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The big event being commemorated over the last couple of years, and indeed over the next couple, is the First World War, also called the Great War. Starting in 1914 and finally coming to an end in 1918, the centenary commemorations of this 'war to end all wars' have been prolific in the numismatic world, with the British Royal and Royal Canadian Mints offering five-year programmes, as well as the trio [...]
Quite a mix this month from the Perth Mint. The Disney Aurora coin is struck for the New Zealand Mint and we covered that earlier today, the Stock Horse is struck for EMK in Germany and we covered that a few days ago, and the Chimera is struck for MNI which we'll cover tomorrow, along with the 1kg Kook. The rest is laid out below as the second Star Trek release has apparently been [...]
The ANZAC coins continue to pour forth from the Antipodean mints in what is rapidly turning into a flood. There have been quite a few releases to date from the New Zealand Post, the Perth Mint, and finally, the Royal Australian Mint. All are running on-going programs, some over several years, and there are plenty of individual releases like the recent Stamp & Coin duo, and the ANDA Show special. There are quite a [...]
With a cluster of mints being based in Australia and New Zealand, and with 2015 being the centenary of the deployment of ANZAC troops to the famous battlefield of Gallipoli, it comes as no surprise that commemorative coins celebrating the anniversary are coming thick and fast. The New Zealand Post have released coins previously on the subject, but this time they've entered into a collaboration with the Australia Post to put together a two-coin, [...]
A pretty good mix this month from collector favourites, the Perth Mint. We've already covered the 2015 Australian Sovereign, and the coins here represent the bulk of the rest for March 2015. The ANZAC commemorations continue with a poignant ¼oz gold coin depicting the grief over the loss of a fallen comrade, and a rare one-kilo silver coin celebrating the sacrifices made by ANZAC troops by listing out the battles in which they've fought. [...]
With a healthy supply of First World War commemorative coin releases last year, obviously due to it being the centenary year, it doesn't take a genius to understand the trend is going to continue until reaching a real crescendo in 2018. Australia has been a particularly keen contributor and 2015 will no doubt be a signature year for the mints there because it will be a century since the formation of ANZAC, the Australian [...]
Perth Mint releases a good selection for April including some fine antiqued coins A better than usual mix from the Perth Mint this month with some new additions to ongoing series, some high-end variants to their iconic bullion coins, and some new designs. There are also a couple of other interesting coins, some commissioned, that we'll look at elsewhere and the the Ready Player One movie coins that [...]
Charge of the Light Horsemen at the Battle of Beersheba remembered on Australian proof silver coin The commemorations of the First World War have continued through this year and will do so through 2018 as well and there have been numerous coin issues emanating from the worlds major mints. The Antipodean mints in particular have been remembering the efforts of the ANZAC forces, particularly related to the [...]
Another mix of themes this month at the popular Perth Mint starting with the finest versions of John Mercanti's second Wedge-tailed Eagle design for the mint. While the first coin depicted the bird in dynamic flight, this one has this impressive hunter at rest on a branch. Available this month in 1oz gold and 1oz high-relief versions, the ultra-impressive 5oz versions will no doubt appear later this year. The subscription program [...]
After a low-key start to the year, the big news this month from the Perth Mint is the release of the new antique-finish, high-relief Kangaroo coin, a superb piece done in the style of the Gods of Olympus format. We covered that in our previous post. The rest of the months releases are below, and basically consist of some war coins from both the Second and First World Wars, and a [...]
Niue is a tiny island country in the South Pacific Island less than 260² km (100² miles) in size and about as far from the European continent as it's possible to get without going into orbit. Despite this, it found itself contributing its men to the first Great War that erupted there in 1914. Having become a British Protectorate in 1901 at their own request and very quickly assigned to New Zealand, the people [...]
There were many headline events in the first truly global conflagration that really stick in the mind, and the sinking of the British passenger liner the RMS Lusitania, is certainly one of them. A shocking act bringing widespread condemnation, it brought home exactly what kind of war was now being fought between the great powers of the world.
The latest from German mint, MCI has been launched and happily it's a dinosaur coin. As the Royal Canadian Mint series 'Canadian Dinosaurs' and the Austrian Mints 'Prehistoric Life' range have recently finished, and with the Perth Mint series 'Australian Age of Dinosaurs' almost over, it's extremely disappointing that the prehistoric world is fading from numismatics at a time when dinosaurs have never been more popular. MCI have always had an affinity for the [...]
In what has been a fairly epic month for the Perth Mint, starting with the début of the sequel to the smash-hit Gods of Olympus coins, as well as the first releases in the mints new Star Trek licence, it's easy to forget those were just a part of the release run for February. With the release of a special proof Kookaburra and an additional entrant in the commissioned series 'Famous Ships That Never [...]
There's no military escapade more deeply ingrained in the Australian and Kiwi psyche than the failed Dardanelles Campaign, culminating in landings on the Gallipoli Peninsula, an Ottoman territory, on 25 April 1915. Now commemorated as ANZAC day, 2015 is obviously the centenary of the event and commemorative coins are a given. Designed to force the Ottoman Empire to sue for peace and open up the Dardenelles Strait to free passage between the Russian Empire and the [...]
