THE ROYAL MINT
“ A huge change process went across the whole organisation . It started from how we take orders in , and went right through how we plan and schedule ”
– David Bowles , Supply Chain Director
to go into a shop with it as its value lies mainly in its rarity . The latest commemorative coin on offer is a limited edition Alderney £ 5 Platinum Proof coin to commemorate the 70th anniversary of VE day .
From a supply chain point of view it is clearly easier to plan for events like these than , say a royal birth . However there is an element of predictability in commemorative coins that is lacking in circulating coins , which are tackled on an order by order basis . Nevertheless all sides of the business are growing strongly . In 2013 / 14 more than two billion circulating coins were delivered to UK distributing banks and the Post Office . in 2009 the Treasury decided to convert from solid cupro nickel in the smaller denomination coins to plated steel using the
94 June 2015