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The Royal Mint Celebrates Royal Anniversary

To commemorate the anniversary of HM King Charles III’s accession to the throne, The Royal Mint has released ‘The Royal Celebration Bar’, a range of bullion bars.

Each bar features two designs – one depicting the King Charles III’s royal cypher, and the other a heraldic design created by one of the Mint’s product designers, Thomas T Docherty. The royal cypher design also features the Tudor Crown used by the King’s grandfather, George VI.

The heraldic design features the crowned Lion of England at the top left of the bar, the Unicorn of Scotland at the top right, the Dragon of Wales at the bottom right, and the Elk of Northern Ireland at the bottom left of the design. The Tudor Crown also appears in the centre of the design, with one each of the national flowers of each nation – the rose, thistle, leek, and shamrock – between the animals.