From plants and animals to national monuments, coin designs often include images or symbols that represent a country’s identity. Encourage your pupils to explore these ideas by creating their own coin design for a fifty pence piece using our fun activity sheet.

Have you ever wondered why our coins look the way they do? The designs on coins are carefully chosen to reflect something of the identity of the country they are from. This resource introduces pupils to coins from other countries and can be used to spark discussion about national identity by exploring different coin designs.

A post-visit resource to complement the Fakes and Forgeries workshop at the Royal Mint Experience. Can also be used independently in the classroom to explore coin crime in the 18th century. Covers citizenship, history, drama

Join our presenter Fran Scott as she talks to experts in the Coin Press Room at the Royal Mint to find out how coins are made. To find out more about the Royal Mint Museum visit our website https://www.royalmintmuseum.org.uk/ Presenter: https://www.franscott.co.uk/ Videography: https://www.huwjames.com/

The process of making coins has many stages. One important step is taking a large piece of artwork and reducing it in size to fit on a small coin. Pupils can explore this process by creating their own homemade pantograph and discovering how to reduce or increase the size of their own designs. The worksheet includes instructions for making the pantograph and information about technology used by the Royal Mint.

The royal Mint has a history that stretches back over 1100 years. The techniques used to make coins has changed a lot over this time. Your pupils can discover how coins were made during medieval times with this fun activity sheet. Colour and cut out the medieval mint workers while learning how they made coins.

Join our presenter Fran Scott to find out more about how the experts at the Royal Mint use their engineering and artistic skills to create the tools that make coins. Find out more about the Royal Mint Museum at https://www.royalmintmuseum.org.uk/ Presenter: https://www.franscott.co.uk/ Videography: https://www.huwjames.com/