In the final weeks on 2025, Powercoin, one of the more imaginative producers out there, released one of their unusual coins upon the collectors market. Called The Hidden Deck, it was shaped as if a playing card, but not just one fresh out of the deck, it was crumpled up. Enhanced with some perfectly placed antiquing that [...]
March was a varied month for pop-culture coin icons, Agoro, and April looks set to continue the diverse line-up Another round-up of the latest pop-culture releases from the kings of the genre, Agoro (the collectible arm of the New Zealand Mint), and it's a mix of the usual big names like Star Wars and Marvel, [...]
The Axe of Ganesha is Spectres latest foray into weapon-shaped coins, and it's an extravagant one When you have lots of arms, you get to carry a lot of stuff, and that applies perfectly to the Hindu deity, Ganesha. The elephant-headed god is one of the most beloved in the Hindu pantheon, and known for his four [...]
POP Coins premium 'NEO' range expands into its Egyptian Heritage series with the launch of the high-relief Anubis Kings of the affordable, ultra-low mintage silver coin, POP Coins, launched their first NEO coin last November, featuring a high-relief version of the Velociraptor design from the Jurassic Life range. That was a two-ounce coin, and now they've [...]
Germania Mint joins the prehistoric genre after a long absence with the Cave Lion, debuting the new Megafauna coin series While most of Europe is devoid of formidable apex predators today, that certainly wasn't the case for our ancestors, who had to deal with an impressive variety of capable predators. Chief amongst those was Panthera spelaea, [...]
PAMP marks the 75th anniversary of the iconic Fender Telecaster with guitar-shaped, seven variant, mystery box silver coin Released to the same concept as the Stratocaster 70th Anniversary mystery box range in 2024, the 2026 issue celebrates the 75th anniversary of the equally iconic Fender guitar, the Telecaster. These are one-ounce proof-like silver coins, shaped and [...]
Born in 1885 in Kent, Malcolm Campbell grew up to have an obsession with speed after discovering the joys of motorbikes while working in Germany. He also had a talent for it, winning the 1906, 1907, and 1908 London to Land's End trials. He migrated to cars, entering races from 1910 at the world-famous Brooklands track, before [...]
Art Mint's 'Seven Ancient Civilisations' 2oz silver coin collection jumps across the Atlantic to the Mesoamerican Maya culture After wandering through the Middle East and Asia, Art Mint's excellent Seven Ancient Civilisations series jumps over the Atlantic for its one and only visit to the Americas. The Mayan civilisation has its roots around 2,000 BCE, [...]
Comic book child rebel, Dennis the Menace, celebrates 75 years with a new issue from The Royal Mint We wouldn't normally cover two fifty pence coins from The Royal Mint so close together, but this one snuck up on us just a few days after we covered the new Winnie-the-Pooh release, and the truth is, [...]
The artistic process has a personification, as the Queen of Creativity rides in on Le Grand Mint's latest silver coin The latest coin from Le Grand Mint has just launched, and is one of the modern classical designs they've built a reputation producing in recent years, with releases such as Freya, for example. That coin was [...]
