Hammered Coinage is an increasingly popular area of collecting. Auction records are being set and collectors are looking at hammered and learning about different historical areas

The wisdom is real collectors pick up full sovereigns but do clever collectors pickup half-sovereigns? that remains to be seen but there is recently more interest in older half sovereigns and there are few to go round. Many are as rare or even rarer than the full sovereign equivalents. The 1825 proof of record half has almost none know in the public sphere with few known in museum collections

This year has been full of COVID and James Bond - I cant do much about COVID but i have a license to present some of the Royal Mint James Bond Series of Coins in this showcase

The Music Legends series of coins has been one of the most successful releases of 2020. The series has been the first series from the Royal Mint to feature British Band legends and like the Bond series there are a variety of options and finishes including an enhanced finish available on the low mintage 2oz Gold and SIlver releases.