Jimi Hendrix one-ounce proof silver coin (2025 Perth Mint)

By |2025-04-01T18:40:27+01:00April 1st, 2025|Categories: Quicklooks, Art & Literature, Coloured, Perth Mint, Tuvalu|

Music legends don't get any more legendary than James Marshall Hendrix, known to the world as Jimi Hendrix. His mastery of the electric guitar was almost absolute, and his hits remain loved to this day. Born in 1942, he started with the guitar when he was 15, but only gained fame when he moved to England in [...]

The signs of the zodiac, and goddesses from around the world feature on a new 5oz silver coin from Coins Australia, and the Perth Mint

By |2025-03-04T15:14:19+00:00March 4th, 2025|Categories: Art & Literature, Culture, Coloured, Silver, Coins Australia, Tuvalu|

The signs of the zodiac, and goddesses from around the world feature on a new 5oz silver coin from Coins Australia, and the Perth Mint The signs of the zodiac are one of those perennial themes in the modern coin world, with one or two series in progress at any one time, but most of them [...]

Deadly & Dangerous: Australia’s Tiger Snake proof coins (2025 Downies/Perth Mint)

By |2025-02-19T20:45:00+00:00February 19th, 2025|Categories: Quicklooks, Nature, Gold, Silver, Downies, Tuvalu|

Still powering on after two decades, Downies Collectables 'Deadly & Dangerous' series of coloured proof coins continues with a 20th annual release. It says something about the general malevolence of Australian wildlife that a series depicting it can still be going strong for so long, but there are still plenty of unsung villains still not covered. The [...]

The most varied selection yet in our weekly look at some of the new coin releases (Week 47, 2024)

By |2024-11-24T19:47:42+00:00November 24th, 2024|Categories: Cast/Minted Bar, Art & Literature, Culture, Coloured, Gilded, Nature, Silver, Cameroon, Cook Islands, CIT Coin Invest, Germania Mint, Mint of MK, Perth Mint, Tuvalu|

The most varied selection yet in our weekly look at some of the new coin releases (Week 47, 2024) A bit later than normal, here's our weekly round-up of some of the more interesting releases that have come to our attention over the last week. We should have been live on Friday, but we had a small [...]

The Chinese contribution to mankinds scientific progress is showcased on The Coin Company’s latest five-ounce silver coin

By |2024-11-20T15:40:00+00:00November 20th, 2024|Categories: Coloured, Science, Silver, Perth Mint, Tuvalu, The Coin Company|

The Chinese contribution to mankinds scientific progress is showcased on The Coin Company's latest five-ounce silver coin The Coin Company have, with the Perth Mint, released their latest antique-finished high-relief coin, and it's another showcasing five-ounce issue showcasing Chinese history and culture. Previous issues have included the Five Auspicious Creatures, Dragon & Phoenix, and Fu [...]

Coins Australia and the Perth Mint debut a beautiful five-ounce silver coin celebrating the Chinese classic Dragon & Phoenix

By |2024-08-14T15:44:10+01:00August 14th, 2024|Categories: Culture, Coloured, Silver, Coins Australia, Perth Mint, Tuvalu|

Coins Australia and the Perth Mint debut a beautiful five-ounce silver coin celebrating the Chinese classic Dragon & Phoenix The Perth Mint has a fine history of releasing coins celebrating Asian culture, not just through its ultra-iconic Lunar Series of bullion coins, but through a wide range of coins covering an equally wide range of styles [...]

The Perth Mint has been busy over the last few months with new bullion releases, so here’s a quick round-up of some of them

By |2024-07-08T13:43:31+01:00July 8th, 2024|Categories: Bullion, Movies & TV, Australia, Gold, Platinum, Silver, Perth Mint, Tuvalu|

The Perth Mint has been busy over the last few months with new bullion releases, so here's a quick round-up of some of them Undoubtedly one of the world's premier bullion producers, the Perth Mint has garnered itself a fine reputation for its range of annually changing designs going back several decades. In recent years, [...]

Bon Scott AC/DC 1oz silver coin (2024 The Perth Mint)

By |2024-05-31T22:58:47+01:00May 31st, 2024|Categories: Quicklooks, Art & Literature, Coloured, Silver, Perth Mint, Tuvalu|

I don't think many would argue that Australian hard rock band AC/DC aren't one of the all-time greats. Formed in 1973, they continue to perform to this day, although over that long time, they have had different performers in their line-ups. One of the most beloved was lead singer Bon Scott, who performed on AC/DC's first seven studio [...]

Deadly & Dangerous 19: Bluebottle proof silver coin (2024 Downies/Perth Mint)

By |2024-03-05T20:43:11+00:00March 5th, 2024|Categories: Quicklooks, Coloured, Gold, Nature, Silver, Downies, Niue Island, Perth Mint, Tuvalu|

One of the longest running series we've ever covered at AgAuNEWS, Deadly and Dangerous debuted in 2006 with the Red Back Spider, a coin that went on to garner enormous interest on the secondary market. It was a striking coin, but despite interest in the series reducing somewhat, no doubt due to the huge influx of competing designs, [...]

‘He really is a groovy cat, a gentleman, a scholar, what a numismat’. The Pink Panther turns 60, and the Perth Mint has a bullion coin

By |2023-12-05T23:53:02+00:00December 5th, 2023|Categories: Bullion, Movies & TV, Silver, Perth Mint, Tuvalu|

'He really is a groovy cat, a gentleman, a scholar, what a numismat'. The Pink Panther turns 60, and the Perth Mint has a bullion coin The slick and suave pink pussycat, The Pink Panther, first saw the light of day as an animated opening sequence for the film of the same name, back in [...]

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