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Blue Marble is the name given to one of the most iconic photographs in history. Taken on the Apollo 17 mission from an altitude of 29,000 km, the picture depicts our home in all its limitless beauty. It remains one of the most reproduced images of all time. Back in February, Hong Kong dealer, LPM, released a coin using this image. A domed one-ounce silver coin, it's now been joined by a bigger [...]
A drones eye view of Barcelona is the clever subject of the Mint of Poland's new domed silver coin The Mint of Poland's latest takes an unusual approach to the field of architecture-themed coins by combining it with the world of drone photography. These little insect-like devices are now capable of some quite phenomenal feats using greater than 4k resolution cameras, yet remaining well under $1000 in many cases, often half [...]
The Royal Mint celebrates 150 years of the Royal Albert Hall and there's a mint first domed coin incoming One of the more popular tourist attractions in London, and one of the worlds premier locations for musical events, the Royal Albert Hall was built in Victorian times and named after the recently deceased husband of the Queen herself - Prince Albert. It's now 150 years since it opened and the Royal [...]
Austrian Mint celebrates the Salzburg Festival with an unusual flat-bottomed domed coin Domed coins have been an interesting addition to the numismatic world since the Monnaie de Paris introduced its astronomy themed issue back in 2009, which was then popularised by a string of series featuring the same subject by the Royal Australian Mint. There's been a steady stream of them, although not reaching plague proportions, and [...]
Samoan domed coin commemorates 500 years since Magellan set sail to circumnavigate the globe One of the great endeavours of human exploration, Ferdinand Magellan's expedition of 1519 that circumnavigated the globe for the first time. While the famous explorer died on the voyage, it's become, perhaps unfairly, his achievement, rather than those that actually did complete the whole journey. Nevertheless, this is certainly a historical event worthy of numismatic [...]
Silver version of the second and last Australian Map of the World domed coin finally joins the gold We've already covered the gold version of this coin, so we won't retread the subject, but suffice to say, this is an interesting domed 1oz coin that just got a whole lot more affordable. It depicts the New and Accurate Map of the World, produced in 1624 by John Speed [...]
Canada joins an ever expanding celebration of the 1969 moon landing with a domed coin duo Canada has added its voice to the celebrations of Neil Armstrong, Buzz Aldrin, and Michael Collins epic journey to, and landing on, our erstwhile satellite - the Moon. Now we're not going to go over the event again, as we've done so numerous times in the multiple articles you can see [...]
One small step continues. Pobjoy adds a domed silver coin to the commemorations Our continuing showcase of all the new coins celebrating the 50th anniversary of the Apollo 11 moon landing continues with a new piece released today by the British Pobjoy Mint. Pobjoy have already issued a design in a choice of three metals - base, silver or titanium - but this one is a far [...]
Royal Australian Mint's domed astronomy series comes to a close by peering into the sun The last in the Royal Australian Mints latest domed astronomy coin series is now with us. Titled The Earth & Beyond it's a three coin series showing of the Earth, the Moon, and now, the Sun. Collectors of the hit Southern Sky series and its follow ons will no doubt love this [...]
One small week for mankind: US Mint celebrates America's 1969 moon landing with four domed coins It's fifty years since Neil Armstrong stepped out of the lunar lander and onto the surface of the moon - the first human being to set foot on a planetary body other than Earth. This week we'll have a look at some of the coins coming out in celebration and as [...]
Australia's gold Captain Cook domed map coin is now available in a more affordable silver version There have been a few Captain Cook coins released over the last year or so, from MDM's mother of pearl Endeavour issues, through Downies neat three coin set, and onto the Royal Mint's range. Back in February, the Royal Australian Mint (RAM) debuted one of its domed strikes depicting early 19th-century [...]
Australia stays in the night sky with the second in the Earth and Beyond domed coin series Australia has issued the second in its latest domed astronomy coin series called The Earth & Beyond and after our home planet, it's moved to our very own satellite - the Moon. The latest incarnation of a format that proved hugely popular when it debuted with Southern Sky several years ago, [...]
The planets take centre stage on Australia's latest domed silver coin series starting with home After several years of some superb domed coin releases, the Royal Australian Mints Northern and Southern Sky series of coins came to an end with the issuing of two fine gold variants that were devoid of colour. Apart from the ocassional issue like the one commemorating Captain Cooks voyage, the mint has [...]
Royal Australian Mint commemorates Captain Cooks voyage with a domed gold coin It's 250 years since Captain Cook set off on his famous voyage to the South Ppacific during which he landed on Australia. With several mints in Australia, it's obvious an event like that would get marked with some fine numismatics and we've already had a great three-coin set from Downies to enjoy. The Royal Australian [...]
Royal Australian Mint wraps up the night sky with a Northern Hemisphere domed gold coin The excellent and well recieved Southern Sky and subsequent Northern Sky series of domed coins from the Royal Australian Mint (RAM) wrapped up last year and while we've obviously run out of sky to cover, the mint hasn't run out of coin ideas for this theme. Released in February was a one-ounce [...]
