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November, 2015

Avengers Age of Ultron stars on new five-coin silver series with memorabila certificate

By |2016-11-05T06:31:30+00:00November 21st, 2015|Categories: Coloured, Movies & TV, Silver, Niue Island, Sunshine Mint|

Avengers: Age of Ultron is the eleventh installment in the hugely popular Marvel Cinematic Universe (MCU). Written and directed by Joss Whedon, the movie has star-studded ensemble cast that includes Robert Downey, Jr., Chris Hemsworth, Mark Ruffalo, Chris Evans, Scarlett Johansson, Jeremy Renner, and James Spader. It grossed over $1.4 billion worldwide, making it the third-highest-grossing film of 2015 and the sixth-highest-grossing film of all time. The story is [...]

September, 2023

The New Zealand Mint has been busy this month. Here’s a catch-up of their September pop-culture releases

By |2023-09-28T14:05:09+01:00September 28th, 2023|Categories: Coloured, Movies & TV, Gold, Silver, Niue Island, NZ Mint|

The New Zealand Mint has been busy this month. Here's a catch-up of their September pop-culture releases It's been a while since we did a round-up of New Zealand mint coins, so here we have the latest September issues. Moving forward, we'll get back to a more usual routine with them. There are plenty of the old favourites here, like Chibi, Star Wars helmets, Marvel and DC, but a few surprises [...]

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 [...]

January, 2023

MARVEL COMICS: A guide to the Marvel World on silver and gold coins

By |2024-04-09T12:52:13+01:00January 9th, 2023|Categories: |

MARVEL COMICS: A guide to the Marvel World on coins With the popular culture world driving new collectors into our hobby, it's fair to say the volume of new issues has grown exponentially since the first of the modern wave dropped in 2013. The superhero genre was always going to be part of that, especially since the explosive growth of the two major cinematic universes The biggest of them, indeed [...]

May, 2021

Thor’s legendary weapon of choice, Mjolnir, is reproduced in miniature for MDM’s latest dimensional silver coin

By |2021-05-12T11:49:57+01:00May 12th, 2021|Categories: Art & Literature, Movies & TV, Silver, MDM, Solomon Islands|

Thor's legendary weapon of choice, Mjolnir, is reproduced in miniature for MDM's latest dimensional silver coin We could describe how the story of Mjolnir, the famed weapon of choice of the Norse Thunder God Thor, was first told in Skáldskaparmál from Snorri’s Edda. Of how it was forged as the result of a bet between Loki, Sindri, and Brokrr, Of its ability to hit whatever Thor throws it at and then return [...]

November, 2020

Wolverine is the ninth to join LPM’s pantheon Marvel Comics Series of silver bullion coins

By |2020-11-23T01:16:05+00:00November 23rd, 2020|Categories: Art & Literature, Movies & TV, Silver, Perth Mint, Tuvalu|

Wolverine is the ninth to join LPM's pantheon in Marvel Comics Series of silver bullion coins Now a staple of the bullion coin calendar, the Perth Mint's Marvel Comics series of silver bullion coins is now enjoying its ninth issue in four years. Launching in 2017 with Spiderman, the series is gradually working its way through one of the most popular pantheons of heroes in history and the first 2021 coin [...]

April, 2017

Guardians of the Galaxy Vol 2 joins the growing selection of Marvel Universe silver coins

By |2017-04-19T21:18:47+01:00April 19th, 2017|Categories: Coloured, Movies & TV, Silver, Cook Islands|

Guardians of the Galaxy Vol 2 joins the growing selection of Marvel Universe silver coins If there can be anything that the word phenomenon can be applied to in the movie world, it's the success of the Marvel Comics Universe (MCU). After decades of failing to repeat the critical acclaim that DC enjoyed with its early Christopher Reeve Superman and Michael Keaton Batman movies, a new direction [...]

