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The Christmas coins with a King on both sides!
With the festive season just around the corner, now is the perfect time to expand your Christmas coin collection, and I have something very special that I want you to see.
I am, of course, talking about the brand new Christmas coin range issued by the Falkland Islands, featuring a magnificent King Penguin against a backdrop of falling snow. The Falkland Islands are known as the ‘Penguin Capital of the World’, so it’s only fitting that a penguin features on their 2024 Christmas coins!
A King on both sides
Interestingly, these coins both feature a ‘King’ on both the obverse and reverse, as the Falklands effigy of King Charles III features on the obverse and a King Penguin graces the reverse.
Whether you’re a collector of 50ps or £2 coins, the 2024 Falklands Christmas coin range boasts a beautifully festive design on both denominations. These coins have been struck to a superior Brilliant Uncirculated quality to perfectly capture the King Penguin in all its impressive glory.
Secure the 2024 Falklands Christmas Penguin 50p >>
Secure the 2024 Falklands Christmas Penguin £2 >>
In high demand
You would probably expect these coins to be popular with collectors, but you might be shocked to hear just how in-demand they’ve been already!
Last month, we offered Change Checkers an exclusive chance to pre-order the BU Colour version of the 50p, and the entire edition limit was fully reserved in less than a week!
We’ve been lucky enough to secure a limited number of the non-colour BU coins for Change Checkers, but we anticipate these will be in equally high demand.
Secure yours in time for Christmas
Don’t miss out on owning these special Christmas coins – once they’re gone, they’re gone!
Secure your 2024 Falkland Islands Penguin 50p >>
Secure your 2024 Falkland Islands Penguin £2 >>
Save over 10% by ordering the 50p and £2 pair >>
2024 Change Checker Awards – Winners Revealed!
Change Checkers, it’s the moment you’ve all been waiting for, the 2024 Change Checker Awards winners ceremony!
2024 was an amazing year for UK coins and for collectors too. We had so many incredible nominations for Change Checker and Junior Change Checker of the Year, but there can only be one winner of each…
Change Checker of the Year
Our 2024 Change Checker of the Year is…Bryan Hyman!
Bryan was nominated three times for his coin knowledge, kindness and generosity helping others build their collections, and of course a very impressive collection of his own!
Congratulations Bryan, keep up the good work!
Junior Change Checker of the Year
This year, Junior Change Checkers of the Year goes to…Dylan from Sussex!
Dylan was nominated by his mum who said that, at just 11 years old, he has a fantastic coin collection and is hugely knowledgeable about coins and their history. He helps his school friends to discover the joy of collecting, swapping with each other to grow their collections, and he even has his own YouTube channel – check him out @DylanCollectsCoins
Congratulations Dylan, keep collecting and inspiring others.
Both Bryan and Dylan will be receiving a personalized engraved Change Checker trophy, a Change Checker bundle of goodies worth £50 AND a year’s subscription to Coin Collector Magazine! A big thank you to All About Coins for gifting the subscriptions for this year’s Change Checker Awards – I think we can all agree it makes a fantastic prize!
2024 Coin Design of the Year
This year, we also asked you to vote for your favourite 2024 UK coin design!
With so many incredible UK coins issued this year, it’s hard to chose just one – but the votes are in and it seems we have a clear winner…
With 23.84% of the votes, the RNLI 50p has been voted as your favourite 2024 coin!
The top 5 also included the D-Day 50p, the Team GB and ParalympicsGB 50p, the 2024 Snowman 50p and the Six Decades of Bond £5!
A big thank you once again to All About Coins for supporting us this year and of course a huge congratulations to our winners!
We’d like to thank each and every one of you for your continued support in 2024 and wish you luck with your Change Checking in 2025!
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2024 Change Checker Awards NOW OPEN!
We’re delighted to announce the 2024 Change Checker Awards are now OPEN!
The Change Checker Awards give collectors the chance to look back at all the fantastic coin issues of the year whilst celebrating the very best coin collectors out there.
We’re looking for the 2024 Change Checker of the Year and the 2024 Junior Change Checker of the year and we need your help!
Watch our video below, or continue reading to find out how to enter…
Change Checker and Junior Change Checker of the Year
*Submissions for 2024 Change Checker and Junior Change Checker of the Year are now closed*
Winners will be announced on 4th December 2024.
UK Coin Design of the Year
You’ve also been voting for the UK Coin Design of the Year, which will also be revealed on 4th December.