The East India Company marks the 250th anniversary of the Boston Tea Party with a new proof coin range The Boston Tea Party, that took place on December 16, 1773, was a protest organized by the Sons of Liberty, a group of American colonists, against the British government's imposition of a tax on tea. Disguised as [...]
Star Wars comes to the home of the Empire! The Royal Mint debuts the famous droids on three coins (UPDATED) In what is very surprising news, the Royal Mint here in the UK is debuting the first in a new range of Star Wars coins. The franchise has a long association with the UK, with the original [...]
The Royal Australian Mint expands its bullion offerings with a selection of nature-themed designs in gold and silver One of the most underrated bullion coin producers around has released a new tranche of coins in their numerous series, culminating today with the fifth in their Dolphins range. The Royal Australian Mint has increased its investment coin [...]
The Royal Mint's celebration of British Music Legends continues with Dame Shirley Bassey, the sixth in the series With a line-up to date that has included such luminaries as Queen, Elton John, David Bowie, The Rolling Stones, and The Who., the Royal Mint's 'Music Legends' series more than lives up to its name. The sixth coin [...]
In a surprising move, Scottsdale Mint adds a second issue to it's Chad Scorpion bullion series after a five year hiatus It seems that Scottsdale Mint is diving back into its catalogue to rekindle interest in bullion series that carried unfulfilled potential. The Deathstalker Scorpion, issued for the African nation the Republic of Chad, back in [...]
Another perennial favourite of the bullion calendar, the Perth Mint's 'Australian Emu', is back with a sixth annual release in both one-ounce 0.9999 silver, and one-ounce 0.9999 gold. Launched in 2018, it was exclusively distributed by European dealer, Metal Market EU, something that remains the case to this day. Like many limited mintage series around today, especially from [...]
The Royal Mint launches the full Sovereign Collection to celebrate His Majesty The King’s Coronation A quick heads-up that today sees the debut of another special Sovereign, a long-running icon of the numismatic world. We see a few of these, as the Royal Mint often uses special variants to denote historic events, and it doesn't get [...]
The seventh in the Royal Mint's 'British Monarchs' series adds the Charles II portrait by legendary engraver John Roettiers Release number seven in the Royal Mint's 21-coin, 5-year 'British Monarchs Collection', welcomes Charles II, joining Charles I and III in appearing on a coin in the series, although the latter in just obverse effigy form. A [...]
Despite our desire for a little break from covering bullion coins, after a swathe of them hit us over the last ten days, they continue to come, so I guess here we are. Fortunately, it's yet another good one, continuing what has been a golden age for limited mintage bullion going back over the last few years. One [...]
No sooner than covering 20 new bullion coins and looking forward to a break, another one comes out. Scottsdale Mint seems to be on a mission to get up to date on 2022 issues, and the Ghana-issued 'African Leopard' is the next in line. Launched in 2017 in silver form, there's been a new design every year since, [...]
