Just sneaking into 2021 is the last pair of the New Zealand Mint's 'Chibi' coins, a year that has seen over 40 of them be issued. In light of that, we're not going to dwell on them too much, and suggest heading over to our very comprehensive profile of the series for more information (link below). The [...]
Lick that cookie, or the man with the gun is coming!! An umbrella coin inspired by a hit South Korean TV show debuts We're inundated with fake excellence on a daily basis. Constantly told what is, or isn't, good by those trying to latch onto the next 'big thing', we all get burned so many times [...]
Assassins silver coin series returns with the Knights Templar, enemy of the famed Nizari that terrorised the Crusaders On the surface of it, the choice of the Knight Templar for the second 'Assassins' coin might seem a bit of a stretch. The Order was better known as the heavy shock troops of the Crusades, rather than [...]
Histories great heroines are celebrated on a new high-relief coin series, and Chinese legend Mulan, kicks it off The Mint of Gdańsk is back with some new issues, and the first one we're looking at is the debut release in a new 2 oz, high-relief silver series called simply, 'Heroines'. As you can tell from the [...]
It seems that the darling of the moment in the popular culture genre is the anniversary of the legendary fighting game, Street Fighter, with both LPM and the NZ Mint issuing several different ranges. The latest is from the latter, and rather than being part of a uniquely Street Fighter series, it's the fourth annual release in the [...]
The annual Carnival of Venice was initially a celebration started from a victory of the Venice Republic against the Patriarch of Aquileia, Ulrico di Treven in the year 1162. Taking the form of a dance in San Marco Square, it grew in popularity and became a fixture of the calendar. However, Venice fell under the rule of [...]
It's such a ubiquitous part of everyday life, that it's hard to believe Email is only 50 years old. In 1971, Ray Tomlinson developed the first networked Email service, running on ARPANET, and using the now commonplace '@' symbol. Just a few years later, and the system became formalised into what we still use today. Over 300 [...]
Movie & TV coin roundup for late November and there's bullion, and Captain Kirk launches Star Trek into the Chibiverse Round-up number six has come round sooner than we expected, or wanted, to be honest, but there's no escaping the fact the genre is on a roll at the moment. At least we have some neat [...]
Pressburg Mint adds a view of Mars and the Perseverance Rover to its eclectic silver bullion coin portfolio It's to our discredit that we haven't covered as much of the Pressburg Mint's output as we should, but this new release has given us a kick up the butt towards rectifying that. The mint has an unusual [...]
The multi-billion dollar Spanish Galleon, 'San Jose' is the fourth of Mint XXI's 'Grand Shipwrecks' silver coins We've been finishing the week off with our favourite subjects, dinosaurs yesterday, and naval history today. Mint XXI's 'Grand Shipwrecks in a History' showcases some of the most famous rediscovered shipwrecks and has done a great job to date picking [...]
