The UK Royal Mint launched its first-ever gold bar featuring a Hindu deity. As Indians in Britain gear up to buy gold on Dhanteras, the Royal Mint released a bar featuring the Hindu goddess of wealth, Lakshmi. The 20-gram bar contains 999.9 fine gold and was designed by Emma Noble. Noble designed the engraving in association with the Swaminarayan Temple at Cardiff to ensure accurate representation.
The bar is priced at GBP 1,080 and will be available on the Royal Mint’s website from Tuesday, 9 am onwards.
Andrew Dicky, director of precious metals at Royal Mint, said: The design features a goddess standing on a lotus with lotus in her hands.
