All you need to know about Royal Cyphers

A royal cypher is a monogram or monogram-like device of a country’s reigning King or Queen. Often, royal cyphers consist of the initials of a monarch’s name and title, sometimes interlocking, and with a crown sat above. Royal cyphers usually appear on letter boxes, government buildings and State documents. In Britain, they are also often […]

The Changing Faces of Coin Portraiture

In an age filled with television, social media and all of the technology we could ask for, it’s hard to imagine a time where people couldn’t ‘virtually’ see each other, including their own Monarch or leader. However, centuries ago most people would have only seen the face of their leader on a coin, with the […]