Perth Mint to release coins based on Warner Brothers movie and television icons over next three years

By |2018-02-05T15:37:16+00:00February 5th, 2018|Categories: News Nuggets, Information, Perth Mint|

Perth Mint to release coins based on Warner Brothers movie and television icons over next three years It seems that Scooby Doo and Looney Tunes are just the tip of the iceberg as the Perth Mint has announced it has signed up Warner Brothers with a view to producing commemorative coins [...]

Royal Canadian Mint introduces Mintshield to reduce white spots on its silver bullion coins

By |2018-02-02T15:11:29+00:00February 2nd, 2018|Categories: News Nuggets, Information, Royal Canadian Mint|

Royal Canadian Mint introduces Mintshield to reduce white spots on its silver bullion coins In what can only be welcome news to the myriad numbers of collectors of their bullion coins, the Royal Canadian Mint has announced a new technique to significantly reduce the appearance of the dreaded white spots. A difficult and not fully [...]

WMF18 – Coin Invest Trust reveals an impressive selection of innovative new issues in Berlin

By |2018-01-31T19:03:43+00:00January 31st, 2018|Categories: Information, CIT Coin Invest|

WMF18 - Coin Invest Trust reveals an impressive selection of innovative new issues in Berlin We'll take a closer look at these over the next couple of weeks because of how hectic it is at the moment, but here's a quick summary of yet another superb mix of releases from the best [...]

WMF18 Teaser. Numiscollect to debut premium coins in new and existing series

By |2018-01-30T00:16:48+00:00January 30th, 2018|Categories: Information, Numiscollect|

WMF18 Teaser. Numiscollect to debut premium coins in new and existing series This week is World Money Fair Berlin week and one of the coin issuers whose new releases we most look forward to is Dutch coin producer Numiscollect. Some of our favourite series originate here and over the last couple of [...]

Our 2018 coin release schedule guide is now up with the first twenty mint programs

By |2018-01-15T18:18:51+00:00January 15th, 2018|Categories: News Nuggets, Information|

Our 2018 coin release schedule guide is now up with the first twenty mint programs We first did a compilation of all the mint coin issue schedules for the forthcoming year in early 2017 and it seemed popular enough to do again this year. We've launched with twenty mints, although another has [...]

An interesting infographic about currency and the fall of the Roman Empire

By |2016-11-05T06:30:57+00:00May 31st, 2016|Categories: Information|

The latest infographic from Visual Capitalist almost passed us by, but it's a fascinating look at currency in the Roman world and the effects it had on the decline of that empire. It's easy to overlook something like money when the popular misconception is that empires usually fall through conquest, not true in most cases. Economically strong empires can [...]

2016 coin release schedule for the National Bank of Poland

By |2016-11-05T13:20:13+00:00January 17th, 2016|Categories: Information, Narodowy Bank|

Here's the release schedule for the National Bank of Poland, also called the Narodowy Bank, who issue all the coins for Poland. It's a point of confusion for many, but the Mint of Poland, much like the New Zealand Mint, do not issue national currency, but just commemoratives issued for other countries. For [...]

Krause nominations for the 2016 Coin of the Year. No Jody Clark 2014 Britannia. Really guys?

By |2016-11-05T06:31:37+00:00October 12th, 2015|Categories: Information|

Publishers of Numismatic News magazine, Krause Publications, has revealed the candidates for the 2016 Coin of the Year in each of the ten categories. Meant to represent achievements in design and marketing from the world's mints and central banks, the awards are eagerly awaited, and hotly debated, no surprise given the breadth of choice and the closed nature of [...]

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