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October, 2021

DC Comics Superman bullion coin (2021 NZ Mint)

By |2021-10-28T16:48:08+01:00October 28th, 2021|Categories: Quicklooks, Movies & TV, Silver, Niue Island, NZ Mint|

The popular culture invasion of the bullion market continues apace with the launch of the third of the New Zealand Mint's DC Comics rsnge. After Batman and Wonder Woman, we come to that most iconic of superheroes, Superman. It's actually a really good design, drawing heavily from the modern comic era rather than the movie world and it's all the better for it.The third release this year, it follows the same pattern. There [...]

July, 2021

DC Comics legend Aquaman, joins Superman with his own shaped silver emblem coin

By |2021-07-20T12:43:42+01:00July 20th, 2021|Categories: Art & Literature, Coloured, Movies & TV, Silver, Niue Island, NZ Mint|

DC Comics legend Aquaman, joins Superman with his own shaped silver emblem coin Back in March, the New Zealand Mint issued their first DC Comics emblem-shaped coin and as you'd expect, it was Superman. The debut coin in a new series, the second one launches today, and it's his Justice League compatriot, Aquaman. It's fair to say that the Aquaman logo isn't as well known as others like Batman or Flash, [...]

March, 2021

Kryptonian superhero, Superman has his iconic symbol brought to life in silver for a new shaped proof coin

By |2021-03-26T13:59:28+00:00March 26th, 2021|Categories: Art & Literature, Coloured, Movies & TV, Silver, Niue Island, NZ Mint|

Kryptonian superhero, Superman has his iconic symbol brought to life in silver for a new shaped proof coin One of the most iconic emblems, not just in comic books, but in popular culture in general, the shield logo of Superman is rivalled only by that of Batman as something instantly recognisable wherever you go. Said to represent his family (El) on Krypton, rather than 'Superman', it's become inextricably tied to the [...]

January, 2021

SUPERMAN: THE MAN OF STEEL (2021 NZ MINT)

By |2021-01-26T21:57:52+00:00January 25th, 2021|Categories: Quicklooks, Art & Literature, Coloured, Movies & TV, Silver, Niue Island, NZ Mint|

A very cool set of four coins for the comic collector was released last year, featuring artwork from the Jim Lee series, Batman Hush. A well regarded story, it made for an attractive set. Following that up in 2021, the New Zealand Mint is launching Superman: Man of Steel. The format is the same, a 1 oz silver rectangle with a coloured reverse, but we're not complaining, as it suits the comic [...]

June, 2018

Is it a bird? Is it a plane? No, it’s the NZ Mint’s latest striking miniature featuring Superman

By |2018-06-05T13:22:11+01:00June 4th, 2018|Categories: Art & Literature, Miniatures, NZ Mint|

Is it a bird? Is it a plane? No, it's the NZ Mint's latest striking miniature featuring Superman We were quite surprised by the Captain Kirk miniature released by the New Zealand Mint back in April. A departure from their core range of coins, it was a circa-150g figurine in fine silver that featured a classic pose of the Star Trek icon. While we're expecting there will [...]

Superman’s long 80 year comic book history celebrated in the NZ Mints new six-note cover series

By |2018-08-05T14:15:56+01:00June 4th, 2018|Categories: Banknote / Foil, Art & Literature, Silver, Niue Island, NZ Mint|

Superman's long 80 year comic book history celebrated in the NZ Mints new six-note cover series We've already seen a huge increase in the number of precious metal coin notes being released lately and one of the prime movers in the market is the New Zealand Mint. They themselves run several ranges based mainly on size. The most common is a format also employed by others like [...]

May, 2018

Superman #1 is the second DC Comic cover in the NZ Mints large premium foil range

By |2018-05-07T08:56:03+01:00May 7th, 2018|Categories: Art & Literature, Banknote / Foil, Coloured, Silver, NZ Mint|

Superman #1 is the second DC Comic cover in the NZ Mints large premium foil range The second of the New Zealand Mint's premium foil DC Comic covers debuts today and it features another truly classic example of the genre - Superman #1. Published in June 1939, it was the first true Superman comic, although not his debut, which happened in Action Comics #1 in 1938. Another [...]

October, 2017

Canada goes big and bold with a ten ounce Superman Shield coin in fine silver

By |2017-10-04T20:51:28+01:00October 4th, 2017|Categories: Art & Literature, Coloured, Silver, Canada, Royal Canadian Mint|

Canada goes big and bold with a ten ounce Superman Shield coin in fine silver With the Royal Canadian Mint having released waves of Superman coins for several years now, the style and design has seemingly become more ambitious as time has moved on. This months big release is a good case in point. Gone is the relative safety of a one-ounce coloured silver coin and in [...]

