Avengers: Age of Ultron is the eleventh installment in the hugely popular Marvel Cinematic Universe (MCU). Written and directed by Joss Whedon, the movie has star-studded ensemble cast that includes Robert Downey, Jr., Chris Hemsworth, Mark Ruffalo, Chris Evans, Scarlett Johansson, Jeremy Renner, and James Spader. It grossed over $1.4 billion worldwide, making it [...]
A coin that was announced a few month's ago, the second in the Mint of Poland's Winter Palace series of art-architectural coins has recently become available. The first coin came out in 2014 and featured the Winter Palace of Saint Petersburg. It seemed to be well liked, although discussion about it was muted compared [...]
One of the most recognisable figures in the world, Britannia was the symbol of one of history’s greatest empires, and particularly of the powerful navy that kept it safe. Highly regarded in numismatic circles for her appearance on the Royal Mint’s silver and gold bullion coins, as well as the impressive new proof series, the 2014 entrant [...]
It was two years ago back in October 2013 that the Austrian Mint, launched a new six-year series of ½oz gold coins entitled ‘Wildlife in our Sights’. The first coin depicted the magnificent Red Deer, one that went on to win last years Most Artistic Coin at the Coin of the Year awards. The 2014 coin, pictured [...]
Launching in 2014, Predator and Prey is a striking series of coins depicting the relationship between one of North America's predatory beasts and the prey animal most associated with it. The debut coin chose the battle between the Wolf and one of its most dangerous prey animals, the Caribou. Last years coin featured a [...]
One of the hit series from the last few years and one that helped popularise the growing market for the hard to strike domed coin format, Southern Sky was a three-coin range of 1oz domed silver coins depicting constellations visible in the southern night sky. First appearing in 2012 with the constellation Crux, a [...]
Well known for their sumptuous designs featuring artwork from medieval Europe and Icon art from Russia and its surrounding countries, JVP have developed and occupied a niche in the numismatic world that is only recently being approached by others. With series such as Orthodox Shrines, World Heritage, and Russian Emperors, in their portfolio, it's [...]
It was just two short month's ago that a new nine-coin series of antiqued silver coins debuted called Norse Gods. The launch of a pair of attractive and reasonably priced coins was blunted somewhat by the sheer number of similarly themed coins also announced in the same timeframe, so many in fact that we [...]
The latest 2016 bullion coin is now available and it's the next in the New Zealand Mints relatively new foray into the lunar bullion market. With last years 2015 Year of the Goat being the launch coin in the series, these heavily stylistic designs are quite different to those of the Perth Mint which are more traditional [...]
The Istituto Poligrafico E Zecca Della Stato, fortunately known by its acronym IPZS, is responsible for the issuance of money in Italy, and that includes some superb commemoratives. Drawing on Italy's deep, fascinating art and history, the mint has struck some beautiful designs in recent years. This new release is from their Italy as Art series, each [...]
