Holy investment opportunity, Batman!! The Dark Knight hits the bullion market with a new gold and silver coin With the big success of Star Wars and Disney bullion coins, the New Zealand Mint is now trying its hand at shoehorning its many Warner Brothers licences into the market as well. It's a good idea. The Perth [...]
LPM's very pretty Dragon Dollar Restrike series continues to be filled out to completion with the addition of three new variants. For those unfamiliar, the series reproduces some of the beautiful Chinese trade dollars from the late 19th, to early 20th centuries, and each takes the classic Chinese dragon of lore for its base design. LPM chose [...]
John Mercanti’s Wedge Tailed Eagle bullion series for the Perth Mint returns with a sixth new design I don't think we're alone in saying the Perth Mint's Wedge-tailed Eagle is one of the highlights of the bullion calendar, so the new design is eagerly awaited here. The now iconic series launched in 2014 and came as something [...]
The 2020 Eastern Caribbean Eight bullion series continues with a trip to Saint Vincent & The Grenadines After a 2020 that we'd all rather forget, you can understand that a few coin programmes are running a little behind. Such is the case with Scottsdale Mint's ambitious Eastern Caribbean 8 bullion coin series, which must be hard [...]
Royal Australian Mint adds the Ox to its new range of silver and gold Lunar bullion coins We don't cover the lunar coin market as deeply as we have in the past, mainly because variety has tapered off and interest seems to be lower than before, but it is still a big market and there are still [...]
The legendary Chinese Guardian Lions, also called Foo Dogs, are often seen placed outside Chinese homes and temples. Set as a pair, a male looking outwards and a female inwards, they take the form of winged lions (a bit like an ancient Sharknado...). Perth Mint designer, Ing Ing Jong, has done a good job depicting the two [...]
US dealer APMEX has now launched the 13th of the NZ Mints Disney bullion series with a coin that apes the style of the Mickey & Minnie in love coin, but with Donald & Daisy Duck. One for the Disney fan and a good fit with the style of the earlier releases. Just the two formats are [...]
Sneaking in just before Christmas, the third Prehistoric Life bullion coin has been added to the range just a month after the Plesiosaurus debuted. We're heading to sauropod territory this time with a species found in China that possessed a quite epic neck.Living during a part of the Jurassic Period, from 160-145 mya, the largest species reached [...]
The pill-gobbling Pacman is 40 years old and APMEX have four new coins to put in the arcade machine Given the huge size of the popular culture influence on modern coins over the last half-decade or so, it's surprising that the massive gaming market hasn't appeared more. With games now making more money than movies [...]
Extinct Predators semi-numismatic silver bullion coin series gets a boost with multiple new releases An interesting, if pricey addition to the limited mintage silver bullion market, AllCollect's 'Predator' series was an eclectic mix of subjects from the natural world, brought to life with a mix of finishes on the same face. All were one-ounce 0.999 silver coins, [...]
