The Royal Mint has started selling gold and silver bars directly to the public for the first time.
Silver minted bars are available in 100g units, while the gold bars range from 1g to 100g.
Depending on the price of the precious metals at the time of purchase, a 1g gold bar could cost around 40, while 100g could be around 2,800.
The bars are branded with the initials RMR for Royal Mint Refinery, which was last used in 1968.
The RMR bars are being made available directly to customers through royalmintbullion.com, the Mint's online bullion trading platform which was set up last September to help people to buy and sell gold easily and securely.
