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All Change for Great Britain in 2008
The United Kingdom will change all its familiar coin designs during 2008.
2008 Emblems of Britain Coin Sets - Last of the Old
To mark this watershed in numismatic history and to commemorate the reverse designs that have served Britain well for almost 40 years the Royal Mint are issuing various coin sets. This set has been produced in Base Metal, Silver Proof, Gold Proof and Platinum Proof.
2008 Royal Shield of Arms Coin- First of the New
The new designs of the 6 minor coins will fit together like a jig-saw to complete the shield retained on the pound coin as part of the Royal Coat of Arms. This set has been produced in Base Metal, Silver Proof, Gold Proof and Platinum Proof.
2008 British Coin Sets
As usual, these include proof sets, uncirculated sets, wedding packs. Full details on the 2008 Coin Sets page.
2008 Sovereigns
2008 sovereigns revert to a St. George and Dragon reverse. Issue limits for the uncirculated version may be kept at 75,000 while the issue limit for the proofs is 10,000 including those reserved for proof sets (if we can rely on the wording of the Royal Mint's certificates. This will also apply to the half sovereigns, and also to the gold proof £2 and £5 coins.
2008 Half Sovereigns
2008 half sovereigns will also revert the the St. George and Dragon design as the full sovereigns.
Official release dates are expected to be as for the full sovereigns, although we are still awaiting confirmation of both dates..
For more information about, or to order, 2008 half sovereigns, please visit our Tax Free Gold website.
3 Coin Gold Sovereign Proof Sets
Gold proof sets of the sovereign series will also feature the St, George and Dragon design. Full details on our Tax Free Gold website.
4 Coin Gold Sovereign Proof Sets
Gold proof sets of the sovereign series will also feature the St, George and Dragon design. Full details on our Tax Free Gold website.
2008 £5 Crown - 450th Anniversary of the Accession of Queen Elizabeth I
This looks an attractive design which we think will be popular.
2008 £5 Crown - Prince Charles' 60th Birthday
Previous issues of Prince Charles have not been initially popular, but have become harder to find when wanted.
2008 Silver Britannias
This year's Britannia has a new design featuring Britannia on the beach, with giant waves and a lighthouse in the background.
Australia First Again!
For a new country, at least relative to the UK, Australia certainly gets off the starting block quickly. The Aussies now traditionally beat us at cricket, swimming, rugby, shark-racing, skin cancer detection, beer drinking, sheep shearing (?), gold mining, and now... issuing coins.
Not only do the Perth Mint produce and issue its coins early, they release advance product information early, and manage to get the coins here from the opposite side of the earth quicker than we can get them from our own Royal Mint just down the road in Wales.
What's more, the production quality is superb, and the prices are competitive.
The First Coins of 2008! - Six Months Early
The very first coins of 2008 are to be the Lunar Calendar Silver Series, produced by the Perth Mint in Western Australia. To enable them to synchronise the gold and silver bullion series, not only will the 2008 "Year of the Rat" - Series I coins be issued earlier than usual, but also the 2009 Year of the Ox, and 2010 Year of the Tiger will be released at the same time.
We now have all these in stock.
2008 Year of the Rat - Series II
2008 Australian Lunar Calendar Silver Coins - Year of the Rat - Series II
2008 Year of the Mouse Series II gilded coin
2008 Year of the Mouse Series II 4 Coin Type Set
Other 2008 Coins
2008 Australian Silver Kookaburras - Available Now!
2008 Australian Gold Nuggets - Available Now!
2008 Chinese Silver Pandas - Available Now!
2008 American Silver Proof Eagle - Available Now!
2008 American Silver Bullion Eagle - Available Now!
2008 Silver Maple Leaves
Unexpected Surprise
2008 Australian Silver Koalas
The Perth Mint in Western Australia announced in early 2007 that it was to release a new silver bullion coin, the silver koala. This has proved popular, but many people will not yet have heard of it.
Only produced in one ounce in the initital year of release, for 2008 they have released it in four sizes; 1 kg, 10oz, 1oz, and 1/2oz. We have all four sizes in stock now for immediate delivery.
2008 Commemorative Coins
2008 Euro Coin Sets
For information about any euro coin sets, it's best to visit our Euro Coins website www.eurocoins.co.uk, although please note that not all countries have yet released their 2002 sets!
2007 Coins Index
2009 Coins Index
If you want to find the value of a coin you own, please take a look at our page I've Found An Old Coin, What's It Worth?
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