The Mint of Poland delves into the world of myths and legends with three new silver coin releases

By |2022-04-02T20:41:56+01:00February 25th, 2022|Categories: Art & Literature, Coloured, Gilded, Silver, Cameroon, Niue Island, Mint of Poland|

The Mint of Poland delves into the world of myths and legends with three new silver coin releases The most prolific of coin producers when it comes to the ancient myths and legends genre, the Mint of Poland has released some quite stunning issues over the last few years. Strangely, most of them are produced [...]

A big and varied selection of the latest gold and silver bullion coins in our February 2022 roundup of new releases

By |2022-04-01T14:48:35+01:00February 22nd, 2022|Categories: Bullion roundup, APMEX, Bullion, Australia, Bullion Round, Gold, Silver, Chad, East India Company, Niue Island, NZ Mint/Agoro, Royal Australian Mint|

A big and varied selection of the latest gold and silver bullion coins in our February 2022 roundup of new releases The bullion coins continue to come out, so it's time for another of our lightweight round-ups of the new releases. There are a few missing, like the new Wedge-tailed Eagle from the Perth Mint, [...]

Batman is back with another reboot and another actor playing the iconic role. The NZ Mint is prepared for it.

By |2022-02-21T16:51:35+00:00February 21st, 2022|Categories: Movies & TV, Coloured, Silver, Niue Island, NZ Mint/Agoro|

Batman is back with another reboot and another actor playing the iconic role. The NZ Mint is prepared for it. I think we're on safe ground assuming anybody reading this will know who Batman is, having been around since 1939, and that you're also aware of the character's various incarnations over the years, so we'll head [...]

The microprocessor has changed the world. Art Mint celebrates by marking the 50th anniversary of commercial availability

By |2022-02-11T17:41:49+00:00February 11th, 2022|Categories: Art Mint, Science, Inserts, Silver, Niue Island|

The microprocessor has changed the world. Art Mint celebrates by marking the 50th anniversary of commercial availability It's incredible that something so small, could have had an impact so large, on human history. The microprocessor was first made commercially available, the Intel 4004, just fifty years ago in 1971. It brought with it an acceleration in [...]

A holographic enamel brings the Chameleon to life for the first ‘Amazing Animals’ high-relief silver coin

By |2022-02-08T18:13:12+00:00February 8th, 2022|Categories: Nature, Coloured, Silver, Niue Island, Numiartis|

A holographic enamel brings the Chameleon to life for the first 'Amazing Animals' high-relief silver coin While specialising more in drawing from the ancient world for inspiration, Numiartis have issued some excellent coins in other genres as well, with the Notre Dame, and 'So Art' puzzle coins standing out. Their latest is all new, and the [...]

Chibi Fennec Shand & Warriors – Ninja (2022 New Zealand Mint)

By |2022-02-08T01:37:51+00:00February 8th, 2022|Categories: Quicklooks, Movies & TV, Coloured, Silver, Niue Island, NZ Mint/Agoro|

Just a quick heads up on two new Chibi coins. Not unusual, of course, but one of them will be a huge fan favourite. Fennec Shand is a character in the new The Book of Boba Fett television series, straight from the Star Wars Universe. Extremely popular, we reckon if you want her Chibi coin, don't hang [...]

Mint XXI launch their first tranche of numismatics for 2022, and the quality is as high as ever. An early video look.

By |2022-02-03T12:18:10+00:00February 3rd, 2022|Categories: Art & Literature, Nature, Bullion Round, Coloured, Politics & Finance, Gilded, Silver, Cameroon, Fiji, MintXXI, Niue Island|

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 [...]

Icons of Inspiration 03: Isaac Newton (2022 APMEX)

By |2022-01-31T22:01:32+00:00January 31st, 2022|Categories: Quicklooks, History, Bullion, People, Gold, Silver, Niue Island|

American mega dealer, APMEX, has launched the third in its excellent bullion coin series, 'Icons of Innovation'. As with the previous Galileo Gallilei, and Leonardo da Vinci coins, this one is designed by regarded coin and stamp artist, Joel Iskowitz, who clearly knows his stuff based on this series alone. The premise of this series is simple [...]

The Matrix (2022 New Zealand Mint)

By |2022-01-31T19:42:36+00:00January 31st, 2022|Categories: Quicklooks, Movies & TV, Silver, Niue Island, NZ Mint/Agoro|

In a list of the most original and groundbreaking science-fiction movies of all time, The Matrix would sit near the top of all of them. Striking visuals, with a multi-layered story, it was a huge hit when it premiered in 1999, and spawned three sequels. It also popularised 'bullet-time', a filming technique that became the movie's signature [...]

Chibi Dr McCoy and Pennywise from It (2022 New Zealand Mint)

By |2022-01-25T11:34:27+00:00January 25th, 2022|Categories: Quicklooks, Movies & TV, Coloured, Silver, Niue Island, NZ Mint/Agoro|

New Chibi coins continue to emanate from the New Zealand Mint, and while we've moved most coverage to our semiregular round up articles, there will always be interesting ones we want to cover on release day. Today is such a day, as the mint adds yet another new subseries to the ever-expanding Chibi juggernaut.The first of the [...]

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