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Aquaman and Cyborg join Niue’s Justice League series of silver coin notes

By |2018-04-10T13:55:50+01:00April 10th, 2018|Categories: News Nuggets, Banknote / Foil, Movies & TV, Niue Island, NZ Mint/Agoro|

Aquaman and Cyborg join Niue's Justice League series of silver coin notes The second and third issues in the New Zealand Mint's Justice League series are now available. Meant to build into a six note set, there will be two new issues in May (Flash and Wonder Woman) and a final [...]

Mint of Poland debuts a new mythology series based around the 12 labours of Hercules

By |2018-04-09T22:44:35+01:00April 9th, 2018|Categories: Art & Literature, Gilded, Silver, Mint of Poland, Niue Island|

Mint of Poland debuts a new mythology series based around the Twelve labours of Hercules The Mint of Poland is adding to its quite sublime selection of ancient mythology coin ranges with a new series chronicling the fabled twelve labours of the Greek divine hero, Hercules. One of the most widely known [...]

The Royal Mint concludes its five-year World War I commemorations with poignant Armistice coins

By |2018-04-09T15:06:05+01:00April 9th, 2018|Categories: Event, History, Gilded, Gold, Silver, Royal Mint, United Kingdom|

The Royal Mint concludes its five-year World War I commemorations with poignant Armistice coins The Royal Mint are starting to wrap up their commemorations of the First World War after an extensive five-year program starting in 2014. This year marks the centenary of the end of the 'war to end all wars', [...]

One of the worlds most expensive comic covers reproduced in fine silver for new series

By |2018-04-08T13:31:49+01:00April 8th, 2018|Categories: Art & Literature, Banknote / Foil, Coloured, Silver, NZ Mint/Agoro|

One of the worlds most expensive comic covers reproduced in fine silver for new series Even though precious metal banknote-style coins are a relatively recent development in the commemorative coin market, it was obvious that there would be modifications to the core format and a desire to push the initial envelope in [...]

Perth Mint releases a good selection for April including some fine antiqued coins

By |2018-04-04T15:53:42+01:00April 4th, 2018|Categories: Event, History, Australia, Coloured, Nature, People, Gold, Silver, Perth Mint, Tuvalu|

Perth Mint releases a good selection for April including some fine antiqued coins A better than usual mix from the Perth Mint this month with some new additions to ongoing series, some high-end variants to their iconic bullion coins, and some new designs. There are also a couple of other interesting coins, [...]

Latvia asks collectors to vote for its best collectors coin from the six issued in 2017

By |2018-04-03T18:38:38+01:00April 3rd, 2018|Categories: News Nuggets, Event, News, Bank of Latvia, Latvia|

Latvia asks collectors to vote for its best collectors coin from the six issued in 2017 Every year the Bank of Latvia asks coin collectors to vote for their favourite Latvian precious metal coin and this year is no exception. This producer has always punched well above their weight and has issued some very interesting and [...]

Cayman Islands Marlin bullion coin back unchanged for 2018 but with a gold version in tow

By |2018-04-03T12:16:11+01:00April 3rd, 2018|Categories: News Nuggets, Bullion, Nature, Gold, Silver, Cayman Islands, Scottsdale Mint|

Cayman Islands Marlin bullion coin back unchanged for 2018 but with a gold version in tow Scottsdale Mint continues to expand its range of legal tender bullion coins with a reissue of the Cayman Islands Marlin silver bullion coin from 2017. No changes to the design from last years coin, but [...]

The planets take centre stage on Australia’s latest domed silver coin series starting with home

By |2018-04-03T11:22:50+01:00April 3rd, 2018|Categories: Nature, Australia, Coloured, Silver, Royal Australian Mint|

The planets take centre stage on Australia's latest domed silver coin series starting with home After several years of some superb domed coin releases, the Royal Australian Mints Northern and Southern Sky series of coins came to an end with the issuing of two fine gold variants that were devoid of colour. [...]

Spielberg’s latest blockbuster Ready Player One gets a character coin series from the Perth Mint

By |2018-04-02T12:51:30+01:00April 3rd, 2018|Categories: Movies & TV, Coloured, Silver, Perth Mint, Tuvalu|

Spielberg's latest blockbuster Ready Player One gets a character coin series from the Perth Mint One of the most successful and well regarded movie makers of all time, Steven Spielberg has a repertoire of films second to none. His latest blockbuster is called Ready Player One and is a large-scale science-fiction movie, [...]

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