Allcollect taps into the mystery around the Egyptian queen, Nefertiti, with an impressive high-relief silver coin Almost a genre all of its own, Ancient Egypt has captivated the world for centuries, leaving behind breathtaking monuments, art, literature, and artifacts. It's allowed us to form a picture of this millennia-spanning civilisation unlike no other from the time. [...]
Numiscollect draws upon the fascinating subject of African rock art for its first in a new Prehistoric Art silver coin As far as the world of art goes, is there anything more fascinating and mysterious as prehistoric rock art? Away from the sheer pretentiousness of much of the art world, especially the often comically appalling [...]
Jules Verne, and his classic 'Around the World in Eighty Days', are brought to life in a multi-part silver coin Not the first time that Jules Verne's beloved classic, Around the World in 80 Days, has appeared on a modern coin, but certainly one of the most innovative and ambitious, MDM's latest showcases both the author, [...]
We've repeatedly commented on the ever earlier launch of lunar coins, often appearing up to a year before the actual change date, but the Year of the Dragon seems to exacerbate that even further. Probably the most popular of the lunar animals, it next comes around in early 2024 - yes, that's right, 2024 - but we've already [...]
MDM Week: We round up the week with a look at MDM's latest Harry Potter licenced coins, from mini-gold to maxi-silver We're rounding out our catch-up of MDM issues with a collation of some of their recent Harry Potter releases. It's hard keeping track of just who has Potter rights these days, with the NZ Mint, the [...]
MDM Week: Tutankhamun, the boy pharoah, was discovered a century ago and the coin world marks the anniversary It's incredible to believe that a relatively minor pharoah, one that was sickly and died at under 20 years old, and one that was buried in the smallest pharoah's tomb in the Valley of the Kings, would [...]
French military legend Napoleon Bonaparte died 200 years ago and the coin world marks the anniversary Better late than never, as they say, here's our roundup of coins commemorating the bicentenary this week of the death of pint-sized Gallic terror, Napoleon Bonaparte. An icon in France and one of the most famous figures in history, [...]
MDM brings the Pharoah Khufre's magnificent tomb to dimensional life with a new silver pyramidal coin The pyramids on the Giza plateau in Egypt are rightfully considered wonders of human ingenuity, which have for thousands of years evoked a sense of awe in those that have seen them. That these structures, and the civilisation that [...]
The booty from Djibouti! Super-sized Silverback Gorilla coin leaves none of the beast uncovered One of those animals that seems to be hugely popular on modern numismatics, the Silverback Gorilla even has its own bullion coin series from Scottsdale Mint which is now in its fourth year of issue. There are the [...]
No 'All for one and one for all' here. It takes four coins to tell the story of the Three Musketeers One of the all time classical adventure novels, The Three Musketeers by Alexandre Dumas was written in 1844 and been turned into everything from stage plays and movies, to comics and [...]
