News & Updates
Latest stories from MyCoinage, The Royal Mint, and the US Mint.
Royal Mint
The Royal Mint produces its first UK coin made from silver recovered from X-ray film
Utilising X-ray silver is an important step in reducing The Royal Mint’s reliance on mined materials
Royal Mint
The Royal Mint unveils Christmas Gold Bullion Bars
Discover our new range of expertly crafted Christmas gold bullion bars and make your Christmas shine with the experts at The Royal Mint.
Royal Mint
The Royal Mint to Gift 75 Coins to 75 People Turning 75, To Celebrate His Majesty King Charles III’s Birthday
Learn more about how The Royal Mint is celebrating His Majesty King Charles III's 75th birthday with a special birthday present for 75 lucky people.
Royal Mint
The Royal Mint begins production of new £1 coin featuring British Bees
Learn about the new £1 coin creating a buzz around The Royal Mint and discover an exquisite design to add to your collection.
Royal Mint
The Royal Mint: Demand for CGT-exempt bullion coins surges among UK investors
The Royal Mint has announced that revenues from gold bullion sales in the fourth quarter (October to December 2024) were up 153% year-on-year
Royal Mint
Save the Christmas Pud! Recovered Silver Sixpence Released to Revive Stir-Up Sunday Tradition
Christmas celebrators in the UK continue the tradition of Stir-up Sunday.
Royal Mint
The Royal Mint Responsibly Sourced Physical Gold ETC surpasses the $1 billion AUM milestone
RMAU launched in 2020 in partnership with HANetf and marked the first time that an ETC had been created in partnership with a European sovereign mint.
Royal Mint
The Royal Mint Museum Explores Britain’s Seafaring History in New Podcast
Experts dive into Britain’s maritime history exploring “Coins and the Sea” in six new 50-minute episodes.
US Mint
United States Mint Launches Semiquincentennial Sweepstakes for Educators
Royal Mint
Royal Mint Reports Record Year for Precious Metals Investments as Silver Demand Soars
Gold bullion purchases from royalmint.com up 142%, while silver billion soared 253% during the calendar year
Royal Mint
Continued Momentum in Precious Metals Demand at The Royal Mint in Quarter 2
Record DigiGold inflows surge 156% as silver and platinum outpace gold's 37% calendar year gains.
📰 MyCoinage
Database and scraper update: what's happening behind the scenes
Over 4,700 British coins catalogued, hourly price updates, auction scrapers running weekly, and new coin series pages across every major denomination.
📰 MyCoinage
Collection page overhaul: filters, goals, bulk actions, CSV import & more
The My Collection page just got a serious upgrade. Filter and sort through your coins, set a portfolio goal, bulk-edit rows, track what you have sold, tag your entries, import from CSV, and more.
📰 MyCoinage
Introducing MyCoinage: The Smarter Way to Track Your Coin Collection
Site update, 25 August 2026: search that actually works, old money in today's money, and a data spring-clean
Searching "2016 pound" now finds 2016 pound coins. Plus a converter for what old money was really worth, sovereign values year by year, and hundreds of corrected mintage figures.
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Site update, 22 July 2026: sell your coins to us, measure-to-identify, and everything free
You can now sell coins directly to us with PayPal payment, identify worn coins by diameter and weight, price any metal with the new spot calculator, and every feature on MyCoinage is free for every account.
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Site update, 2 May 2026: photos in coin comments, deeper coin pages, and a bigger explore
Photos on comment threads so you can actually ask "is this real?", coin pages that surface variants and similar realised prices, three new programmatic browse pages, and honest comparisons against Numista and Coin Hunter.
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Site update, 27 April 2026: three new tools, a bigger sovereign guide, fuller charts
Three new tools on /explore, a much bigger Gold Sovereign reference, full price-history charts for free users, configurable digest emails, and quieter cleanups across the catalogue.
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Site update, 24 April 2026: mobile browse polish, guides hub, and a fresh community
One-tap navigation on mobile, perfect circular coin thumbnails across the browse and guide grids, a rebuilt guides hub with an editorial grading reference, and a new Discord home for the collector community.
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April update: faster prices, a sleeker mobile experience, 50 new achievements
Hourly spot prices and FX, a proper mobile menu, 50 new achievements, four new guides, and a swag of accessibility polish.
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