Gyeongbokgung, the Korean royal palace of the Joseon Dynasty, adorns a series of five-ounce silver coins New from Coins Today in Korea, is the third in their series of five-ounce silver coins showcasing one of Korea's most iconic locations, the Gyeongbokgung Palace Complex in Seoul. The series will systematically take a look at some of the striking [...]
The chaos on Earth disappears when you admire it from space. LPM coin, 'Blue Marble', features the iconic 1972 Apollo 17 image Apollo 17 was the final mission in the hugely successful Apollo program, which NASA initiated in 1968 to put a man on the moon. The final mission, Apollo 17, took off on 07 December [...]
The heroic work of firefighter's around the globe is showcased on a new shaped silver coin from Fiji One of the primary emergency services, the Fire Brigade is something we hope never to see, but will owe everything to when it's needed. Tasked with the control and extinguishing of fires, and the saving of those [...]
Mint XXI launch their first tranche of numismatics for 2022, and the quality is as high as ever. An early video look. Mint XXI are back with their first group of coins for 2022, and it's another fine mix of art, myth, and nature, with a little bit of modern cryptocurrency thrown in. As we did [...]
Korea's Joseon Rank Badge and Royal Silver Seal are the inspiration for an attractive two-piece silver coin set In power from 1392 until 1897, the Korean Joseon Dynasty was founded by Yi Seong-gye in what is today, Kaesong, a city in North Korea that is very close to the current border with the South. In wasn't [...]
The fourth in the Crown Mint's Marvel Mini Hero series of shaped one-ounce coins joins Captain America, Iron Man, and Black Panther as it works its way through an ambitious 24-coin program. Like those, Thor Odinson is a very neat and well done depiction of a hugely popular character done in an almost TV animation style. It works [...]
One of the more unusual coin series of recent years, the Crown Mint's bottle cap coin homage to Coca-Cola was a popular item in 2018, that reached new heights with an interesting ten coin series through 2020. Called 'World Edition', it reproduced caps from ten different and diverse nations around the world, all done in colour on [...]
Art Mint's elegant 'Mandala Art' series returns for a seventh release with a striking Turkish inspired design We've long admired Art Mint's flagship 'Mandala' series of coins, and it's been a pleasure to watch it grow in ambition and intricacy since it debuted in 2015. The last two issues in particular, the Gothic and the Persian, [...]
LPM's neat little Street Fighter Mini shaped coins are back with the third in the expansive pantheon of fighters that make up the cult hit video game. The series debuted back in July with Ryu kicking it off, followed in September by fan-favourite Chun-Li. This third coin to debut is another of the heavy hitters in the [...]
The Streetfighter II 30th Anniversary celebration continues at LPM with four coloured silver and gold bullion coins The ongoing celebration of the 30th Anniversary of Street Fighter II, the greatest fighting game franchise ever, continues at LPM with a new coloured bullion range. We've already covered the release of the first two mini character shaped coins, but [...]
