The 2018 United Kingdom Premium Proof Coin Set includes 5 special coins marking a few of the essential anniversaries of 2018. They are together with the 8 circulating coins of the year, struck in their circulating alloys but completed to Proof requirement. The 2018 United Kingdom Premium Proof Coin Set consists of the brand-new 12-sided ₤1 coin, introduced in 2017. The definitive circulating coins, from the 1p to the 50p, bear Matthew Dent's shield of the Royal Arms 'picture-puzzle' design, while the ₤2 coin depicts Antony Dufort's Britannia.
The 2018 United Kingdom Premium Proof Coin Set is finished by the limited edition Premium Medal by Royal Mint coin designer Thomas T. Docherty. It focuses on the subject of security, a key area of knowledge for The Royal Mint with the introduction of the new 12-sided ₤1 coin in 2017. The 2018 United Kingdom Premium Proof Coin Set is supplied in a wood case to show your collection.
A ₤5 coin marks His Royal Highness Prince George of Cambridge's fifth birthday. A ₤2 coin commemorates the 100th anniversary of the Royal Air Force. Another pays homage to Mary Shelley's novel Frankenstein, or The Modern Prometheus, very first published 200 years ago. The Armistice of 1918, the initial step to ending the horrors of the First World War, is also marked by a ₤2 coin. A 50p coin commemorates 100 years since that the death of the Representation of the People Act 1918, hailed as a landmark event for democracy.
