were filled with jubilant crowds celebrating peace, and the […]
Don’t worry, you don’t actually need one today, but it wasn’t that long ago here in the UK that you did. Without one, you would be limited to owning just four gold coins issued after 1817. Unless you had a licence, but that wasn’t the easiest thing to obtain… The year it became illegal to […]
STOP PRESS, 27 JUNE 2017: The Royal Mint confirm the Piedfort Sovereign is 100% reserved within 24 hours of release. 2017 is the Bicentenary of the “modern” Sovereign. To celebrate, The Royal Mint has just issued the FIRST EVER double-thickness Piedfort Sovereign. It is set to become one of the most collectable Gold Sovereigns ever […]