The decision of the Royal Mint, in the UK, to launch its first-ever platinum bullion products has rekindled hopes that the South African Mint will wipe the dust off its plans for a Mandela coin in platinum and mimic some of its gold coin success. In what is potentially a beneficial measure to boost platinum demand, the 1 000-year-old Royal Mint last week launched 500 g and kilo platinum bars as investment-grade precious metal and will within a matter of weeks bring out a 1 oz ‘Queen’s Beasts Lion of England’ coin, the first platinum coin to be launched in the popular heraldic series.
