The legendary Spear of Destiny comes to numismatics with an extraordinary two-ounce dimensional coin from Spectres One of the most enduring legends from biblical times is that of the Holy Lance, also known as the Spear of Destiny, or the Lance of Longinus. The lance is said to be the spear that an unnamed Roman [...]
Rounding out a week for the foodie, MDM cook up a pretzel shaped silver coin It's turned into a bit of a food coin week, with a pink iced donut kicking it off, and a buffalo wing earlier today, so we thought we had time to sneak in one more, so enter MDM Wholesale with [...]
Pop-culture coins remain as popular as ever in numismatic circles. Here's a look at a small mix of recent issues from different mints. It's been a while since we did one of our pop-culture coin round-ups, mainly because we try to give things a break now and then for the sake of variety, and also because [...]
Scottsdale Mint has been busy with additions to their Marlin, Mermaid, and Alien bullion coin programs Prolific bullion coin producer, Scottsdale Mint, has a catalogue of different series that puts most of the competition to shame. Everything from religion, through science-fiction, to, most popularly, nature, has a presence in the range. There's gold and silver, some [...]
MDM debuts a sublime, fully dimensional silver coin replica of Nefertiti's bust to celebrate a century on Berlin's Museum Island One of the most famous figures from Ancient Egypt, Nefertiti was the wife of the pharaoh Akhenaten of the 18th Dynasty of Egypt. She played a significant role in the religious revolution he initiated, moving [...]
Scottsdale debuts their third Equatorial Guinea Giraffe bullion coin, and there's Jesus and a Unicorn as well One of the most innovative, and expansive bullion producers in the world today, Scottsdale Mint has a huge range of offerings, encompassing an equally huge range of themes. They continue to cram in as many releases as possible before [...]
MDM dives into multiple ancient cultures with Norse, Japanese, and Egyptian themes immortalised in silver and gold Continuing our look at the new releases in MDM's Autumn release, and sticking with the unintentional theme of the week - the ancient world - we have three new releases here, all very different in style, and subject. [...]
The Gene Wilder classic movie, Willy Wonka & the Chocolate Factory, is back on coins, with 50 golden tickets to find Now considered one of the great film classics, Willy Wonka and the Chocolate Factory, which premiered in 1971, was based on the children's book by Roald Dahl, first published just seven years previously. Indeed, the [...]
While the term had been around in British circles since the 1790's, the name 'cocktail' was finally defined in 1806 by The Balance and Columbian Repository of Hudson, New York, who stated it is "A stimulating liquor composed of any kind of sugar, water, and bitters.". Since then, it's developed into a huge cultural phenomenon, with bars [...]
Popeye joins the shaped coin market, along with new Kung Fu Panda, Pennywise, and Ghostbusters releases With this week's release of LPM's new Popeye coin, we thought we'd round-up a few other pop-culture themed, shaped character coins for your perusal. There are quite a few producers getting in on the act these days, and their popularity seems [...]
