Powercoin revisits its 2020 homage to Voyager's Golden Record with a double-sized variant for 2026 Released back in 2020, Powercoin created a terrific homage to the famous 'Golden Record' that accompanied the pioneering spacecraft Voyager 1 and 2 on their journey beyond the Solar System. What we have here is a one-ounce variant of the half-ounce [...]
We're having a bit of an oceanic twist this week, with Melbourne Coins adding 'Migaloo' a famous white Humpback Whale First sighted off the east coast of Australia on 28 June, 1991, Migaloo is a fully white male humpback whale, quite a rare sight. He created considerable interest and sighting's were tracked and reported in the many [...]
Mint of MK's new Great White Shark coin is an innovative look at a perennial favourite of the natural world Easily one of the most innovative coin producers working today, Mint of MK consistently issue coins that are different, fun, and beautifully produced. We have a few queued up to look at, but this one caught [...]
CIT release their 2026 Summer Launch, and we have a look at the new smartminted wildlife themed coins The Summer Launch season, inextricably linked to the big ANA Show in the United States, is the second biggest after Winter, itself tied to the World Money Fair in Berlin. Three or four of the biggest producers issue [...]
What's been going on over the last couple of weeks? Okay, it's been a bit quiet over the last ten days or so, and it's just the usual health stuff I can't seem to shake. I had a pre-op assessment yesterday for the kidney stones, so that should get sorted soon, and the intense back [...]
Mint XXI debut seven new silver coins in its Summer Launch, including Richard the Lionheart, and the penultimate Way to Valhalla issue With the ANA Show rapidly approaching, the big producers are setting out their wares with a selection of new coins. One we always particularly look forward to is Mint XXI, who have, over the [...]
The penultimate silver coin in Art Mint's impressive 'Seven Ancient Civilisations' series showcases the Greeks First coming to prominence in the 12th century BCE, at a time known as the Greek Dark Ages, and surviving until the accepted end date of classical antiquity (600 CE), Ancient Greece spent most of this time as a loose conglomeration [...]
The current furore for the ancient tale of the Trojan Horse, is manifested in high-relief silver on Powercoin's latest smartminted coin The ancient tale of the Trojan War, most famously documented around 500 years after it was said to have occurred by the Greek poet, Homer, is one of the most widely known stories from [...]
The light aircraft carrier, HMAS Sydney, is showcased on Melbourne Coins big new copper release In 1942, at the height of the Second World War, the under-pressure Royal Navy issued a requirement for a Light Fleet Carrier. These were designed to pack a greater punch than the escort carriers, but be easier and cheaper to [...]
After a fine debut last March, Le Grand Mint have launched the second of their Fors Fortuna bars with a new design by the same talented Italian artist, Carmen Testa. It features the Roman goddess of fortune, and the personification of luck, a popular deity in the civilisation centred around the modern Italian capital over 2,000 years ago. [...]
