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The Royal Mint continues to celebrate the historic link between the UK and the US with its latest The Lion and the Eagle bullion range

By |2025-12-17T15:35:53+00:00December 17th, 2025|Categories: History, Bullion, Gold, Silver, Royal Mint, United Kingdom|

The Royal Mint continues to celebrate the historic link between the UK and the US with its latest The Lion and the Eagle bullion range The Royal Mint has been knocking it out of the park of late, with a succession of excellent bullion designs, including an outstanding Count Dracula, the continuation of the Tudor Beasts, [...]

T&S Coin issues their first ever coin for the lunar calendar, and for 2026, it’s the Year of the Red Fire Horse.

By |2025-12-16T16:51:33+00:00December 16th, 2025|Categories: Lunar Calendar, Coloured, Gilded, Silver, Niue Island, T&S Coins|

T&S Coin issues their first ever coin for the lunar calendar, and for 2026, it's the Year of the Red Fire Horse. We used to try to cover all of the many lunar coins that were released, but with twelve designs in every series, it soon became both a chore, and less interesting for the [...]

Marvel: Iron Man vs Ultron 1oz silver bullion coin (2025 MTB-PAMP)

By |2025-12-16T00:12:06+00:00December 16th, 2025|Categories: Quicklooks, Art & Literature, Bullion, Movies & TV, Silver, Niue Island, PAMP|

Following their Spider-man vs Green Goblin, and Iron Man vs Ultron one-ounce silver bullion coins, MTB-PAMP are adding a third issue to their officially licensed Marvel Versus range today. These coins pit a hero and their nemesis against each other, both in bust form, split by a lightning bolt. This third coin features Captain America, and one [...]

Future in the Past: Alexander the Great copper round (2025 Hobo Coin)

By |2025-12-15T13:35:30+00:00December 15th, 2025|Categories: Quicklooks, Art & Literature, History, Coloured, Copper, Hobo Coins|

A series that really piqued our interest in copper numismatics in the latter half of this year has now debuted its third issue. The series, called Future in the Past, features famous figures and their civilisations from the ancient period, and gives them a modern twist, almost part Cyberpunk, and part Steampunk. The series debuted with [...]

Powercoin crumple up a playing card, only this time it’s a silver coin called ‘The Hidden Ace’, the debut of ‘Deck of Destiny’

By |2025-12-11T13:29:09+00:00December 11th, 2025|Categories: Culture, Sport, Silver, Niue Island, Powercoin|

Powercoin crumple up a playing card, only this time it's a silver coin called 'The Hidden Ace', the debut of 'Deck of Destiny' Released in April, Powercoin's Paper Airplane coin, followed in October by a paper boat, was a unique take on a silver coin, taking a flat shape and folding it to make something three-dimensional. [...]

MTB-PAMP add multiple issues to their pop-culture portfolio, with Star Wars, Pac-Man, Peanuts, and a return to Fender Guitars

By |2025-12-10T16:40:24+00:00December 10th, 2025|Categories: Cast/Minted Bar, Art & Literature, Movies & TV, Coloured, Silver, Niue Island, Solomon Islands|

MTB-PAMP add multiple issues to their pop-culture portfolio, with Star Wars, Pac-Man, Peanuts, and a return to Fender Guitars Swiss company, PAMP, have joined Agoro at the top of the pile for releasing coins themed around popular culture, from video games, to some more eclectic items, like Hot Wheels, NASCAR, and Coca-Cola. They also like [...]

Agoro are broadening their portfolio to include multiple new pop-culture franchises, with coins and foils

By |2025-12-08T13:45:57+00:00December 8th, 2025|Categories: Movies & TV, Coloured, Silver, Niue Island, NZ Mint/Agoro|

Agoro are broadening their portfolio to include multiple new pop-culture franchises, with coins and foils One of the more prolific producers out there are Agoro, the collectible department of the New Zealand Mint, and, except for some isolated ranges, they're concentrated on the television and film markets almost exclusively. Franchises, like Marvel, Star Wars, Harry Potter, [...]

Allcollect goes all in on the Big Cats with striking Tiger and Leopard silver coins, and a minigold nod to the Lion

By |2025-12-05T21:10:09+00:00December 5th, 2025|Categories: Allcollect, Nature, Gilded, Equatorial Guinea, Mongolia|

AllCollect goes all in on the Big Cats with striking Tiger and Leopard silver coins, and a minigold nod to the Lion German producer, AllCollect, have always been a company that likes to experiment with unusual themes, ambitious formats, and different minting techniques, often in collaboration with other companies. Their often stunning coins designed by [...]

MDM Wholesale adds their own twist to the minigold market, with a 12-coin collection of spirit animals in the 1/200 oz format

By |2025-12-04T19:09:52+00:00December 4th, 2025|Categories: Nature, Gold, MDM, Samoa|

MDM Wholesale adds their own twist to the minigold market, with a 12-coin collection of spirit animals in the 1/200 oz format Continuing our peek into the ever-growing minigold market, in which we've already covered the differing approaches of Silver Pours, and Germania Mint, we look at the latest release from MDM Wholesale. The German [...]

This week’s look at minigold options continues with Germania Mint’s more bullion-orientated range of small bars

By |2025-12-03T22:36:23+00:00December 3rd, 2025|Categories: Cast/Minted Bar, Gold Bar, Germania Mint|

This week's look at minigold options continues with Germania Mint's more bullion-orientated range of small bars We're continuing our look at the burgeoning minigold market with a producer that takes a different approach to the path that yesterdays subject, Silver Pours, has taken. Instead of a wide variety of themes and designs, Germania Mint has [...]

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