Official King Charles III Portrait - St Helena

Official King Charles III Portrait - St Helena

Mar 24 , 2023

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EIC new official British Isles King Charles III effigy has been designed by the well-known artist, Glyn Davies. Following the death of Queen Elizab...

Discover Our Coin Designers

Discover Our Coin Designers

Mar 23 , 2023

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To this day, The East India Company’s coins are loved and collected all over the world, offering an breath-taking range of intricate designs create...

Decus et Tutamen

Decus et Tutamen

Mar 23 , 2023

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The origins and its relation to the Five Guinea gold coin of Charles II  The dedication “ Decus et Tutamen ” simply means – an decoration and a saf...

Creating our Coin Collections

Creating our Coin Collections

Mar 23 , 2023

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In the late 17th Century, as The East India Company’s spirit of exploration took it across the world, King Charles II awarded the Company the right...

St Helena and EIC

St Helena and EIC

Mar 23 , 2023

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The shared story of the island of St Helena and The East India Company stretches back to the mid-17th Century when the Company used the island as a...

A Rivalry Between Two World Class Engravers - Pistrucci V Wyon

A Rivalry Between Two World Class Engravers - Pistrucci V Wyon

Mar 23 , 2023

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In 1816 William Wyon, an Assistant Engraver at The Royal Mint, entered a competition to design new coins for the Great Recoinage. His submission, T...

Willian Wyon - St George & the Dragon

Willian Wyon - St George & the Dragon

Mar 23 , 2023

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In 1844 Wyon received a private commission from Queen Victoria’s husband, Prince Albert, to design a personal medal for the Prince Consort. Albert ...

William Wyon & Queen Victoria - Una & the Lion

William Wyon & Queen Victoria - Una & the Lion

Mar 23 , 2023

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Wyon’s reputation as a great coin designer is forever linked to the reign of Queen Victoria, who first sat for him as a young 13-year-old princess....