Royal Wedding coin 2018 – Royal Mint releases £5 coin to celebrate Harry and Meghan’s nuptials and it costs a FORTUNE
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THE Royal Mint is selling four new £5 coins to commemorate Prince Harry and Meghan Markle's wedding.
An uncirculated version of the coin is priced at £13, a silver proof one is on sale for £82.50, while the gold proof version will set you back a whopping £1,980.
The new five quid coins are available now from and feature pictures of Harry and Meghan gazing into each other's eyes.
Harry and former Suits actress Meghan will tie the knot on May 19 at the St George's Chapel, in Windsor.The cheapest coin you can buy is the £13 uncirculated coin which is made out of a mixture of copper and nickel called cupro-nickel.
Some fans reckon it needs more than a small change. One said Harry looked more like a young Bruce Forsyth while another poked fun at Meghan’s “small square hand”.
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After that prices jump up to £82.50 for the silver version of the commemorative coin, there is also a thicker silver coin on sale for £155.
And the most expensive is the 22 carat gold coin which costs £1,980, though for that price you could buy almost double the weight of the coin in solid gold.
All these coins are just collectors' items and will not be going into circulation.
- Find all of the Royal Mint's commemorative Royal Wedding coins .
Anne Jessopp, CEO at The Royal Mint, Said: "It has been an honour for The Royal Mint to work closely with Prince Harry and Meghan Markle to create the authentic Royal Wedding coin celebrating this most British of celebrations."
"I have been in my post as CEO of The Royal Mint for just a couple of months, and already The Royal Mint has celebrated the birth of His Royal Highness Prince Louis of Cambridge, and now a Royal Wedding, so it’s a very exciting year for The Royal Mint in terms of royal moments."
There is absolutely tonnes of royal wedding merchandise on sale at the moment, from more coins to novelty condoms.
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