The turning point of the Pacific Theatre in WWII, the Battle of Midway, is brought into focus on the Lithuanian Mint's latest silver coin Battles that change the direction of a war are few and far between. Many wars grind on for years, going back and forth, and that seemed to be the case in [...]
A new coin from the Lithuanian Mint joins the relatively uncommon wearable's genre with a format made to be worn like a pendent. It bares a simple, stylish design, with a very Marilyn Monroe-esque depiction of a woman in an up blown white dress. Inset into her hair, is a small diamond, but otherwise, this face is [...]
The second of Germania Mint's own series in their coloured cast 2oz silver bar program, one used by many other producers to bring designs to market, was Gods, closely following the now complete Goddesses series of six designs. Gods is also a six-bar range, and we suspect one that was due to complete last year, and also [...]
Let's have a catchup of new pop-culture coin and foil releases from the masters of them, Agoro by the New Zealand Mint They've been busy little beavers down in New Zealand, where Agoro, the collectible department of the New Zealand Mint, is based, and it's been a while since we had a look, so combined [...]
The Royal Kraków Mint's series of cast two-ounce silver bars, under the Germania Mint program, continues to grow with the addition of the third of the bars in their African Big Five series. The two previous issues featured the lion and the elephant, and for this third release, it's another big cat - the leopard. These bars [...]
Music Legends, the numismatic celebration of British music, continues with the Beatles icon, John Lennon The tenth in the Royal Mints long-running Music Legends range continues today with the addition of a quite superb John Lennon design, joining last year's fellow Beatle, Paul McCartney. However, the focus here is on Lennon's solo career, and his [...]
The Royal Mint's 'Queens Beasts Completer' coins make the transition to gold and silver bullion bars From 2016 to 2021, the Royal Mint ran a programme of bullion coins called 'The Queen's Beasts', featuring representations of ten heraldic animals originally sculpted by James Woodford RA for the coronation ceremony of Queen Elizabeth II, held in [...]
Odin's legendary spear, Gungnir, is the latest mythological weapon of war to get the silver miniature treatment One of the richest, and most beloved of the ancient mythologies, is that of the Norse peoples. The pantheon of deities is both expansive, and full of fascinating characters, all under the watchful eye of Odin, the leader of [...]
A stunning stackable bust of Venus, and a set of cupcakes, comprise Coin's Today's latest silver oddities South Korean producer, Coin's Today, has been busy, and we've got another pair of new issues which display the usual mix of inventiveness, and quality design. One of the two is another of those unusual little sets that [...]
Le Grand Mint adds two new gold and silver minted bar designs - The Eagle and the Serpent, and Fors Fortuna Along with a fine and uniquely designed range of proof and bullion coins, Le Grand Mint also produces some neat minted bars, something we haven't covered a lot of in the past, but we've been [...]
