A TIME TO REFLECT
shop the rangeOn Remembrance Day we stop to remember the fallen, not just from the First World War, but all subsequent conflicts which have been absorbed into the commemorations; the poppies pinned to our lapels a symbol of their sacrifice.
Each year The Royal Mint issues a special Remembrance Day coin in tribute to those who served. At our home in Llantrisant, where we strike the medals for British Armed Forces personnel, a memorial stands to colleagues who never came home; our own reminder of lives cut tragically short when darkness consumed the world.
Remembrance Day is an important event in The Royal Mint’s calendar when we pay our own silent tribute to the brave men and women who lost their lives in conflicts around the world. Here you can find out more about remembrance traditions, the symbolism of the poppy and this year’s coin design.
100th Anniversary of Armistice
This year’s Remembrance Day services will mark 100 since the Armistice when four years of bloody struggle finally came to an end. During the First World War one million men from across the globe died defending Britain and its Empire, with countless more wounded. A shell shocked country would never be the same again. And despite the refrain, ‘never again’, history sadly continues to repeat itself.
Design & Designer
“Poppies and Remembrance are synonymous, so I wanted the poppy to be the main feature of the coin.”
-Laura Clancy