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St Helena and EIC
May 15 , 2023
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...
Official King Charles III Portrait - St Helena
Mar 24 , 2023
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
Mar 23 , 2023
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
Mar 23 , 2023
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
Mar 23 , 2023
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...
A Rivalry Between Two World Class Engravers - Pistrucci V Wyon
Mar 23 , 2023
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
Mar 23 , 2023
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
Mar 23 , 2023
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....
