The bottle-cap coin is back with the launch of an uber-iconic Coca-Cola design from Fiji Last year, Coin Invest Trust released a highly unusual coin in the shape of a metal bottle-cap. Celebrating the Bavarian Purity Law enacted by Duke Wilhelm IV of Bavaria on 23rd April 1516, it was shaped like [...]
70 Years of HM Queen Elizabeth II & HRH Prince Philip: Coat of Arms on Pobjoys latest With Queen Elizabeth having sat upon the throne of the United Kingdom for so long, it's no surprise that records are being broken all the time. The oldest and longest serving monarch, the Queen has [...]
World Exclusive: Iconic Japanese artwork inspires Scottsdale silver bullion coin It seems to be full steam ahead on the bullion coin front this week. The biggie has obviously been the arrival after 50 years of a silver Krugerrand, and we've also had new Royal Mint lunars and what appears [...]
Frank Millers brilliant Dark Knight commemorated on a new Fijiian silver coin There's been a deluge of popular culture coins kapowing the market over the last couple of years, from Disney to Star Trek, but a perennial favourite has been the comic book world. Especially popular in North America, [...]
Along with antique finish ancient gods coins, domed coins seem to have maintained an impressive quality level across the board. A broad and innovative selection has appeared over the last few years as more and more mints master the complexities of minting them. From astronomy to sport, there's hardly been a dud amongst them. The main [...]
Now almost a cultural phenomenon, Discovery Channels Shark Week is broadcast in almost every major market around the world, over 70 countries. First showing in July 1988, its popularity led to it becoming an annual event. Originally meant to promote awareness and conservation of these simply magnificent animals, it has veered into more sensationalist territory in [...]
The relentless movie juggernaut that is the Marvel Cinematic Universe (MCU) powers on this month with the premiere of its latest entrant, Captain America: Civil War. The 13th movie to be released since Iron Man debuted back in 2008, Civil War is the first in Phase 3 that will likely include as many as 11 new [...]
With the first coin sold out and the second one appearing to be doing very well, especially given the positive remarks we've heard about it, a quick visit to the Art Mint stand had us getting a great look at some of the first samples to be struck. The detail as you'd expect is quite superb. [...]
After the successful launch of the Mandala Art series last year by Parisian coin producer the Art Mint, it was quite obvious that the set would expand this year with another of these epic 3oz antique-finish coins. The first in the new annual series was called Mandala Art 'Kalachakra', and as you'd expect from the name, [...]
Art-architectural coins continue riding their wave of popularity, with the genre invented by CIT and it's iconic Tiffany Art range now enjoying so many good entrants it's hard to pick favourites any more. Some series have spawned some quite amazingly good designs, a perrenial favourite being the Mineral Art Taj Mahal 2oz coin. Spanish producer Moneda [...]
