Street Fighter II is 30 and the increased interest in videogame history means coins are here to celebrate It seems that videogames are becoming quite the thing in modern numismatics, and so are shaped character coins. Put those two things together and you have a marriage made in coin heaven for the lover of the biggest entertainment [...]
Iconic 1969 Coca Cola logo by Elizabeth Arden is the inspiration for the Crown Mints latest silver bullion coin The Crown Mint's 'Coca-Cola' coin range is now bigger by one with the launch of a new one-ounce silver bullion coin featuring the logo created in 1969 by designer Elizabeth Arden. Enjoy Coke is still a logo that's [...]
Crown Mint continues their Marvel Icon dimensional silver coin series with a striking Black Panther It isn't just the NZ Mint producing dimensional masks of movie franchise characters, with the Crown Mint having issued their Marvel icons series since 2019. Following their Iron Man and Spiderman releases, they've now added Black Panther to the range, with [...]
Scottsdale Mint's unique 'hewn-edged' bullion coin series returns with the third in the Terracotta Army 5oz series Finally, after us thinking we weren't going to get our annual fix of Scottsdale's 'hewn-edged' bullion coins, the third in their 'Terracotta Army' series lands on planet numismatic. These quite unique looking coins alternate between the ancient Chinese and the [...]
Mandala Art reaches new heights of relief and excellence with its Persian themed sixth annual issue Art Mint's Mandala series first appeared back in 2015 with a beautiful interpretation of a Kalachakra Mandala, replete with a crystal centre. Since then, they've issued a single piece every year in this series, although there was also [...]
Scottsdale's chunky Terracotta Army 5oz bullion coin puts in a late appearance in reduced mintage form Originally an Egyptian-themed set of releases, Scottsdale Mints hewn-edged five-ounce silver bullion coins were a refreshingly new idea that expanded to incorporate smaller versions and even a variant in gold. In October 2018, Scottsdale opened up the format [...]
Notre Dames famous stained glass window is immortalised on Art Mint's stunning new silver coin Very much in the news after the catastrophic fire earlier this year, the stunning architecture of Notre Dame Cathedral in Paris has been the inspiration for many works of art in countless different mediums. Numismatics have been no exception [...]
Coca-Cola bottlecap coins are back, and they've brought some other flavours with them It was CIT Coin Invest that first debuted the idea of a coin struck to replicate a bottlecap. Issued to celebrate the anniversary of the Bavarian Purity Law that makes German beer so good, it was a novel item, but [...]
The Harry Potter wizarding universe comes to precious metal numismatics with eight new coins One of the most popular literary and movie characters of all time, J.K. Rowling's Harry Potter series has enthralled fantasy fans for the last couple of decades since its first British publication in 1997. Spanning seven novels that were serialised [...]
Think you've seen it all? Think again. Art Mint releases a silver, playable classical music CD coin One thing that has characterised the modern collectable coin market has been the increased use of technology to enhance just what can be done. In most cases, that has led to levels of design and relief which [...]
