This year’s centenary has brought about the minting of the first sovereign coins ever to feature this iconic locomotive
The fifty pound sovereign design features a side view of Flying Scotsman, with a large ‘100’ above and a pattern inspired by the stonework in York Minster’s Rose Window, which is one of the stops along the Flying Scotsman route.
The image of Flying Scotsman is struck onto the coin and is then colour-overlaid with the 1924 livery in green, black and red
The one eighth sovereign has been minted in mainland Europe for the very first time. Struck at the Royal Dutch Mint in the Netherlands, one of the nations that was liberated in the months following D-Day
The reverse depicts figures of Britannia and Liberty, advancing to the east, the first time they have appeared together on a sovereign coin.
The one eighth sovereign has been minted in mainland Europe for the very first time. Struck at the Royal Dutch Mint in the Netherlands, one of the nations that was liberated in the months following D-Day
The reverse depicts figures of Britannia and Liberty, advancing to the east, the first time they have appeared together on a sovereign coin.
The first one eighth sovereign ever to feature genuine metal from a World War Two Spitfire laid into the design.
The central design shows a ‘plan view’ of the Spitfire from both the air and the ground, inspired by the Spotter Cards used by the public during the War
The first sovereign ever to feature genuine metal from a World War Two Spitfire laid into the design.
The central design shows a ‘plan view’ of the Hawker Hurricane from both the air and the ground, inspired by the Spotter Cards used by the public during the War