One of the world's premiere sporting events, the European Championship run by UEFA, is widely considered to be amongst the toughest prizes to win in international football, mainly because of the plethora of high quality teams on the continent that are eligible to play. Held every four years in a host country, in 2016 the honour [...]
For the fourth year on the trot, the Perth Mint has launched a limited bullion coin run in their hugely popular Australian Stock Horse series. The first coin back in 2013 was one of the years biggest surprise hits and quickly sold out. Produced mainly for German coin dealer EMK Munzen & Edelmetalle, the Perth Mint [...]
The same day that the New Zealand Mint launches a new coin in its flagship Star Wars series of gold and silver coins, it also debuts the newest release in its flagship Disney series, Classic Disney. Longer running than the three-release Star Wars Classic range, this latest coin represents the sixth coin on the market, following [...]
The New Zealand Mints biggest licence at the moment is undoubtedly Star Wars. More than any other mint, the NZM has released entertainment tie-ins for years, like Doctor Who, Disney and Thunderbirds, only the Perth Mint with Star Trek, and the Royal Canadian Mint with Superman and Looney Tunes are any competition. Star Wars, although it [...]
The Royal Canadian Mint has just launched the eighth coin in its $100 for $100 series, a series that debuted back in 2013 and which has attracted much interest and success. Struck in approx one troy ounce of fine 0.9999 silver, each of the coins to date has depicted an animal from Canada, one of a [...]
Long term readers of the site will know how much we love the Monnaie de Paris series of coins called From Clovis to Republic. Struck in a style the mint calls 'History', this is a simulated take on the old hand-struck style of coins that were prevalent before modern methods of coin production came into widespread [...]
A Northern European Mint known for its niche subject matter and bold, stylish, often minimalistic design, the Mint of Finland is again launching a new coin that meets these criteria perfectly. Recent designs have demonstrated an ability to depict a theme or message in a stylistic manner rather than as an intricate piece of artwork like [...]
In our view, one of the best of last years meteorite coins was the excellent Solar System:Moon coin from the Mint of Poland and they made no secret of the fact it was to be the first coin in a new series. This year sees the second in the series to be launched and it's [...]
The fourth annual coin in the Birding series from Dutch producer Numiscollect has been launched and it's a colourful beast. The series jumps from continent to continent featuring one of the popular bird species that inhabit a particular region. A half-ounce in weight, the fine silver coins are coloured on the reverse face and depict a [...]
One of the archetypical boy geniuses of all time, Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart produced a body of musical work like no other in his short life, dying at age 35 from a fever. The Austrian Mint are celebrating the mans work with a trilogy of proof silver coins to be released one per year from 2015 to [...]
