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February, 2022

Round 2! Fight! Chun-Li is the second iconic Street Fighter character in LPM’s videogame-inspired bullion coin series

By |2022-02-28T02:02:26+00:00February 28th, 2022|Categories: Culture, Bullion, Coloured, Movies & TV, Gold, Silver, LPM HK, Tuvalu|

Round 2! Fight! Chun-Li is the second iconic Street Fighter character in LPM's videogame-inspired bullion coin series Last November, we were impressed by the first in LPM's new Street Fighter bullion coin series, Ryu. Rather than reproduce the pixel-art of the games, they featured realistic portrayals of the character, and did so with great success. The second coin has launched today, and it's another excellent homage to one of the highest [...]

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November, 2021

Street Fighter II Arcade (2021 New Zealand Mint)

By |2021-11-26T11:01:46+00:00November 26th, 2021|Categories: Quicklooks, Coloured, Movies & TV, Silver, Niue Island, NZ Mint|

It seems that the darling of the moment in the popular culture genre is the anniversary of the legendary fighting game, Street Fighter, with both LPM and the NZ Mint issuing several different ranges. The latest is from the latter, and rather than being part of a uniquely Street Fighter series, it's the fourth annual release in the mints beautifully presented 'Arcade Cabinet' range.The coin carries possibly the most classic image of the [...]

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LPM launches a new Street Fighter bullion coin series with an attractive Ryu debut release

By |2021-11-22T09:46:51+00:00November 22nd, 2021|Categories: Culture, Bullion, Coloured, Movies & TV, Gold, Silver, LPM HK, Tuvalu|

LPM launches a new Street Fighter bullion coin series with an attractive Ryu debut release We've already remarked about the big uptick in coins celebrating the videogame world, and that doesn't seem like abating anytime soon. Latest to appear in the numismatic arcades is the next in LPM's Street Fighter homage, following their Mini-Figure coins, and a coloured bullion series with classic character art on them. It's another bullion coin, but [...]

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Street Fighter Mini – Ken (2021 LPM HK)

By |2021-11-01T20:53:54+00:00November 1st, 2021|Categories: Quicklooks, Culture, Coloured, Silver, Fiji, LPM HK|

LPM's neat little Street Fighter Mini shaped coins are back with the third in the expansive pantheon of fighters that make up the cult hit video game. The series debuted back in July with Ryu kicking it off, followed in September by fan-favourite Chun-Li. This third coin to debut is another of the heavy hitters in the game, Ken. To say the choice isn't expansive, or quite unusual, would be an understatement. [...]

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July, 2021

Street Fighter II is 30 and the increased interest in videogame history means coins are here to celebrate

By |2021-07-14T15:12:54+01:00July 14th, 2021|Categories: Culture, Coloured, Silver, Fiji, LPM HK|

Street Fighter II is 30 and the increased interest in videogame history means coins are here to celebrate It seems that videogames are becoming quite the thing in modern numismatics, and so are shaped character coins. Put those two things together and you have a marriage made in coin heaven for the lover of the biggest entertainment history in the world. For make no mistake, the videogame has firmly supplanted movies and [...]

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October, 2021

The Streetfighter II 30th Anniversary celebration continues at LPM with four coloured silver and gold bullion coins

By |2021-10-01T20:01:03+01:00October 1st, 2021|Categories: Culture, Bullion, Coloured, Gold, Silver, Fiji, LPM HK|

The Streetfighter II 30th Anniversary celebration continues at LPM with four coloured silver and gold bullion coins The ongoing celebration of the 30th Anniversary of Street Fighter II, the greatest fighting game franchise ever, continues at LPM with a new coloured bullion range. We've already covered the release of the first two mini character shaped coins, but the new release covered here is a much more traditional affair.We've seen quite a few [...]

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September, 2021

My coin can kick your coins butt! Chun-Li is looking for a street fight. Is your coin up to it?

By |2021-09-08T18:24:49+01:00September 8th, 2021|Categories: Culture, Coloured, Silver, Fiji, LPM HK|

My coin can kick your coins butt! Chun-Li is looking for a street fight. Is your coin up to it? The legendary arcade game franchise, Street Fighter is hitting coins with both the NZ Mint and LPM having ranges celebrating this iconic gaming legend. It's the latter of that pair releasing its second coin today, with the addition of fan favourite Chun-Li, following on from the debut Ryu release that dropped [...]

