The Cryptids series from the Lithuanian Mint continues along its path of weirdness with two new issues for March Last month saw the debut of the first in the Lithuanian Mint's new 'Cryptids' series, taking a look at some of the world's more fascinating mythological creatures. The difference here, is that they fall into that mysterious category [...]
The behemoth that is the New Zealand Mint's Chibi range continues with only the second 'Mega-Chibi' release to date. These are basically the same as the rest of the range, except bigger, tipping the scales at two-ounces, rather than one. Surprisingly, given the low-profile of the character of late, it's Aquaman, from the DC Movies subset. Like the [...]
Number 46 of the 60 coins in Scottsdale Mint's epic 'Biblical Series' is upon us, and it's Samson and the Gates of Gaza this time around. He's depicted coming home from Ikea after a trip with Delilah, and she obviously decided to buy the big gate, Bakbrayka. What man doesn't sympathise with him? Hopefully, Delilah bought him some [...]
As we've often said, the APMEX bullion coin series 'Icons of Inspiration' is one of our favourites. Designed by noted designer Joel Iskowitz, each release in this series cherry-picks a noted pioneer in a scientific field, showcasing their work and a portrait of them. These stand apart for their detailed, packed designs, and for the beautiful [...]
Baba Yaga, the nickname of John Wick, is also the inspiration for the first of the Lithuanian Mint's Cryptid series For centuries, the weird and mysterious has often been attributed to unexplainable creatures of the night. Regular coin collectors will know they've been a rich source of inspiration for some quite superb issues, in recent years, [...]
Chibi continues in 2023 with the addition of Marvel Comics to the range, and a new randomly inserted gilded variant Chibi has been quite the phenomenon for the New Zealand Mint. Despite only launching in June 2020, there are over 110 issues to date, and they continue to launch at the rate of 4-per-month, usually. We're [...]
The New Zealand Mint has offered a comprehensive selection of movie poster and comic book cover coins over the last decade, in both traditional, and foil formats, but they're now adding that absolute behemoth of a franchise to their portfolio for the first time - Marvel Comics. Marvel's main competitor, DC Comics, has been a regular at the NZ [...]
The Swiss mint, PAMP, through its US subsidiary, Manfra, Tordella & Brookes, has built up a good reputation with some unusual offerings over the last few years. Chief amongst them is an eclectic selection of shaped coins, with everything from animals to guitars, along with an unusual detour into confectionary-shaped silver bullion. Not the typical portfolio, for sure. [...]
The Carpathian Mint continues its numismatic retelling of the Arthurian legend with its second issue, Camelot: Sir Lancelot Back for its second bite of the Arthurian legends that we all know and love, the Carpathian Mint's 'Camelot' series moved from the central character, Arthur Pendragon, to a figure often seen as either a hero or a [...]
The last of the original Star Wars trilogy, Return of the Jedi, is now celebrating its 40th anniversary, and as it did with both 'A New Hope' and 'The Empire Strikes Back', the New Zealand Mint is reissuing its movie poster coin with the anniversary logo. These rectangular coins reproduce the original movie posters, and all nine of [...]
