'Grand Shipwrecks in a History' series returns with one of the biggest nautical cock-ups of all time - Vasa Naval history is always a solid subject for a coin, going hand in hand with numismatics long association with the rulers of empires and nations, and the large fleets many had under their control. It also [...]
A shaped silver coin tries to do the Kessel Run in twelve parsecs in the form of Han Solo's ship, The Millennium Falcon The Star Wars coin tsunami continues with a shaped coin featuring one of the most famous spaceships in all of science fiction - the Millennium Falcon. This isn't the first time the New Zealand [...]
As promised, here's the third coin in a row to feature the three-headed pooch, Cerberus, the guardian of the entrance to the underworld in Greek mythology. The Czech Mint coin was a simple proof coin that's part of their 'Mythical Beasts' series, and the second one was actually a Hades coin that happened to have [...]
Release number seven in the Czech Mint's pretty 'Mythical Beasts' series is out for order now and features everybody's favourite pooch, Cerberus. The triple-headed dog that guards the entrance to the underworld is done justice by regular mint artist Asamat Baltaev, who has quite a fine portfolio of work at this producer.Same two versions as usual -one ounce [...]
DC Comics legend Aquaman, joins Superman with his own shaped silver emblem coin Back in March, the New Zealand Mint issued their first DC Comics emblem-shaped coin and as you'd expect, it was Superman. The debut coin in a new series, the second one launches today, and it's his Justice League compatriot, Aquaman. It's fair to [...]
It's hard to get too enthused about another Star Wars coin given the number we've covered since the New Zealand Mint acquired the licence in 2014, but we have to admit to a soft spot for their 'Guards of the Empire' series. An antique-finished, one-ounce silver coin series in a rectangular format, it takes a look at the [...]
Scottsdale Mint launches its first pair of 2021 Biblical coins as the series enters an epic seventh year In news that will please the many fans of Scottsdale Mint's epic 60-coin, 10-year 'Biblical Series' of two ounce silver coins, it's finally back for 2021. As always, we're expecting six coins in total through [...]
Chibi breaks the 40 release barrier with the second coin in the Wonder Woman 1984 sub-series, and the first in an all-new Disney Princesses line. The former features 'Cheetah', and the latter kicks off its run with Cinderella. The same one-ounce format as always, and the mintage remains at 2,000 pieces each. Available now for $99 USD, [...]
A round up of the latest in movie and television coins - Minions, Back to the Future, DC Comics, & more A bit late with this onje today, we thought a quick round-up of the three or four new movie coins wouldn't take too long to get together, but the list continued to grow to [...]
DC Comics horror legend, Swamp Thing, is the latest of the pantheon to join the silver coin world Latest to join the swelling ranks of coins issued for the myriad popular culture franchises active today is one for DC Comics famous 'Justice League'. One of the less frequent members, certainly one of the more unusual, Swamp [...]
