Una & Lion bullion bar range

[SiCole]

Give them their dues. They know how to milk stuff!

A Beauty and a Beast

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Una and the Lion, the legend of a princess and her protector, is set to appear on a new bullion bar range from The Royal Mint. This lyrical interpretation reimagines William Wyon’s iconic coin design through the lens of Edmund Spenser’s epic poem The Faerie Queen, first published in 1590. The first edition in the new Una and the Lion Minted Bullion Bar Range, Una and her Lion treads new ground with our latest design.

[Silverlocks]

Didn't EIC already do this?

[Stu]

A royal mint special, otherwise known as kicking the arse out of a previous winner. To be continued no doubt.

[foinikas]

Beautiful design, maybe Jody Clark?

[TeaTime]

I did wonder what the RM would do to continue the silver bullion bar issues following the 3 graces.  The option of a gothic bar to follow the coin release was probably not going to happen due to fitting a circular design into a rectangle !

A few different interpretations of Una & the Lion would be welcome by me (keeping fingers crossed they don't bring out a bad 'un).... No different really to the yearly Britannia proof designs. In this instance i applaud the RM for milking it  🙂

[Stuntman]

They already did, in 2021 (see the bars on the right in the photos), in 1 oz gold, 1 oz silver, 10 oz silver and I think also 100 oz silver.

I don't really want to spend money on bars because of the CGT angle.  Therefore I can see this potentially getting expensive if I choose to take the plunge.

[ak74]

3 hours ago, Silverlocks said:

Didn't EIC already do this?

EIC has been issuing Una coins annually, not bars.

Edited January 29, 2024 by ak74

[NGMD]

Keep it coming…

[westminstrel]

Once again referencing William Wyon’s “Una and the Lion” catchphrase to sucker people into splurging for a random woman and a lion. Okay… 🙄 

[westminstrel]

To be clear… the design looks great on paper and will probably look amazing on the bars too, but they need to stop using the Wyon name and design as marketing tactic as it’s a bit of an insult to our intelligence.

[Agaupl]

Will be interesting to see the design. But definitely milking that cow dry at this point. 

[GoldDiggerDave]

@westminstrel if they are going to bang out bars and ingots they would have better demand   if they used these...............

https://www.royalmintmuseum.org.uk/collection/master-tools-and-dies/ricardo-ingot-dies/

I'd buy a bar/ingot thats been stuck with coinage die.  

 

Edited January 30, 2024 by GoldDiggerDave

[westminstrel]

33 minutes ago, GoldDiggerDave said:

@westminstrel if they are going to bang out bars and ingots they would have better demand   if they used these...............

https://www.royalmintmuseum.org.uk/collection/master-tools-and-dies/ricardo-ingot-dies/

I'd buy a bar/ingot thats been stuck with coinage die.  

 

YES. 1000% yes!!!

I have seen those on the RM Museum’s Instagram and Twitter and thought the G&D would make an amazing ingot. Imagine it on a cast bar. 😍

[GoldDiggerDave]

1 minute ago, westminstrel said:

YES. 1000% yes!!!

I have seen those on the RM Museum’s Instagram and Twitter and thought the G&D would make an amazing ingot. Imagine it on a cast bar. 😍

This is whats P ing me off with the Royal Mint they have hundreds of years of legacy and provenance and theres so much they could do........But they seam hell bent on turning themselves into a glorified gift shop with the tat they are producing.

 

[westminstrel]

Exactly! William Wyon’s Una and the Lion was a way of honouring Queen Victoria, referencing The Faerie Queen and envisioning Queen Victoria as Una leading the Lion (England).

That amazing sentiment seems to be lost on the current management at the RM, who are using - and leasing out to other mints like EIC - the Una and the Lion “brand” in a way that totally insults Wyon’s legacy and cheapens what was a masterpiece of intent and design.

[westminstrel]

Oh it gets better…

As per the description:

The design is the first in a series of Una and the Lion bars and will be available in gold, silver and platinum.

So expect much more milking over the coming years.

https://www.royalmint.com/una-and-the-lion-register-your-interest/?utm_campaign=2024-01-prm-una-lion-bar-range

[Agaupl]

Surely 2nd in a series? 

[motorbikez]

As per @Stuntman they've already done limited edition una & lion bullion bars for example off the top of my head the 10oz silver have a mintage of 6000 & the 100oz have a mintage of 1200.

I might buy 1x1oz silver of the new offering but the RM are taking the absolute pizz out of collectors with this repeat.

[motorbikez]

@Agaupl 1st in a 2nd series 

[ak74]

[SiCole]

Put me down for a couple of golds!

[James32]

22 minutes ago, ak74 said:

May be against the grain..but I don't think the horizontal layout works 😕

[SiCole]

8 minutes ago, James32 said:

May be against the grain..but I don't think the horizontal layout works 😕

Be interesting to see the blister design. Please don't put them sideways in the normal ones.

[westminstrel]

14 minutes ago, James32 said:

May be against the grain..but I don't think the horizontal layout works 😕

The RM should’ve been bolder and made a square bar perhaps. 

[Stuntman]

I'd replied in the New Royal Mint bullion thread, but I'm also of the view that the horizontal layout isn't ideal.  Although hard to avoid, given the design.  I agree that a square bar would be a lot more interesting and distinctive as a series.