The Royal Mint commemorates a century of the BBC - from news of the empire, to the Teletubbies The British Broadcasting Corporation (BBC) is an absolute giant in the media world. Not only the oldest national broadcaster in the world, and the biggest, it's also likely the most recognised wherever you are in the world. Established [...]
The Ancient Chinese legend of the Eight Immortals is the inspiration for the Carpathian Mint's latest release After several years of high activity, it's been a little quieter in the coin world on the Chinese mythology front of late. There are still a couple of series in progress, and Precious Metal Collectors have an extremely eclectic [...]
The Greek god of the Sun, Helios, joins Numiscollect's superb Ancient Gods series of smartminted silver coins Helios was the Ancient Greek personification of the sun, and a deity that grew in prominence as Greek and Roman cultures began to merge in late antiquity. Like all the old gods, he also had quite a few side [...]
A new series that debuted at the 2021 World Money Fair in Berlin, 'Growing Up' was a neat concept, displaying an animal as a fully grown adult on the reverse face, and in younger form on the obverse. We've always preferred coins that employ both faces to their full potential, and this was one of those. That debut coin [...]
Bullion round-up 10: Elephants, Samurai, Moggies, Sailing Ships, and the jelly of doom... I say this every time, but I always underestimate how long these bullion round-ups take to put together. This one was due out yesterday, but here we are anyway. It's a great selection, but doesn't cover everything we know about. The Royal Mint's new [...]
The Royal Mint unveils the new effigy of King Charles III and a pair of coins that will feature it The sad death of Queen Elizabeth II was an event that's been long planned for, it eventually comes to all of us, of course, and amongst those plans was the change in effigy used on the [...]
Aphrodite joins LPM's Goddeses of Olympus bullion range in both gold and silver The latest bullion version of the Perth Mint's iconic 'Gods' series of antiqued numismatics has just debuted, and is the sixth to date. Following the original pattern of release, this is the third and last of the Goddesses of Olympus trilogy, which itself [...]
Mint XXI moves from Noah’s Ark to the Tower of Babel in its numismatic journey through bible classics After a superb debut last year with a Noah's Ark coin, Mint XXI's 'Fundamental Stories of the Bible' series returns with a second coin, and it's another core tale from the Old Testament. The Tower of Babel is meant [...]
Coins Today brings the world of chess into stackable silver bullion, launching a pawn-inspired design with a twist Never let it be said that the minds behind South Korean producer, Coins Today's 'Stackable' range of bullion, aren't imaginative. From ancient Korean history, to outer space technology, via medieval Europe and modern pop-culture, this range has thrown [...]
PMC adds three new major figures from history to its extraordinary series of shaped silver bust coins Shaped coins seem to be surging in popularity, especially as the commemorative coin industry increasingly moves towards acceptance this is a legitimate form of art, rather than just an offshoot of circulating currency. There are simple shaped coins, of [...]
