Fifty years since Australia changed to decimal currency commemorated Fifty years ago back in 1966, Australia moved from its old system of currency to a decimal one. The new and logical system is widely used in various incarnations around the world and Australia launched a new range of coins [...]
Berlin Cathedrals magnificent dome reproduced on Cook Islands domed coin With domed coins enjoying a big wave of popularity, there's a growing selection of fine designs appearing on the market. Like art-architectural, and ancient mythology coins, the domed variety attracts an inordinate amount of very high quality issues, so [...]
Whales of the Southern Oceans glorified on Pitcairn Islands new four-coin range A new nature series has launched today from the New Zealand Mint (NZM). Following a format quite typical of the Antipodean mints, each coin is struck in an ounce of fine silver to a proof standard, and [...]
MCI-Mint gazes into the crocodiles eye with its new silver coin German coin producer MCI Mint has launched a new nature coin looking at the part of an animal that looks at you - the eye. They say the eye is the window to the soul, but gazing into the [...]
A celebration of sisterhood with a new Disney Frozen proof silver coin Inspired by Hans Christian Andersen’s fairy tale The Snow Queen, Disney's 2013 animated movie Frozen was hugely successful, making nearly $1.3 billion in worldwide box office revenue. Its statistics are impressive reading - the third highest-grossing original [...]
Part two of our look at the Canadian Mints bumper October release A second selection of coins, seven this time, continues our look at the Royal Canadian Mints October launch run. We covered six coins yesterday and there's a special five kilo coin we'll cover tomorrow. As well as [...]
Iconic and beautiful Kangaroo at Sunset coin in 10th anniversary edition Launched in 1/5oz of gold back in 2007, the Wojciech Pietranik designed Kangaroo at Sunset coin from the Royal Australian Mint (RAM) has become an absolute numismatic icon. A first glance an animal that appears difficult to represent [...]
Part one of our look at the Canadian Mints bumper October release Large monthly release runs are a regular occurence at what is the worlds most prolific mint for commemorative coins. Often releasing in a month what many mints produce in a year, the Royal Canadian Mint also likes [...]
Royal Mints new £50 for £50 coin rounds out Shakespeares anniversary year While the face value concept applied to precious metal coins has recieved increasing resistance this year, the mints, particularly the Royal Canadian Mint and the British Royal Mint continue to produce them. New out is the [...]
Perth Mint debut Star Trek 50th Anniversary coin with cool packaging As Star Treks 50th Anniversary draws to a close, the flood of coins that have washed over the market winds down. With no new debuts due from either the Royal Canadian Mint (RCM) or likely the Perth Mint [...]
