The Royal Mint 2014 Lunar Horse Edge Strike 1oz Gold | Silver Britannia Bullion Coins

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Following the highly successful launch of an edge struck silver Britannia coin, The Royal Mint has now introduced a new gold Britannia bullion coin for 2014 which bear an intricate horse design around its milled edge.

Last year The Royal Mint announced a strategic partnership with precious metals dealer A-Mark to distribute a version of their traditional 1oz Silver Britannia Bullion coin, specially designed to celebrate the Chinese ‘Year of the Snake’, following the launch of a new fineness of 999.9 gold and 999 silver in their highly-regarded bullion range.

The exclusive arrangement with Santa Monica-based A-Mark saw Britain’s oldest manufacturing organisation achieving two new pioneering ‘firsts’ in line with their mission to remain at the forefront of progressive world minting.

It was the first time that the 1100 year-old Royal Mint’s classic 1oz Silver Britannia was embellished with a symbol from the Chinese lunar-solar calendar, and the first time that this legendary coin, bearing Philip Nathan’s instantly-recognisable ‘Britannia’, carried any part of a design around its milled edge.

Shane Bissett, The Royal Mint’s Director of Bullion and Commemorative Coin said “We are pleased to have the opportunity to work with a major distributor to the world’s bullion market and are continuing to see our relationship with A-Mark go from strength to strength. The Royal Mint’s enhanced bullion proposition has been well received worldwide since its launch in November 2012, followed by the introduction of our high security precious metal vault storage facility. We have experienced a growth in the demand for our bullion coins in the period since, and this has been boosted further by the fact that The Royal Mint’s classic Britannia gold and silver bullion coins are eligible for US Individual Retirement Accounts.”

Royal Mint Chief Engraver, Gordon Summers said “Our main challenge in developing the Lunar Britannia coin was incorporating the lunar symbol around the edge of the coin with clarity and quality of design, yet retaining the beauty and the impact of Philip Nathan’s Britannia figure”.

The Royal Mint’s ‘Year of the Horse’ Britannia coins are available in 1oz silver or 1oz gold exclusively from A-Mark at www.amark.com

http://www.coinweek.com/bullion-report/royal-mint-edge-strikes-gold-britannia-bullion-coins-first-time/

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[ChrisSilver]

An interesting variation. I wonder if the premium will be the same. And if these will be only available to the US market like the silver ones were.

UKSILVERCOINS please could you reference your quotes when you copy and paste large blocks. I don't think it's good for google ranking if there is a lot of unoriginal content on the forum, especially if not referenced.

[Danny-boy]

I have some of the silver horse and snake to keep my britannia BU sets complete.

Nice coins, I like the edge printing.

[Pipers]

Danny-boy did you get them from amark.com

[Danny-boy]

Danny-boy did you get them from amark.com

No buddy, I bought them from the USA from people who purchased from A-mark.

I know there was a reason why I didn't buy direct, it was either no international shipping or daft shipping price.

They weren't cheap though due to shipping prices and VAT.