Production of the first coins of the King for circulation has started at the Royal Mint, beginning the transition from Queen Elizabeth II to her son’s portrait on the nation’s coinage. The ...

The gold for the coin is sourced and refined under strict segregation protocols, exclusively from Agnico Eagle’s Detour Lake Mine, according to the mint’s news release on Sept. 20.

The 50p coins will be available to buy from 9am on April 24 for between £11 and £1,220, while the £5 coins are priced between £14.50 and £2,995.

An auction of valuable and sought-after coins is being held by the Royal Mint. Collectors will have the opportunity to bid for a gold proof Kew Gardens 50p, estimated at £5,000 to £6,000 and a ...

A 1kg solid gold proof coin will also go on sale for a whopping £77,565. These coins won't be in circulation, meaning you won't be able to use them in shops. But five million new 50ps are also ...

A Kew Gardens gold coin Credit: Royal Mint/PA Only 16 of these coins were created by the Royal Mint and the one being auctioned is estimated to sell for in the region of £80,000 to £90,000. With ...

At current prices, the coin's 3,215 troy ounces of gold areworth well over$2 million. A mint spokesperson said the coins will sell for between $2.5 million and $3 million.

In 2012, the mint sold 883,048 maple leaf gold coins, which contain one ounce of pure gold. It also sold more than 18 million of the silver coins, which contain one ounce of silver.