British Pobjoy Mint World Firsts

The British Pobjoy Mint has been recognised internationally as a progressive and innovative designer and manufacturer of coins and medals since it's inception in 1965.

Over the years this has included dozens of new techniques, materials, shapes and finishes. Some highlights of these Pobjoy innovations include;

• Virenium  A silver-coloured base metal alloy in the Nickel-Silver family, created and patented by Derek Pobjoy in 1978
• First Base Metal £1 Coin Manufactured on behalf of Isle of Man in 1979
• Coloured Titanium Coins Since 1999, Pobjoys were the only mint known to successfully manufacture coloured titanium coinage
• 60oz Diamond Set Silver & Gold Coin Made especially for the 6oth Jubilee Her Majesty The Queen, containing 60oz of silver and gold with 60 melee diamonds set within the crown
• First Man On The Moon Struck by Pobjoy from 2019 with permission by NASA to feature it's eponymous logo
• Reverse Frosted Coin Flagship bullion coin launched in 2021
• First Braille Coin Base metal coin designed and struck by Pobjoys
• World's First Hologram Coin Designed and struck for the Isle of Man in 1996, a platinum noble featuring a Viking ship
• First Pyramid Shaped Coin Produced in 2009 this silver proof coin also features Egyptian sand encapsulated within the coin!

You can see dozens more world firsts by the British Pobjoy Mint below and see more images in this article published by Coinworld in 2016 

• First Eiffel Tower Shaped Coin – British Virgin Islands, Eiffel Tower 2014
• First Diamond Shaped Coin – Isle of Man, Queen’s Diamond Jubilee 2012
• World’s Highest Relief Coin – Ascension Island, Queen’s Diamond Jubilee 2012
• First Two Colour Titanium Coin – British VI, Hans Christian Andersen 2010
• First Silver & Crystal Coin – South Georgia, Lifecycle of the Penguin 2008
• First Coin with Sand – Isle of Man, Wonders of the World 2008
• First Death Mask Shaped Coin – Isle of Man, Tutankhamun 2008
• First Triangular Shaped Coins – Isle of Man, Tutankhamun 2008
• First Blackened Coin with Diamonds – Sierra Leone, Nocturnal Animals 2008
• First Four Colour Titanium Coin – Isle of Man, Year of Planet Earth 2008
• First Quad Metal Coin – British Virgin Islands, 2006
• First Magnetic Coin – Falkland Islands, John Ross & James Clarke Ross 2006
• First Turquoise Titanium Coin – British Virgin Islands, Inverted Swan 2005
• First Purple & Gold Niobium Coin – Sierra Leone, Pope John Paul II 2005
• World’s Largest Coin – British Virgin Islands, 5 Kilo Pizarro 2004
• First Red Titanium – British Virgin Islands, Red Guiana 2004
• Largest Palladium Coin – Isle of Man, 2004
• First Coloured 50p – Isle of Man, The Snowman 2003

 

 

• First Bi-Metal Star Coin – Gibraltar, Europa & the Bull 2003
• First Electrum Coin – Gibraltar, 2002
• First Spinning Coin – Isle of Man, Currency Converter 2002
• First 3 precious stone set – Gibraltar, Coin Crown Jewels 2002
• First Silver/Black Coin – Isle of Man, Queen Mother 2002
• First Tri-Gold Coin – Isle of Man, Golden Jubilee 2002
• First Silver/Titanium Coin – Gibraltar, Solar System 2001
• First Tri-Metal Coin – Gibraltar, 21st Century 2001
• First Pearl Set Coin – Isle of Man, Queen Mother’s 100th Birthday 2000
• First Blue Titanium Coin – Gibraltar, Tuppenny Blue 2000
• First Coin with Copper Insert – Isle of Man, Own a Piece of Time 2000
• First Legal Tender Bullion Bar – Isle of Man, Bullion Bar 1999
• First Titanium Coin – Gibraltar, Millennium Time 1999
• First White Gold Coin – Isle of Man, Platina1999
• First Latent Image Coin – Seychelles, Latent Image 1999
• First Gold Ring Coin – Gibraltar, Wedding Coin1997
• First Diamond Set Coin – Sierra Leone, Queen Victoria 1997
• First Coins with Coin – Isle of Man, 10oz Cat with 1/25oz gold coins 1997
• First Euro – Isle of Man, Euro 1996
• First Hologram Coin – Isle of Man, Noble 1996
• First 1 Kilo Silver Coin – Liberia, T-Rex 1993
• First ECU – Gibraltar, Ecu 1991
• First Black Coin – Isle of Man, Penny Black 1990
• First Gold Angel – Isle of Man, 1983
• First Platinum Coin – Isle of Man, Platinum Noble 1983
• First Braille Coin – Isle of Man, Year of the Disabled 1981
• First Circulating Base Metal £1 Coin – Isle of Man, 1979