June, 2016

Royal Canadian Mint launches Supermans Kryptonian symbol silver bullion coin

By |2016-11-05T06:30:54+00:00June 9th, 2016|Categories: Movies & TV, Silver, Canada, Royal Canadian Mint|

Now firmly established as the second biggest producer of silver bullion coins on this planet, the Royal Canadian Mint is using another planet to boost its sales even further. With the Silver Maple Leaf (SML) coin as the 500lb gorilla in the room, the RCM has regularly launched smaller mintage 'semi-numismatic' silver bullion coins that sell with a slightly higher premium to stimulate interest for those that want a little [...]

February, 2016

Royal Canadian Mint debuts new range of Batman v Superman blockbuster movie coins

By |2016-11-05T06:31:14+00:00February 25th, 2016|Categories: Coloured, Movies & TV, Gold, Silver, Canada, Royal Canadian Mint|

For the fourth year in a row, the Royal Canadian Mint have debuted their latest Superman coins, and for the first time they're doing it specifically for a movie. In the past there's been a mix of comic art and covers from across this iconic Superheroes vast library of work, but with the release of the new blockbuster movie Batman v Superman: Dawn of Justice. From the title you'd think it [...]

August, 2015

Superman makes the leap to the ultra popular $20 for $20 line of Canadian silver coins

By |2016-11-05T06:31:45+00:00August 30th, 2015|Categories: Movies & TV, Silver, Canada, Royal Canadian Mint|

The seventeenth and latest in the very popular series of face-value coins issued by the Royal Canadian Mint for Canada is now available for sale and depicts what has been the mints highest profile star, the superhero son of Krypton, Superman. Continuing the extremely popular $20 for $20 range of four-nines silver ¼ oz coins, this one will no doubt sell out in relatively short order, even with sales limited to five per household, [...]

June, 2015

Canadian Superman coins in gold and silver back for the third year

By |2016-11-05T06:32:04+00:00June 2nd, 2015|Categories: Coloured, Movies & TV, Gold, Silver, Canada, Royal Canadian Mint|

For the third year in succession the Royal Canadian Mint (RCM) has released a range of coins featuring one of the most iconic characters in comics history, Superman. Unlike in 2013 when we saw seven coins released, all in large display boxes, the RCM has followed their 2014 launch with a range of three 1 oz silver coins and a 12g 14kt gold one,

October, 2023

MINT. TRADING COINS (2023-) by the New Zealand Mint

By |2024-01-17T13:59:58+00:00October 23rd, 2023|Categories: , |

MINT. TRADING COINS (2023-) by the New Zealand Mint Called Mint Trading Coins, they basically take the age-old swapping idea from baseball and bubblegum cards, and applies it to silver coins. Each range consists of 51 coins depicting characters from a specific media franchise. So far, we had Star Wars as the first series, and Marvel Comics as the second, with DC Comics dropping as the first of 2024. So far, [...]

July, 2023

A round-up of the New Zealand Mint’s varied recent coin releases in the movie and television world

By |2023-07-18T23:23:53+01:00July 18th, 2023|Categories: Coloured, Movies & TV, Gold, Silver, Niue Island, NZ Mint|

A round-up of the New Zealand Mint's varied recent coin releases in the movie and television world A little look at some of the new issues put out there by the New Zealand Mint, includes additions to their five-ounce commemoration of Warner Brothers Studio's centenary, as well as a new Comix comic book cover coin, and a highly original design marking the 60th anniversary of the movie-goers favourite, Raiders of the [...]

May, 2023

Bullion round-up 17: The Caribbean, Australia, Ancient Egypt, and the planet Krypton all feature on new coins

By |2023-05-19T15:20:34+01:00May 19th, 2023|Categories: APMEX, Bullion roundup, Bullion, History, Coloured, Movies & TV, Gold, Nature, Silver, Perth Mint, Pobjoy Mint, Pressburg Mint, Scottsdale Mint|

Bullion round-up 17: The Caribbean, Australia, Ancient Egypt, and the planet Krypton all feature on new coins Time for our seventeenth bullion coin round-up, and yet again, I completely underestimated the volume of new releases, and the time taken to collate it all. We were hoping to publish this yesterday, but, despite already covering a few bullion coins individually over the last couple of weeks, they seemed to just crawl out [...]

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