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 [...]
The Matrix returns with a classic high-relief, triple-portrait design from the Mint of Gdańsk We've long waxed lyrical about our love for The Matrix, the genre-busting science-fiction movie created by the Wachowski siblings. It's had a mixed experience when it comes to the coin world, with a few releases here and there, none pushing any boundaries, [...]
All of our regular regulars can't help but be aware of the Chibi juggernaut. A Japanese concept called Super-Deformed (SD), it involves the depiction of characters with small bodies, and big heads. Other producers have also issued similar SD coins, like The Coin Company, and LPM Group, but joining that group earlier this year was the Perth [...]
There are four new Chibi coins added to the now giganormous profile of a series approaching 140 issues in just 3.5 years, and that's not including almost 25 gilded variant coins. It shows no signs of slowing down, either, with three more dropping on 19 September, and a further three in October, including a Thanos 2oz 'Mega-Chibi'. [...]
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 [...]
Popeye joins the shaped coin market, along with new Kung Fu Panda, Pennywise, and Ghostbusters releases With this week's release of LPM's new Popeye coin, we thought we'd round-up a few other pop-culture themed, shaped character coins for your perusal. There are quite a few producers getting in on the act these days, and their popularity seems [...]
The NZ Mint merges coins and the trading card world with their new 'mint.' Star Wars randomised coin program Star Wars remains a coin behemoth, and this month, the NZ Mint, who over the last decade has built up an enviable range, is trying out something new, and perhaps more than a little unusual. It's called [...]
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 [...]
It's turned into a day of pop-culture Quicklooks, and this time we're at German producer MDM with their Star Trek Starfleet Command silver coin, due to ship this month. Despite a couple of recent cancellations, Star Trek is having a bit of a renaissance at the moment, with 'Strange New World's' garnering very positive reviews, and rightly so, [...]
We've had a period of a few years now, where video game themed coins have garnered no small amount of popularity, so much in fact, that we felt compelled to produce one of our comprehensive Thematic Guides to the genre. The New Zealand Mint (of course!), APMEX, and LPM Group have all issued multiple designs, some excellent, but [...]
