A round up of issues from Russia for the first half of 2021 - War, Religion and History As promised, here's the second of our round-ups of coin releases from the major Eastern European Mints for the first half of 2021. We've already covered Slovakia, and probably one of the Baltic states will be next. These [...]
Royal Mint marks two centuries since the Gold Standard was introduced with a proof version of the 2016 gold bullion coin Launched in 2016 to mark the 200th anniversary of Britain creating the gold standard, the Royal Mints gold bullion coin range encompassed a quarter-ounce and a one-ounce carrying the same design. Done by Royal Mint regular, [...]
The teeming life and beauty of the coral reef is the spotlight of the Mint of Poland’s latest coin Given how popular nature themed coins are, it's pretty surprising that the world's coral reefs are not more common as a subject. The most recent was the very impressive two-kilogram antique-finished coin released by the Perth Mint, a [...]
Shaped coin celebration of guitar legend Fender's 75th anniversary wraps with the iconic Telecaster In what looks to be an extremely popular franchise for MTB/PAMP, Fender guitar coins have brought us a neat and unusual homage to one of the music worlds most iconic brands. It started with the release of various silver guitar picks, which [...]
The second pair of Chibi for July launches today and we see the continuation of the Lord of the Rings subset with a fifth release, and the first in a whole new subset. Gollum is the neat looking character from the Tolkien behemoth and may well turn out to be the most popular of them to date. [...]
APMEX launches the second of its Seven Wonders bullion rounds - the Hanging Gardens of Babylon We don't cover many rounds here as it's hard enough keeping up with the coins, but we do dabble when we feel it's relevant, and we think that applies to this very nice series from US dealer APMEX. The Seven [...]
'Grand Shipwrecks in a History' series returns with one of the biggest nautical cock-ups of all time - Vasa Naval history is always a solid subject for a coin, going hand in hand with numismatics long association with the rulers of empires and nations, and the large fleets many had under their control. It also [...]
A shaped silver coin tries to do the Kessel Run in twelve parsecs in the form of Han Solo's ship, The Millennium Falcon The Star Wars coin tsunami continues with a shaped coin featuring one of the most famous spaceships in all of science fiction - the Millennium Falcon. This isn't the first time the New Zealand [...]
Powercoin's Micropuzzle Treasures returns with a vibrant work by Belarusian modern impressionist painter, Leonid Afremov Back with a second release this year, although this is a 2022 dated coin, Powercoin's much admired 'Micropuzzle Treasures' ditches the usual classics for a modern impressionist painter. Leonid Afremov was a Belarusian artist whoe migrated to Cancun in Mexico via [...]
As promised, here's the third coin in a row to feature the three-headed pooch, Cerberus, the guardian of the entrance to the underworld in Greek mythology. The Czech Mint coin was a simple proof coin that's part of their 'Mythical Beasts' series, and the second one was actually a Hades coin that happened to have [...]
