Art Mint's 'Seven Ancient Civilisations' 2oz silver coin collection jumps across the Atlantic to the Mesoamerican Maya culture After wandering through the Middle East and Asia, Art Mint's excellent Seven Ancient Civilisations series jumps over the Atlantic for its one and only visit to the Americas. The Mayan civilisation has its roots around 2,000 BCE, [...]
Comic book child rebel, Dennis the Menace, celebrates 75 years with a new issue from The Royal Mint We wouldn't normally cover two fifty pence coins from The Royal Mint so close together, but this one snuck up on us just a few days after we covered the new Winnie-the-Pooh release, and the truth is, [...]
The Royal Mint has debuted another new series of bullion coins, and it's one that delves into the mythological past of the British Isles. Called 'Legendary Creatures', it will run alongside the mints other new series, 'Gothic Horror', which launched recently with an outstanding Dracula coin. The series kicks off with a classic of the cryptid world, [...]
The Austrian Mint issues Quantum Physics, the 24th issue in its award-winning bi-metal niobium and silver series At one time, the Austrian Mint's annual niobium coin was one of the most popular and eagerly awaited series in modern numismatics. Despite a mintage of around 65,000 pieces, they regularly sold out in short order. While those days [...]
The artistic process has a personification, as the Queen of Creativity rides in on Le Grand Mint's latest silver coin The latest coin from Le Grand Mint has just launched, and is one of the modern classical designs they've built a reputation producing in recent years, with releases such as Freya, for example. That coin was [...]
Winnie the Pooh is 100, and the Royal Mint debuts the first in a three-coin collection celebrating the anniversary The Royal Mint continues its expansive run of pop-culture fifty pence coins with the debut of the first in a new three-coin collection celebrating the centennial anniversary of A.A. Milne's classic children's tale, Winnie the Pooh. Published [...]
Shaped weapon coins reach new levels of esoterica, with Spectres new Dragon Claw Blade Shaped, dimensional weapon coins have come from nowhere to being one of the more inventive, and popular genres in recent years. Several producers issue these, and some are quite extraordinary, encompassing historical weapons like Tutankhamun's blade, and mythological blades of various types. [...]
Architecture coins shine in CIT's Winter Launch, with an all-new Tiffany, and the final release of a classic series We’re rarely surprised by the quality of CIT's quarterly launch tranches, but even by their standards, the Winter 2026 batch was exceptional. We've already covered a terrific dinosaur coin (because of course!!), and a stunning dragon design, [...]
In mid-December, T & S Coin, launched their first coin featuring the lunar cycle. It was a two-ounce silver coin, with antique finishing, colour, and high-relief. Over the last year, this producer has dabbled with some gold versions of select silver coins from their portfolio, usually with tiny mintages, and in at least two sizes. The gold [...]
The breadth of talent of the artists decorating the covers of science-fiction novels is, perhaps, one of the most under-rated genres out there. Taking the vision put in words and designing a cover that encapsulates it in a single work is a serious talent. It's not uncommon for people to rebuy a sci-fi novel sequence, just for [...]
