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 [...]
CIT release their 2026 Summer Launch, and we have a look at the new smartminted wildlife themed coins The Summer Launch season, inextricably linked to the big ANA Show in the United States, is the second biggest after Winter, itself tied to the World Money Fair in Berlin. Three or four of the biggest producers issue [...]
Mint XXI debut seven new silver coins in its Summer Launch, including Richard the Lionheart, and the penultimate Way to Valhalla issue With the ANA Show rapidly approaching, the big producers are setting out their wares with a selection of new coins. One we always particularly look forward to is Mint XXI, who have, over the [...]
The penultimate silver coin in Art Mint's impressive 'Seven Ancient Civilisations' series showcases the Greeks First coming to prominence in the 12th century BCE, at a time known as the Greek Dark Ages, and surviving until the accepted end date of classical antiquity (600 CE), Ancient Greece spent most of this time as a loose conglomeration [...]
Homer's 2,800 year old epic poem, 'The Odyssey', hasn't just launched a hit film, its hero inspired a new silver coin Composed of 24 passages, and written by the Greek poet Homer over 28 centuries ago, the Odyssey is an epic poem. It tells the story of the return home from the Trojan War of the [...]
Powercoin continues its award-winning Camouflage of Nature with a superbly stylised tiger silver coin The third in Powercoin's awesome 'Camouflage of Nature' series launches today, and continues with a second big cat, always a popular subject. The series debuted in 2023 with a stunning Zebra coin, later joined by a five-ounce gilded version, which was [...]
After releasing a superb, but expensive, dinosaur coin just a couple of weeks ago, the Royal Canadian Mint has issued a dino coin with a more affordable price tag, and it's one that also employs the considerable talents of Canadian palaeoartist Julius Csotonyi. As you can see, the inimitable T. Rex is back in the spotlight, [...]
Holy Knights is an 8-coin look at the Christian Chivalric Orders that shaped the medieval period, starting with the Jerusalem Knights 'Thou shalt not kill' may well be a core tenet of Christianity, but that didn't stop medieval military orders popping up all over Europe with the express intention of doing just that. After the [...]
Dinosaurs are back at the Royal Canadian Mint, along with butterfly and native turtle coins, just like July at the Perth Mint Like the Perth Mint yesterday, it's also been a while since we featured new coins from the Royal Canadian Mint, but again, they're back on the AgAuRadar moving forward. In a quirk of coin [...]