November, 2016

After Captain America, Marvel’s Doctor Strange gets a domed silver coin

By |2016-11-26T14:12:39+00:00November 26th, 2016|Categories: Gilded, Movies & TV, Silver, Tuvalu|

After Captain America, Marvel's Doctor Strange gets a domed silver coin of its own. Superhero films continue unabated and it's no surprise that the numismatic worlds celebration of the new 'in' movie genre has also kept pace. With everything from DC favourites like Batman and Superman, to Marvel giants like the Avengers, Spiderman and Captain America, coin collectors, or at least movie fans, clearly like these [...]

September, 2016

Frank Millers brilliant Dark Knight commemorated on Fijiian silver coin

By |2016-11-05T06:30:29+00:00September 8th, 2016|Categories: Art & Literature, Coloured, Silver, Fiji|

Frank Millers brilliant Dark Knight commemorated on a new Fijiian silver coin There's been a deluge of popular culture coins kapowing the market over the last couple of years, from Disney to Star Trek, but a perennial favourite has been the comic book world. Especially popular in North America, outside of the Royal Canadian Mint it's a range of coins struck in the USA [...]

August, 2016

Captain America is 75 and Fiji issues a cool domed silver coin to celebrate

By |2016-11-05T06:30:38+00:00August 9th, 2016|Categories: Coloured, Movies & TV, Silver, Fiji|

Along with antique finish ancient gods coins, domed coins seem to have maintained an impressive quality level across the board. A broad and innovative selection has appeared over the last few years as more and more mints master the complexities of minting them. From astronomy to sport, there's hardly been a dud amongst them. The main reason we believe, is the careful choice of subject. Great ideas are crucial to the [...]

May, 2016

Sunshine Mint continues its Marvel coins with Captain America: Civil War set of six

By |2016-11-05T06:31:01+00:00May 2nd, 2016|Categories: Coloured, Movies & TV, Silver, Fiji, Sunshine Mint|

The relentless movie juggernaut that is the Marvel Cinematic Universe (MCU) powers on this month with the premiere of its latest entrant, Captain America: Civil War. The 13th movie to be released since Iron Man debuted back in 2008, Civil War is the first in Phase 3 that will likely include as many as 11 new films from now until 2019, probably ending with the second Avengers: Infinity Gauntlet movie. A [...]

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, [...]

The New Zealand Mint’s ‘trading coin’ concept makes the jump from Star Wars to Marvel, with 51 new coins

By |2023-10-13T13:45:55+01:00October 13th, 2023|Categories: Coloured, Movies & TV, Gold, Silver, Niue Island, NZ Mint|

The New Zealand Mint's 'trading coin' concept makes the jump from Star Wars to Marvel, with 51 new coins Just a couple of months ago, we reported on a new concept issued 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. The first range featured 51 coins depicting characters from the Star [...]

September, 2023

Updated Star Wars, Harry Potter, and Marvel Comics Thematic Coin Guides

By |2023-09-04T13:46:12+01:00September 4th, 2023|Categories: Quicklooks, Coloured, Movies & TV, Silver, Niue Island, NZ Mint|

We're particularly proud of our Thematic Guides, which round-up coins, usually from multiple mints, based on the subject, rather than the series. Three of the biggest were updated last week. The first is the only single-mint one of the three, Star Wars, which compiles all the releases from the NZ Mint's licence, obtained when they got it in 2016. It's also a behemoth, and the oldest of them all. We've added Chibi, [...]

October, 2020

MYTHICAL CREATURES (2020-2022) by the Czech Mint

By |2022-10-12T23:01:20+01:00October 25th, 2020|Categories: , |

2020-2022 MYTHICAL CREATURES by the Czech Mint Our love for the mythical beasts of ancient lore has never been higher. With modern mega-budget movies like the Lord of the Rings and Harry Potter drawing in huge audiences, as well as the new legends that are inherent parts of the various superhero universes, the weird and fantastical remains a popular escape from the day to day life most of us [...]

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