Monday (15th May) saw the launch of the Royal Mint’s 500-gram and 1,000-gram (1-kilo) platinum bars, which will be followed in the next few weeks by a 100-gram and a 1-ounce platinum bar, as well as a new bullion product of 1-ounce Queen’s Beasts–Lion of England coin—the first platinum coin to be launched in the popular heraldic series. The Royal Mint has timed its first entry into the platinum bullion market to coincide with London Platinum Week