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....
The East India Company Edit: How To Spend The Long Weekend
Mar 15 , 2023
Welcome to the first edition of The East India Company Edit – a round-up of the best we’ve seen, heard or can recommend on our travels…from our pio...
Celebrating International Women's Day with the story of Goddesses
Mar 06 , 2023
International Women's Day is a day to celebrate the achievements of women throughout history and to promote gender equality. Coins featuring goddes...