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POP Coins debuts three new series of ultra-low mintage coins, featuring art, history, and the Aztecs

By |2026-05-22T16:46:11+01:00May 22nd, 2026|Categories: Art & Literature, Culture, History, Coloured, Silver, Ghana, Niue Island, Pop Coins|

POP Coins debuts three new series of ultra-low mintage coins, featuring art, history, and the Aztecs Pop Coins have expanded the themes for their already expansive range of relatively affordable silver coins with three new series. Each gets a launch of multiple coins, as has been this producer's practice in the past, although not with [...]

The story of the Germanic warrior Bodvar will be told in Germania Mint’s new range, starting with ‘Loss’

By |2026-05-31T20:50:27+01:00May 21st, 2026|Categories: History, AgAuShoot, Coloured, Copper, Medallion, Silver, Germania Mint|

The story of the Germanic warrior Bodvar will be told in Germania Mint's new range, starting with 'Loss' Continuing to expand on their Germania World, a creation based around a historical region of Europe in the times of the Roman Empire, Germania Mint has debuted the first in a new series called 'Bõdvar Saga'. This series [...]

Who remembers the Blackberry phone and its copiers? Precious Metal Collectors does with its latest silver coin pair

By |2026-05-19T19:02:54+01:00May 19th, 2026|Categories: Coloured, Gilded, Science, Silver, Samoa, Precious Metal Collectors|

Who remembers the Blackberry phone and its copiers? Precious Metal Collectors does with its latest silver coin pair Retro themes are becoming more popular of late, not just in numismatics, because people are yearning for simpler times. Our world has layers upon layers of complexity and obligation, and we're seeing a growing interest in the refreshing [...]

Micro-coins in gold, platinum and palladium (2026 Mint of MK & Silver Pours)

By |2026-05-18T13:25:54+01:00May 18th, 2026|Categories: Quicklooks, Gold, Palladium, Platinum, Liberia, Mint of MK, Silver Pours|

The tsunami of releases from Mint of MK and Silver Pours in the realm of micro-coins continues, and so does our quest to keep track of them for the collectors among you. For the unaware, these are tiny coins, way smaller than the 0.5 gram minigold and usually a light as 1/1000oz. You can buy coins in [...]

English rock icons, Pink Floyd, and the legendary Dark Side of the Moon, adorn the Royal Mint’s 14th Music Legends coin

By |2026-05-14T21:48:30+01:00May 14th, 2026|Categories: Art & Literature, Gold, Silver, Royal Mint, United Kingdom|

English rock icons, Pink Floyd, and the legendary Dark Side of the Moon, adorn the Royal Mint's 14th Music Legends coin The Royal Mint's successful Music Legends series sees its fourteenth release today. Starting in 2020, this showcases British music talent, and features some of the biggest names in music history. You can see [...]

Emporium Hamburg’s Prehistoric Life II bullion coin range continues into 2026 with the first of three issues, Plateosaurus

By |2026-05-12T21:51:03+01:00May 12th, 2026|Categories: Bullion, Nature, Coloured, Gold, Silver, Congo, Emporium Hamburg|

Emporium Hamburg's Prehistoric Life II bullion coin range continues into 2026 with the first of three issues, Plateosaurus After recently releasing the 2026 entrant in their World's Wildlife bullion coin series, it's the turn of their Prehistoric Life II range to get its first of three 2026 additions. This will be a twelve-coin range, with [...]

History of the Crusades: The First Swedish Crusade 1oz silver coin (2026 Numiscollect)

By |2026-05-11T21:26:47+01:00May 11th, 2026|Categories: Quicklooks, Art & Literature, Asturmint, Silver, Cameroon|

It's been some three years since Numiscollect added to their History of the Crusades series of silver coins, but we've finally got a new issue, the fourteenth since it debuted in 2009. Each coin has depicted a scene from a specific crusade, the first ten focusing on what we consider the traditional campaigns, and the last four, [...]

Don Quijote 1oz proof silver coin (2026 Asturmint)

By |2026-05-11T16:39:09+01:00May 11th, 2026|Categories: Quicklooks, Art & Literature, Asturmint, Silver, Cameroon|

Miguel de Cervantes Saavedra, widely regarded as the greatest writer in his native Spanish, wrote his hit novel in 1605. Called ‘The Ingenious Gentleman Don Quixote of La Mancha’, it tells the story of the title character and his many adventures with his horse Rocinante, and his squire, Sancho Panza, most of which are distortions of fantasies [...]

Poseidon 2oz high-relief silver coin (2026 T&S Coin)

By |2026-05-11T14:18:28+01:00May 11th, 2026|Categories: Quicklooks, Art & Literature, Culture, Coloured, Niue Island, T&S Coins|

T & S Coin have issued a new coin in their expanding range of two-ounce, high-relief silver coins, and we're heading to that perennial favourite for the subject - Greek mythology. With one of the most varied and unusual pantheons in the ancient world, there are plenty of subjects to choose from, and the choice of the [...]

Phoenicia 1oz proof or ruthenium silver coin (2026 Le Grand Mint)

By |2026-05-21T14:42:14+01:00May 11th, 2026|Categories: Quicklooks, Art & Literature, History, Ruthenium / Rhodium, Silver, Liberia, Le Grand Mint|

Le Grand Mint are one of those producers who have a certain style to their coins, and it's a very elegant one. Coins like the Durga range, and the Queen of Creativity issue, have a style all of their own, with the recent Freya being a particular favourite of mine. The quality of the artists that create the [...]

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