Collection stories
Find out more about our collection from the people responsible for its care and interpretation.
![Automatic Balance](/siteassets/journal/curators-corner/automatic-balance/automatic-teaser.jpg?width=800)
Automatic Balance
The automatic balance clearly highlights and represents The Royal Mint’s concern for accuracy and precision.
![Collection in Context](/siteassets/journal/curators-corner/collection-in-context/context-teaser.jpg?width=800)
Collection in Context
The objects in the Museum each represent a stage in the process of transforming a concept into a coin.
![Counterfeits and Cautionary Tales](/siteassets/journal/curators-corner/counterfeits/counterfeits-teaser.jpg?width=800)
Counterfeits and Cautionary Tales
For as long as there have been coins there have been counterfeits.
![Writings on the Wall](/siteassets/journal/curators-corner/writings-on-the-wall/wall-teaser.jpg?width=800)
Writings on the Wall
In 1912 electrotypes were made of the graffiti in the walls of the Tower of London.
![Janvier Reducing Machine](/siteassets/journal/curators-corner/reducing-machine/janvier-teaser.jpg?width=800)
Janvier Reducing Machine
In the Museum we have several reducing machines which were once integral to the process of minting.
![The Value of Small Change](/siteassets/journal/curators-corner/small-change/small-change-teaser.jpg?width=800)
The Value of Small Change
It is important not to overlook even small coins in poor condition as they can also tell a fascinating story.
![Double Portraits on the Coinage](/siteassets/journal/curators-corner/double-portraits/shilling-teaser.jpg?width=800)
Double Portraits on the Coinage
The first English coins to bear a double portrait were issued during the reign of Mary I.
![Crowned](/siteassets/journal/curators-corner/coronation/coronation-teaser.jpg?width=800)
Crowned
We stand at the threshold of a new era, the beginning of the reign of His Majesty King Charles III.
![Conserving Wax Seals](/siteassets/journal/curators-corner/conserving-wax-seals/wax-seals-teaser.jpg?width=800)
Conserving Wax Seals
Conservator Clare Rowson shares her experiences of a conservation internship at the Royal Mint Museum.
![The Making of the Great Seal](/siteassets/journal/curators-corner/making-of-the-great-seal/great-seal-teaser.jpg?width=800)
The Making of the Great Seal
In 2000 James Butler, one of the foremost sculptors of his generation was commissioned to design a new Great Seal. Hear the story in his own words.
![Family History](/siteassets/journal/curators-corner/family-history/gardelli-watch-case.jpg?width=800)
Family History
The Royal Mint Museum has a number of staff records which make it possible for us to assist members of the public in their search for information about their ancestors.
![Demise of the Florin](/siteassets/journal/curators-corner/florin/florin-teaser.jpg?width=800)
Demise of the Florin
When the old-sized 10p pieces ceased to be legal tender at the end of June 1993, florins of the former £sd coinage were removed from circulation.