News & Updates
Latest stories from MyCoinage, The Royal Mint, and the US Mint.
🇬🇧 Royal Mint
Safeguarding The Sovereign: The History Behind the 2026 Gold Bullion Sovereign
A legacy spanning centuries, tight quality control, and consistency across decades helped The Sovereign become ‘the chief coin of the world’. For more than 500 years The Sovereign has represented British excellence, trusted around the world as the coin of international commerce.
🇬🇧 Royal Mint
The Royal Mint Partners with Islamic Relief for Ramadan 2026 with New Gold Kaaba Bars
Gold bars will also be donated to the charity for auction to support the Sudan Emergency Appeal.
🇬🇧 Royal Mint
The Angel: A Denomination Steeped in History
🇬🇧 Royal Mint
The Royal Mint and Piraeus Bank Unveil Limited-Edition ΕΛ Sovereign for Greece
The Royal Mint, the United Kingdom’s official maker of coins, and Piraeus Bank, Greece’s leading financial institution, are excited to announce the launch of a limited-edition gold 2025 Sovereign featuring a discreet ‘ΕΛ’ privy mark.
🇬🇧 Royal Mint
Craftsman with 50 years’ experience named Precious Metalworker of the Year
Somerset-based polisher Stephen M Goldsmith has won this year’s Precious Metalworker of the Year Award, supported by The Royal Mint
🇬🇧 Royal Mint
Royal Mint Rocks The Nation With Freddie Mercury Collectible Coin
The coin design depicts Mercury centre stage mid-performance with elements that showcase his extraordinary talent.
🇬🇧 Royal Mint
‘Chief Coin of the World’ Now One of The Most Visually Secure with New Advanced Security Features and Return to Yellow Gold
Record gold prices and continued popularity of coin collecting meet as The Royal Mint unveils 2026 Sovereign Collection
🇬🇧 Royal Mint
A Royal Milestone: King Charles III's First 5p Coins Enter Circulation
Release follows demand for 5p coins, marking the first time this denomination bearing King Charles III's portrait enters circulation
🇬🇧 Royal Mint
Walking in the Air to a golden Christmas: The Royal Mint’s THE SNOWMAN™ advent calendar is back
One lucky buyer will strike gold with a solid gold 50p hidden inside
🇬🇧 Royal Mint
The Royal Mint Museum Launches New Podcast
Includes contributions from notable institutions and figures, including women’s rights activist Helen Pankhurst
🇬🇧 Royal Mint
A New Chapter in Sustainable Luxury for Royal Mint Jewellery
Luxury jewellery brand 886 by The Royal Mint launches its first engagement and bridal collection
🇬🇧 Royal Mint
Pass Go, Collect Your 50p: The Royal Mint Unveils UK 50p Celebrating 90 Years of MONOPOLY
The coin features the beloved Mr. Monopoly character alongside classic game elements
🇬🇧 Royal Mint
The Royal Mint Experience Wins TripAdvisor Award for Sixth Consecutive Year
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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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