Royal Mint forces Pobjoy to drop name 'Britannia' from Falklands bullion

Started by eurocoin, July 18, 2017, 06:37:21 PM

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Rumours were already doing the rounds since last week but it has now been confirmed that The Royal Mint has forced Pobjoy Mint to take the name 'Britannia' off of its Silver Proof 1 Crown Britannia Bullion coin from the Falkland Islands. Pobjoy Mint claims it unknowingly infringed The Royal Mint's copyright on the word 'Britannia'. That word was included on the particular coin. 7,329 coins were minted with a legend that included Britannia. The remaining 42,671 will be minted without the legend as can be seen below. According to Pobjoy Mint, the Royal Mint's copyright claim does not affect any further products from previous years on which the name 'Britannia' was used.

To me it also remains unclear why they are minting 50,000 of these coins, while documents from the Government of the Falkland Islands mention a production limit of 3,000 pieces..


Bimat

United Kingdom's Intellectual Property Office confirms that the trademark resides with the Royal Mint. See here.

Aditya
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