Collecting and Heritage News


Icons of Wales Pins

January 18 - The latest in the Icons of the UK pin shave been released. This time they celebrate Wales. There are 7 pins in the set and each is limited to 2,012 pieces.

EDF 200 Days To Go Pin

January 18 - EDF are the latest sponsor to have released a pin to celebrate the 200 days to go date last Monday. This pin continues the fireworks theme they introduced at 1 year to go and is the 3rd pin in the series following 1 year to go and 300 days to go. Issue size is 500 pieces.


Paralympic Ticketing Pin

January 11 - The Paralympic ticketing pin has been released. Successful applicants who received tickets in the Paralympic allocation have started to receive their ticketing pins if they ordered them.


New Lloyds TSB and Bank of Scotland Pins

December 6 - Lloyds Banking Group have announced 4 new pins which comprise their brand logos and Games logos. These composite pins replace the original rectangular pins released back in 2010. They will be available with both Lloyds TSB and Bank of Scotland logos and in Olympic and Paralympic varieties.

Language Pins

January 2 - A new set of pins has been issued by BA. Once again, these are internal pins used to reward success within the company. Our understanding is that BA staff undertake training in various languages and the pins are earned as part of that training.





New NBC 'Mega' Pin

December 14 - A new 'mega-pin' will be released by NBC. I'm told it's a large 3D pin which weighs a lot and comes in a round metal tin. The retail price will be $65.



New Regional Pin

REG0019 - North West pin version 2December 13 - Thanks to a reader, here's news of another LOCOG regional pin. Even though the North West region issued a pin (REG0005) back in 2009, it seems that another has appeared.