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<div class='featuredimage'><img src='https://coinsnotebook.com/wp-content/uploads/The-Royal-Mint-Coin-of-the-Year-2021.jpg' alt='The Royal Mint Coin of the Year 2021' /></div><br>The annual Royal Mint Coin of the Year competition was run at the end of December, being a public vote via the Royal Mint web site to decide which was the most popular coin of 2021.<br />
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With at least 35 coins to choose from, the winner with 775 votes (17.96% of the total votes) was the coin that completed the Queen&apos;s Beast collection, <em>The Queen&apos;s Beasts 2021 £5 BU</em>.<br />
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The coin just beat <em>50th Anniversary of Decimal Day 2021 50p</em> into second place. The other coins were some distance away.<br />
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The top five results were:<br />
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<h3>1. The Queen&apos;s Beasts 2021 UK £5 Brilliant Uncirculated Coin (17.96%)</h3>
<div class='imgwithcaption'><a href="https://coinsnotebook.com/2021-five-pound-coin-queens-beasts/"><img class="wp-image-53880 size-full" src="https://coinsnotebook.com/wp-content/uploads/2021-Five-Pounds-Queens-Beasts-Reverse-RM.jpg" alt="The 2021 Five Pound Coin - The Queens Beasts" width="775" height="775" /><br></a> The 2021 Five Pound Coin - The Queens Beasts</div><br />
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The Queen&apos;s Beasts series was concluded with a coin that shows all ten of the Queen&apos;s Beast. Issued on 29 April 2021, the coin was minted as BU in a £5 coin and also in various weights of silver and gold.<br />
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This coin, as was the others in the Queen&apos;s Beasts series, was designed by Jody Clark.<br />
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Costing only £13, it is very much at the bottom end of Royal Mint price range for coins. It&apos;s good to see that popular and attractive coins are affordable to all collectors.<br />
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Read more at <a href="https://coinsnotebook.com/2021-five-pound-coin-queens-beasts/">The 2021 Five Pound Coin - The Queens Beasts</a>.<br />
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<h3>2. The 50th Anniversary of Decimal Day 2021 UK 50p Brilliant Uncirculated Coin (15.81%)</h3>
<div class='imgwithcaption'><a href="https://coinsnotebook.com/2021-fifty-pence-coin-50th-anniversary-of-decimalisation/"><img class="wp-image-53881 size-large" src="https://coinsnotebook.com/wp-content/uploads/2021-50p-Proof-50th-Anniversary-of-Decimalisation-Reverse-RM-1024x1024.jpg" alt="The 2021 Fifty Pence Coin - 50th Anniversary of Decimalisation" width="1024" height="1024" /><br></a> The 2021 Fifty Pence Coin - 50th Anniversary of Decimalisation</div><br />
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This 50p coin is to commemorate the 50 year anniversary of decimalisation. The reverse was designed by Dominique Evans.<br />
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It was probably obvious that the Royal Mint would recognise this milestone but they created a nice surprise with the obverse portrait, which was the portrait of Queen Elizabeth II by Arnold Machin, and the one used at the time of decimalisation on coins between 1968-1984.<br />
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Read more at <a href="https://coinsnotebook.com/2021-fifty-pence-coin-50th-anniversary-of-decimalisation/">The 2021 Fifty Pence Coin - 50th Anniversary of Decimalisation</a>.<br />
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<h3>3. The 95th Birthday of Her Majesty the Queen 2021 £5 Brilliant Uncirculated Coin (7.14%)</h3>
<div class='imgwithcaption'><a href="https://coinsnotebook.com/2021-five-pound-coins-queen-elizabeth-95th-birthday/"><img class="wp-image-53882 size-full" src="https://coinsnotebook.com/wp-content/uploads/2021-Crown-Queens-95th-Birthday-Reverse-RM.jpg" alt="The 2021 Five Pound Coin - Queen Elizabeth 95th Birthday" width="800" height="802" /><br></a> The 2021 Five Pound Coin - Queen Elizabeth 95th Birthday</div><br />
