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Behind the Craft - 2020 Sovereign
Jun 22 , 2022
In 1818, new crown coins of 5 shillings were minted in the fifty-eighth year of King George III’s reign, the first such coins ever issued since he ...
Behind the Craft - The Coins of the English East India Company
Jun 22 , 2022
Dr Paul Stevens began his working career as a research scientist looking for new medicines; later he became a senior manager within a multinational...
Behind the Craft - Platinum Jubilee Tea
Jun 22 , 2022
Handmade in Sri Lanka by village craftsmen who still forge metals following century-long artisanal traditions. Engraved with HM QUEEN ELIZABETH II ...
Behind the Craft - Victoria Crown
Jun 20 , 2022
William Wyon is one of history’s great coin designers, a reputation forever linked to the reign of Queen Victoria. His 1838 ‘Young Head’ portrait w...
Behind the Craft - Truth
Jun 20 , 2022
The ‘Queen’s Virtues’ were first revealed to the public as part of the Victoria Memorial, commissioned shortly after the death of Queen Victoria in...
Behind the Craft - 2021 Una & the Lion
Jun 17 , 2022
The legend of Una & the Lion dates back to Edmund Spencer’s epic 16th Century poem The Faerie Queene, believed to be an allegory for the life o...
Behind the Craft - Aesops Fables - Goose and the Golden Egg
Jun 14 , 2022
Believed to originate in ancient Greece, today Aesop’s Fables are captured in entertaining books accompanied by bright illustrations that bring the...
Behind the Craft - Aesops Fables - The Hare and the Tortoise
Jun 14 , 2022
The simple stories of Aesop’s Fables are usually accompanied by bright, entertaining illustrations that bring the tales to life and fascinate young...
