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In 2016, the Royal Mint began minting legal tender decimal sixpence coins in sterling silver, [13] intended as commemorative coins for the Christmas season. [14] These coins are heavier than the pre-1970 sixpence (3.35 grams instead of 2.83 grams), and have a denomination of six new pence (6p) instead of six old pence (6d).
2017: Christmas; 2018: Sapphire anniversary of the Queen's coronation; 2018: Wedding of Prince Harry and Meghan Markle; 2018: 250th anniversary of the founding of the Royal Academy of Arts; 2018: Four generations of the Royal Family; 2018: The Queen's Beasts series - Red Dragon of Wales; 2018: The Queen's Beasts series - Black Bull of Clarence
Today, he hosted a pre-Christmas lunch at Buckingham Palace for members of the royal family—his first time hosting it at the Palace during his reign. (In the past two years, the lunch was held ...
The Royal Mint is the United Kingdom's official maker of British coins.It is currently located in Llantrisant, Wales, where it moved in 1968. [6]Operating under the legal name The Royal Mint Limited, it is a limited company that is wholly owned by His Majesty's Treasury and is under an exclusive contract to supply the nation's coinage.
It's become a seasonal tradition to seek the hidden message or symbolic meaning in the Christmas cards the royals send out, as they keep changing and reinventing the format. This year's card from ...
King Charles might be shaking up a cherished Christmas tradition!. On Dec. 16, Hello! reported that the King, 76, is switching up the location of the royal family's traditional Christmas lunch ...
The sixpence was gilded by fraudsters to pass as a half sovereign, and it was quickly withdrawn by the Royal Mint, which resumed its old reverse design (stating its value), slightly modified. Royal Mint authorities began to consider replacing the Jubilee issue within a year of its release, and this may have been hastened by Boehm's death in 1890.
The whole world sees the royal family as they depart their morning church service at St. Mary Magdalene on Dec. 25, walking past (and engaging with!) a crowd of well-wishers as they head back to ...