Dubbed the 21st century equal to William Wyon, Jody Clark has produced some fantastic coinage designs and is the creator of our latest Her Majesty’s Graces Platinum Jubilee sovereign range. Here, we will take a look at his early life and work.
King George VI Newspaper Dissection
The 2022 King George VI Tribute Gold Sovereign range has now reached a complete sell out. A massive congratulations to all of those clients who have managed to secure such a fantastic series of sovereign coins.
Alongside these beautiful sovereigns, we have sent our clients an 8pp replica newspaper from the Daily Graphic, dated the 7th February 1952; the day after King George VI’s sad passing. Here, we will be dissecting the content from the newspaper and looking at his life in the eyes of his people.
The House of Windsor – Edward VIII
Edward VIII was king for less than a year before he stepped down to marry an American divorcee, making him the only British sovereign to abdicate voluntarily.
During this instalment of our “House of Windsor” series, we take a look at the life of Edward VIII.
Queen Elizabeth II Coinage in Demand
Queen Elizabeth II will celebrate an astonishing 70 years on the throne this year. It is already proving to be an incredible event worldwide, and as such, is causing huge demand for Queen Elizabeth II coinage.
Not only has the Queen become the longest-reigning monarch in British History, she is also the oldest-reigning monarch and has seen many sovereigns and coins during her reign. Here, we take a look at some of the unique and exclusive Queen Elizabeth II coinage that we currently have available.
Detectorists’ discoveries: around the world in four coins
As we explored in our ‘Cash in the attic’ blog, some people are living within a treasure trove of potential coin discoveries. Unfortunately, the vast majority of us aren’t living in a building lined with heritage sovereigns and paved in swathes of gold (coins).
Many of our clients instead satisfy their discovery quota through exclusive customer-only offers of world first launches, such as the first sovereign to contain authentic gold from King George III’s epoch-making era, 200 years ago…
The History of King George III
Born George William Frederick in London in 1738, King George III was the King of Great Britain and Ireland from 1760 and King of Hanover from 1814 until his death in 1820. He lived and ruled longer than any other English or British king and this year marks the 200th anniversary since the end of his record-breaking reign.
While George III’s reputation as “the mad king who lost America” prevails, he was a committed and conscientious leader who provided background stability in a thriving Britain undergoing industrialisation. He also oversaw the reform of gold coinage, which was no mean feat, and few people have acknowledged his valuable contribution to numismatics as we know it.
