IMPORTANT, PLEASE READ. As of 1st March 2026, RP Coins is changing its legal structure and I will be selling as a sole trader from this date onwards. This affects card payments and bank transfers, which previously went to a company account which now has to be closed to comply with regulations. Faster payments which can be guaranteed to be fully complete by the end of this week can still be made and orders fulfilled the same day. These will not work after 12:00 GMT on 27th February. Unfortunately the necessary setting up of the new account is taking longer than anticipated, so full details will not be available until regulatory requirements have been satisfied. Please contact me via the email link for placing orders and paying until such time. Data protection and payment systems have not been compromised, so you can rest assured that your personal information and bank detail are still safe.

Tudor (1485-1603)

The Tudor period began with the coronation of Henry VII following the defeat of Richard III at the Battle of Bosworth in 1485. His careful husbandry of the royal finances was comprehensively reversed by his profligate son, Henry VIII, who virtually bankrupted the country prior to his death in 1547. Edward VI, reigned from 1547-1553 whereupon the throne passed to his elder sister, Mary. Mary's attempts to impose catholicism on England resulted in thousands being burnt at the stake and earned her the title 'Bloody Mary'. She married Philip of Spain in 1554, but died childless in 1558 and her half-sister Elizabeth became queen. Elizabeth ruled wisely, but never married and so had no heir. This constitutional problem was resolved when the English throne was offered to James VI of Scotland in 1603 as her preferred protestant successor.