The Perth Mint celebrates its 125th anniversary with a numismatic homage to the three Antipodean creatures that have helped define it
The Perth Mint celebrates its 125th anniversary with a numismatic homage to the three Antipodean creatures that have helped define it For all its innovations over the years, and there've been many, the first thing that springs to mind when you mention the Perth Mint are their iconic bullion coins. The mint was set up in 1899 by the Royal Mint, to produce circulating coinage for Western Australia, and to handle [...]
Gebo Rune silver bar (2024 Germania Mint)
Germania Mint has released the eighth in its very popular 'Runes' range of one-ounce silver bars. Each of these carries a runic symbol from the early Northern European cultures, and this release is Gebo. It literally means 'gift', and is associated with trade, sacrifice, altruism, balance, and hospitality. Gebo is the seventh rune in the Elder Futhark system, that may date back some two millennia, and was associated with Freyr and Freyja. [...]
Le Grand Mint launches a new range of minigold coins featuring famous people across multiple fields
Le Grand Mint launches a new range of minigold coins featuring famous people across multiple fields We like a minigold here, and with the price of the yellow metal hitting new highs, it offers a way to buy it for those on a tighter budget. We've been fortunate over the last decade, as the format has shown incredible diversity in style and subject, led by long-time proponents of the type, CIT, [...]
Top World Coins debuts the top world dinosaur, politicians, and creator on a new trio of silver coins
Top World Coins debuts the top world dinosaur, politicians, and creator on a new trio of silver coins Top World Coins are back with a new selection to add to their expanding range. Two of them are additions to existing series, with Rushmore the second in the Rock-cut Monument range, and 7 Days of Creation the fourth Biblical Stories issue. The all-new offering is the first in a Lost World series, and [...]
Site updates. Changes to the Homepage, the usual tweaks, and Easter
Site updates. Changes to the Homepage, the usual tweaks, and Easter Hi All, As you may have noticed, we've made a small tweak to the Homepage, reducing and moving the rarely utilised 'News Nuggets' (which show on the main NEWS page now anyway), to just [...]
Biblical Series 53, 54, and 55: The Sermon on the Mount +2 silver coins (2023 Scottsdale Mint)
The 60-coin, 10-year Biblical Series program of two-ounce silver coins, continues its inevitable march to completion with the debut of the 52nd, 53rd, and 54th issues. Scottsdale Mint has brought the series up-to-date much quicker than we thought they would, and this finalisation of the 2023 releases, means [...]
Nymphs, the Ancient Greek personifications of the natural world, shine on a new silver coin from T&S
Nymphs, the Ancient Greek personifications of the natural world, shine on a new silver coin from T&S While the gods and goddesses in the Greek Pantheon dealt with the affairs of man, it was left to the lesser deities to pick up the slack in other [...]
MTB-PAMP moves away from the iconic Fender ‘Caster’ guitars to showcase Kurt Cobain’s instrument of choice – The Jaguar
MTB-PAMP moves away from the iconic Fender 'Caster' guitars to showcase Kurt Cobain's instrument of choice - The Jaguar Fender are absolute legends in the musical world, famous for their popular range of guitars, used by some of the biggest names in music around the world. [...]
The Royal Mint’s James Bond retrospective continues into the Brosnan-era with the launch of the 90s range
The Royal Mint's James Bond retrospective continues into the Brosnan-era with the launch of the 90s range Continuing their seven issue romp through the filmography of super-spy, James Bond 007, the Royal Mint has released the fourth coin in the range - the 90s. Each of [...]
Germania Mint launches the 2024 edition of its flagship Germania range, and expands its hit Runes and Goddesses series
Germania Mint launches the 2024 edition of its flagship Germania range, and expands its hit Runes and Goddesses series We've long been admirers of what Germania Mint has achieved with its unique approach to bullion. Instead of issuing for one or more countries, they created Germania, [...]
An elegant Siamese Fighting Fish silver piece, and a detailed stackable Bighorn Ram, are Coins Today’s latest offerings
An elegant Siamese Fighting Fish silver piece, and a detailed stackable Bighorn Ram, are Coins Today's latest offerings More silver from South Korea, as Coin's Today debuts two new issues, one a medal and one a part of their extensive, and innovative stackable bullion range. Both [...]
Scottsdale Mint has been busy with additions to their Marlin, Mermaid, and Alien bullion coin programs
Scottsdale Mint has been busy with additions to their Marlin, Mermaid, and Alien bullion coin programs Prolific bullion coin producer, Scottsdale Mint, has a catalogue of different series that puts most of the competition to shame. Everything from religion, through science-fiction, to, most popularly, nature, has [...]
The Royal Mint launches its eagerly anticipated 2024 Britannia proof range and it’s a beautiful piece by a French artist
The Royal Mint launches its eagerly anticipated 2024 Britannia proof range and it's a beautiful piece by a French artist One of the highlights of the numismatic calendar, certainly for the more classical-leaning collector, has been the Royal Mint's proof Britannia range. The series split [...]
A new Zodiac series, a snake-haired Medusa, a zombie samurai, and a nautical cat showcase MK and The Gold Village’s imagination
A new Zodiac series, a snake-haired Medusa, a zombie samurai, and a nautical cat showcase MK and The Gold Village's imagination Mint of MK and The Gold Village continue their rapid expansion with another selection of new issues. You'd expect there to be either increased [...]
Numiscollect expands its Pointillism-style ‘Dot-Art’ coin series with a clever look at India’s iconic Taj Mahal
Numiscollect expands its Pointillism-style 'Dot-Art' coin series with a clever look at India's iconic Taj Mahal Developed by Post-Impressionist painter Georges Seurat and Neo-Impressionist painter Paul Signac, both Frenchmen working in Paris in the mid-1880’s, Pointillism was an artistic technique that built up an image [...]
Deadly & Dangerous 19: Bluebottle proof silver coin (2024 Downies/Perth Mint)
One of the longest running series we've ever covered at AgAuNEWS, Deadly and Dangerous debuted in 2006 with the Red Back Spider, a coin that went on to garner enormous interest on the secondary market. It was a striking coin, but despite interest in the series reducing somewhat, [...]
Le Grand Mint brings its esoteric sense of style to their debut selection of 2024 issues in bullion and proof ranges
Le Grand Mint brings its esoteric sense of style to their debut selection of 2024 issues in bullion and proof ranges Over the last few years, German producer, Le Grand Mint, has built itself a reputation for some quite unusual designs, full of detail, and quite [...]