ROYAL MINT ISSUES NEW FIVE KILO GOLD COIN

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The E-Sylum: Volume 23, Number 6, February 9, 2020, Article 28

ROYAL MINT ISSUES NEW FIVE KILO GOLD COIN

Wales Online published a story about the Royal Mint's whopping new £5,000 coin. -Editor

A gold coin that weighs around five kilos and is worth more than most people's homes has been unveiled by the Royal Mint.

The face value of the coin is £5,000 - but it's actual worth is thought to be a staggering £300,000.

It features the Una and The Lion design, conceived in 1839 by William Wyon, former official chief engraver at the Royal Mint.

A £2,000 coin weighing two kilos and reportedly worth nearly £120,000 has also been made by the Llantrisant based coin producer.

Both coins are made 999 fine gold and has been remastered from an original die used almost 200 years ago.

They both form part of a new Great Engravers series to celebrate the finest artists who have worked on British coins.

To read the complete article, see:
Royal Mint unveils gold coin worth £300,000 that weighs five kilos (https://www.walesonline.co.uk/affiliates/royal-mint-5000-coin-llantrisant-17685978)

Wayne Homren, Editor

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