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August, 2022

Little Girl With a Pearl Earring silver coin (2022 Precious Metal Collectors)

By |2022-08-12T21:54:49+01:00August 12th, 2022|Categories: Quicklooks, Art & Literature, Coloured, Silver, Chad, Precious Metal Collectors|

The Super-Deformed style of big-headed Japanese art continues to work its magic on the numismatic world, and in ever more inventive ways. We all know the New Zealand Mint's 'Chibi' series is the 800-lb gorilla in the room, but others are also taking the style and running with it. LPM have their Street Fighter character coins, the Crown Mint has Marvel Mini Heroes, The Coin Company has Back to the Future, and so [...]

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July, 2022

The Simpsons – Bart Simpson mini coin (2022 Perth Mint)

By |2022-07-06T23:54:41+01:00July 6th, 2022|Categories: Quicklooks, Movies & TV, Silver, Perth Mint, Tuvalu|

After looking at the new Homer bullion coin yesterday, we're taking a quick dip back into the animated world of one of TV's most dysfunctional families. This time it's Bart, who's appeared on many coins at the Perth Mint over the last few years. Rather than a traditional round coin, however, the mint has decided to tap into the burgeoning shaped 'mini-figure' market, best exemplified by the New Zealand Mint's 'Chibi' series, but [...]

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June, 2022

Sun Wukong – Little Monkey King (2023 Precious Metal Collectors)

By |2022-06-29T16:34:13+01:00June 29th, 2022|Categories: Quicklooks, Art & Literature, Coloured, Silver, Chad, Precious Metal Collectors|

While the New Zealand Mint's Chibi series remains the king of the hill, a few other producers have released coins that are similar in concept, but having their own style. LPM's Street Fighter coins, The Coin Company's movie coins, and Crown Mint's Marvel issues are all examples of shaped character coins, and as you can see, most are themed around popular culture franchises.Enter Precious Metal Collectors with something a little different. There's been a [...]

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April, 2022

Chibi Mortal Kombat – Scorpion & Warriors – Viking (2022 New Zealand Mint)

By |2022-04-26T21:44:49+01:00April 26th, 2022|Categories: Quicklooks, History, Coloured, Movies & TV, Silver, Niue Island, NZ Mint|

As you know, we've started to confine our coverage of new Chibi coins to our TV/Film round-up articles, and to the huge Coin Series Profile we have, but we like to give a heads-up when a new subset drops, and today is the day for that. As usual, this pair of coins is the second to launch this month, the mint long ago having settled on four new releases per month, for the most [...]

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VIDEOGAMES ON COINS: A multi-mint roundup of gaming and numismatics

By |2023-10-19T15:55:18+01:00April 11th, 2022|Categories: , |

VIDEOGAMES ON COINS: A multi-mint round-up of gaming and numismatics Video games have grown from the weird little hobby of the far-sighted few, to a mainstream juggernaut that drawfs the movie and music industries. It’s easy to understand why. Other forms of entertainment generally involve soaking up someone else's vision, but gaming allows you to control the narrative personally, to a quite extraordinary degree in some modern titles. From early, [...]

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December, 2021

A superb miniature of Boba Fett headlines our last round-up of film & TV themed coins in 2021

By |2022-04-01T14:50:35+01:00December 10th, 2021|Categories: Film/TV roundup, Coloured, Movies & TV, Gold, Miniatures, Silver, Crown Mint, NZ Mint|

A superb miniature of Boba Fett headlines our last round-up of film & TV themed coins in 2021 The last round-up of film and television coins in 2021, and it's one dominated by the New Zealand Mint, offset by just a single release from APMEX. Despite that, a wide range of offerings headlined by a superb cast silver miniature of Boba Fett, the iconic bounty hunter from Star Wars. The [...]

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LIMITED NON-CORE BULLION COIN SERIES by the Perth Mint

By |2023-10-11T22:07:23+01:00December 6th, 2021|Categories: , , , |

LIMITED NON-CORE BULLION COIN SERIES by the Perth Mint I think few would disagree with the observation that the last few years has seen a virtual explosion in new bullion coin releases. Whereas we used to have a base of big guns, like the American Eagle and the Maple Leaf, and a scattering of smaller mintage coins (Somali Elephant, Rwandan African Ounce, etc), we now have a huge selection [...]

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November, 2021

It’s movie and TV coin time with our early November round-up of the new releases

By |2022-04-01T14:50:55+01:00November 9th, 2021|Categories: Banknote / Foil, Film/TV roundup, Coloured, Movies & TV, Silver, Niue Island, NZ Mint, Perth Mint, Tuvalu, The Coin Company|

It's movie and TV coin time with our early November round-up of the new releases Our fifth round-up of movie and TV coins has a couple of surprises, but is generally more of the same. In general, it's more Chibi, more shaped coins, and more 007, so our decision to round these coins up rather than spend time better spent elsewhere on them is looking more and more sensible. The genre [...]

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