Autumn marks the final big launches of 2026, and Mint XXI kicks us off with an outstanding selection of seven coins Some of the biggest independent producers have been issuing the bulk of their coins each year in four seasonal tranches, the latest of which, and the final one of the year, are the Autumn [...]
Japan is different from other countries in the way that it categorises its past. It defines periods in its history with names, and since 1868, has done so when the Emperor of Japan takes the throne. There have been five such periods since the 1868 Meiji Period commenced, with the current Reiwa period starting in 2019 with [...]
Parthava Coin releases a larger, gilded version of CITs epic three-ounce Thunder Dragon silver coin One of the best producers working today, CIT's seasonal releases are eagerly awaited by coin collectors globally, and the Winter Launch most of all. The 2026 selection was genuinelly first class, but one coin stood out for me above the [...]
Take me to your Beeder! Powercoin's second Bionic Genesis 5oz silver coin debuts, and we round-up some issues we missed Rome-based producer, Powercoin, has been extra busy of late with a flurry of new releases. We haven't covered them all, of course, as I try to spread the love around, but we're looking at their latest [...]
Classic mystery-solving board game, Cluedo, features on a new range of coins from The Royal Mint The Royal Mint has been particularly busy on the heptagonal 50 pence front of late, with coins celebrating the show 'Wicked', and the anniversary of the original Star Trek. This type of coin seems very popular in the UK particularly, [...]
Mint XXI add their own trio of silver Lunar coins for the 2027 Year of the Goat We've been covering Lunar coins a little less over the last few years, but we're always interested when a new series debuts, and that's the case with this new range of half-ounce silver coins from Mint XXI. Issued for Cameroon, [...]
T&S Coin's adds the infamous Plague Doctor to its coin portfolio, along with the goddess Themis, and a famous pair of shoes T & S Coin have added three new issues to their range, all in the two-ounce, high-relief silver coin format that they predominantly specialise in. They use a combination of antiquing, colour and gilding [...]
Pop Coins, a producer linked to Dutch producer, and site favourite, Numiscollect, have just issued the final six coins in their Zodiac Aquarelle series, and the final six in the Zodiac Goddesses series. Both are a series of twelve one-ounce silver coins released earlier this year, and both, as the name suggests, are thematic takes on [...]
Formally created by Cardinal Richelieu in 1626, the Marine Nationale (French Navy) has spent the last 400 years defending the interests of France, sometimes successfully, as it did during the American War of Independence, and sometimes not so well, as shortly after during the Napoleonic Wars with the Royal Navy. The Second World War did not give [...]
Five new releases bring the total to fifteen in Mint XXIs Art Gallery silver coin homage to the great painters Art Gallery is Mint XXIs range of proof, coloured silver coins reproducing some of the finest worls of art in history. They're large coins for their one-ounce weight at 74 x 51.8 mm, with some in [...]
