The light aircraft carrier, HMAS Sydney, is showcased on Melbourne Coins big new copper release In 1942, at the height of the Second World War, the under-pressure Royal Navy issued a requirement for a Light Fleet Carrier. These were designed to pack a greater punch than the escort carriers, but be easier and cheaper to [...]
A first issue from T&S Coin, an addition to the Royal Mint's Tudor Beast's series, and fractional Germania coins bump up bullion choice It's been a while since we did a round-up of the bullion market, as they involve a lot of work in collating and optimising images for the site, but I've concentrated on three [...]
Hobo Coin launches a striking two-piece copper and silver Libertad hybrid Saint Michael and the Dragon's Hoard Hobo Coin have made some fine copper designs of late, primarily their alternate history range, which came out at around the same time we decided to add a little coverage of copper here on site. We think it has [...]
The story of the Germanic warrior Bodvar will be told in Germania Mint's new range, starting with 'Loss' Continuing to expand on their Germania World, a creation based around a historical region of Europe in the times of the Roman Empire, Germania Mint has debuted the first in a new series called 'Bõdvar Saga'. This series [...]
Mint of MK and Silver Pours bring the blind box concept to miniature firearm coins in copper and silver Over the last few years, we've seen a huge uptick in the number of miniature weapon coins and rounds hitting the market. There's a great mix of modern guns, historical blades, and lots of fantasy releases, and [...]
Hobo Coin have done some sterling work with copper rounds of late, releasing some very interesting alt-future-past designs across two series. Their latest issue is completely different in theme, and will surely have considerable appeal to the more traditional numismatic collector.Called Italia, it features on its reverse face the national personification of Italy, Italia Turrita, the latter name [...]
Hobo Coin's neat copper round mash-up of historical figures and cyborg technology, continues on with the release of the fourth in the 'Future in the Past' series. This time, there's quite the change in design ethos, with the simple portrait on the reverse, and the symbolism on the obverse, giving way to some action-packed dynamism. The end [...]
Hobo Coins appear to have had much success with their 'Future in the Past' range of copper rounds, mixing historical figures with futuristic alternate-reality themes, and that series is now three issues old. Joining it is the first in a whole new series called 'Future in the Myth'. Very similar in concept, and identical [...]
A series that really piqued our interest in copper numismatics in the latter half of this year has now debuted its third issue. The series, called Future in the Past, features famous figures and their civilisations from the ancient period, and gives them a modern twist, almost part Cyberpunk, and part Steampunk. The series debuted with [...]
We took a detour from the usual silver and gold to have a look at a cool copper round from Hobo Coins, one that featured an alternative history look at Ancient Rome by melding it with high-tech elements. That was the first release in a series called ‘Future in the Past’, and the one featured here, Tutankhamun, [...]