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A £5 coin by the Royal Mint to commemorate the 95th birthday of Her Majesty Queen Elizabeth II. The Reverse, by Timothy Noad, shows a posy of flowers behind the crowned &apos;ER&apos;. The dates 1926-2021 are across the top and below is the text &apos;MY HEART AND MY DEVOTION&apos;.<br />
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Read more at <a href="https://coinsnotebook.com/2021-five-pound-coins-queen-elizabeth-95th-birthday/">The 2021 Five Pound Coin - Queen Elizabeth 95th Birthday</a>.<br />
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<h3>4. Gothic Crown Quartered Arms 2021 UK 5oz Silver Proof Coin (6.68%)</h3>
<div class='imgwithcaption'><a href="https://coinsnotebook.com/2021-gothic-crown-quartered-arms-2oz-silver-proof/"><img class="wp-image-53884 size-large" src="https://coinsnotebook.com/wp-content/uploads/2021-Gothic-Crown-Quartered-Arms-Reverse-RM-1024x1024.jpg" alt="The 2021 Gothic Crown Quartered Arms - 2oz Silver Proof" width="1024" height="1024" /><br></a> The 2021 Gothic Crown Quartered Arms - 2oz Silver Proof</div><br />
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As part of the Royal Mint&apos;s The Great Engravers Collection (featuring William Wyon), the Gothic Crown Quartered Arms design is one of the most beautiful coins ever made.<br />
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This coin must have been a favourite to win for many numismatists, but maybe few collectors were able to get one as it sold out in a matter of minutes and quickly obtained a hefty price tag well over the Royal Mint asking price of £255. It certainly is a outstanding coin.<br />
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The Reverse, by William Wyon, shows the Gothic Cross Quartered Arms design as originally used on the 1847 Gothic Crown.<br />
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Read more at <a href="https://coinsnotebook.com/2021-gothic-crown-quartered-arms-2oz-silver-proof/">The 2021 Gothic Crown Quartered Arms - 2oz Silver Proof</a>.<br />
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<h3>5. The Remembrance Day 2021 UK £5 Brilliant Uncirculated Coin (6.68%)</h3>
<div class='imgwithcaption'><a href="https://coinsnotebook.com/2021-five-pound-coin-remembrance-day/"><img class="wp-image-53885 size-large" src="https://coinsnotebook.com/wp-content/uploads/2021-Five-Pounds-Remembrance-Day-Silver-Proof-Reverse-RM-1024x1024.jpg" alt="The 2021 Five Pound Coin - Remembrance Day" width="1024" height="1024" /><br></a> The 2021 Five Pound Coin - Remembrance Day</div><br />
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The Royal Mint&apos;s 2021 Remembrance Day Crown. The Reverse, designed by Gary Breeze and developed in collaboration with the Imperial War Museums, shows colourised red poppies and the words &apos;AT THE GOING DOWN OF THE SUN AND IN THE MORNING WE WILL REMEMBER THEM&apos;.<br />
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It&apos;s brilliantly simplistic, yet poignant, clever and beautifully designed. The font and background makes it look like a war memorial and the colourised poppies add a new dimension. Another great coin from Gary Breeze.<br />
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Read more at <a href="https://coinsnotebook.com/2021-five-pound-coin-remembrance-day/">The 2021 Five Pound Coin - Remembrance Day</a>.<br />
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For a <strong>full list of results</strong>, see the Royal Mint Web page: <a href="https://click.linksynergy.com/deeplink?id=GqmaHevdQfI&amp;mid=37343&amp;murl=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.royalmint.com%2Fstories%2Fcollect%2Fcoin-of-the-year-2021%2Fwinner%2F" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Celebrating our Coins of the Year 2021</a> (affiliate link)<br />
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