The Perth Mint's lunar juggernaut powers on with three new additions to the range. First up are coloured proof versions of the 2016 Year of the Monkey designs. Three sizes of gold ( one, one-quarter, one tenth ounce) and two of silver (1oz, ½oz), the coins as usual keep the standard lunar design and incorporate selective colouring, [...]
After using the 2012 award-winning Emma Noble design in 2012 and 2013, the Royal Mint went with a new piece of art by designer Laura Clancy in 2014 for its annual £5 Remembrance Day coin issued for the island of Alderney. The coins have special significance at the moment as we're currently in the centenary period of the war [...]
It's fair to say given the volume of releases to date, that the Disney licence has been pretty successful for the New Zealand Mint. With the flagship Disney Classic series, the Mickey & Friends series, the Disney Princess range, and the one-off Disney Occasions coins, it seems like the mint has all the bases covered. It's [...]
The sixth coin in the New Zealand Mints Feng Shui series of silver coins is now upon us and like the last coin it depicts a mythological creature instead of a natural one. The first in the series came out back in 2012 with a beautiful Koi coin, and was followed a year later by the [...]
A few weeks ago the Royal mint launched the third set of proof coins in the ongoing Shēngxiào Lunar series that debuted with the Horse and followed with a very nice and unusual Sheep coin last year. As before, the mint also releases a pair of one ounce bullion versions, one in silver and one in gold. Obviously not [...]
One of the most highly regarded series from the New Zealand Mint is its Endangered Species range. These proof struck silver coins depict animals under threat from that most destructive and short-sighted creature to inhabit this planet; humans. The first coin in this series is actually the odd one out. Featuring the Venerable Collared Lizard, the [...]
New Zealand Mint week continues with the second in their new historical series of silver coins called Journeys of Discovery. The first coin in the series was launched just a few months ago back in June, and depicted the epic explorer of Asia, Marco Polo. Fitting in with the new format of choice, that of a [...]
One of the coolest of the worlds bullion coins, the Central Bank of Russia (CBR) issued St. George the Victorious coin made its gold debut on 01 February 2006 with the silver following on 11 January 2009. It's never been one of the easiest coins to get hold off outside of Russia, with eBay being the best bet for [...]
We kick off New Zealand Mint week with the latest in the mints very popular Feng Shui series of coins. Initially debuting as a coloured silver coin series, the mint began releasing the designs in a clean struck ¼ oz gold format back in April 2014 with the Koi and they look to be continuing the [...]
Horror is one of the most inventive genres in literary circles, with a deep ocean of imaginative stories and intriguing characters to draw upon. The movie world has more than dipped its toes into the water with such magnificent series as the old Universal Monsters films and the later Hammer Horror films from Britain. Movie stars [...]
