{"id":3838,"date":"2021-05-08T22:08:22","date_gmt":"2021-05-08T21:08:22","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/247london-airport-transfers.co.uk\/?p=3838"},"modified":"2021-05-16T15:09:54","modified_gmt":"2021-05-16T14:09:54","slug":"royal-mint-unveils-a-giant-gold-coin-worth-10000","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/247london-airport-transfers.co.uk\/prev\/news\/royal-mint-unveils-a-giant-gold-coin-worth-10000\/","title":{"rendered":"Royal Mint unveils a giant gold coin worth \u00a310,000"},"content":{"rendered":"

The Queen’s Beasts coin weighs 10 kg and took 400 hours to make.<\/h1>\n

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The Royal Mint has produced the largest gold coin in its 1,100-year history. The Mint described the coin as a “masterwork” that took 400 hours to create, including four days of polishing.
\nThe coin has already found a buyer. The Mint did not provide any information about the sale or the buyer, but stated that a coin of this quality and craftsmanship would be priced in the six-figure amount. A team of master craftspeople at the Mint combined traditional skills with cutting-edge technology to produce the 20cm-wide coin.
\nAt the start of the process, engraving machines were used to carefully carve the design onto the coin. Models of the design are available in a variety of finishes, starting at \u00a313 for a \u00a35 denomination uncirculated coin, for those whose budgets would not fit to purchase the coin.<\/p>\n<\/h2>\n

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The Queen’s Beasts coin weighs 10 kg – London Airport Transfers<\/figcaption><\/figure><\/div>\n

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The coin finishes the Queen’s Beasts commemorative coin collection from the Mint. The ten statues that lined the Queen’s route to Westminster Abbey during her coronation in 1953 served as inspiration for the series.
\nThe coin features a lion, griffin, falcon, bull, yale, greyhound, dragon, unicorn, and horse, as well as a griffin, falcon, bull, yale, greyhound, dragon, unicorn, and horse.
\nClare Maclennan, the divisional director of commemorative coins at the Royal Mint, said: \u201cWe are delighted to unveil a Royal Mint first with the creation of the UK\u2019s largest coin to celebrate the conclusion of our Queen\u2019s Beasts commemorative coin collection. It is the latest in our Masterworks series, which offer unique works of art for collectors, exclusively from the Royal Mint.<\/p>\n<\/h2>\n