Winnie the Pooh is 100, and the Royal Mint debuts the first in a three-coin collection celebrating the anniversary The Royal Mint continues its expansive run of pop-culture fifty pence coins with the debut of the first in a new three-coin collection celebrating the centennial anniversary of A.A. Milne's classic children's tale, Winnie the Pooh. Published [...]
In mid-December, T & S Coin, launched their first coin featuring the lunar cycle. It was a two-ounce silver coin, with antique finishing, colour, and high-relief. Over the last year, this producer has dabbled with some gold versions of select silver coins from their portfolio, usually with tiny mintages, and in at least two sizes. The gold [...]
Great Engravers returns for a seventh dive into Britain's extensive numismatic past with the William IV Crown One of the Royal Mint's premier series, Great Engravers draws from this aged organisation's extensive history to reproduce some of the finest designs, from its most talented artists, that have graced its portfolio. With such names as Benedetto [...]
The Nautical Ounce bullion coin series hits the decade mark with the four-masted barque, Kruzenshtern A favourite of the bullion coin calendar since its debut in 2017, Numistrade’s Nautical Ounce range showcases some of the most famous sailing vessels of the last millennium. They're issued for Rwanda, ironically a land-locked country. It started with the Santa [...]
I know we keep saying it, but the meteoric rise in the price of gold is going to bring changes to the collectible coin market. First amongst these will be a transition to smaller formats, with the traditional favourite one-ounce coin closing in on $5000 USD in bullion form, it's clear that the number of collectors in [...]
The magnificent Concorde supersonic aircraft is celebrated 50 years later on a new coin from The Royal Mint One of the most beautiful aircraft to ever take to the skies, certainly the most elegant airliner ever built, Concorde was a joint Anglo-French project to create a supersonic passenger jet. Remarkably, work began just 17 years [...]
The Royal Mint continues to celebrate the historic link between the UK and the US with its latest The Lion and the Eagle bullion range The Royal Mint has been knocking it out of the park of late, with a succession of excellent bullion designs, including an outstanding Count Dracula, the continuation of the Tudor Beasts, [...]
MDM Wholesale adds their own twist to the minigold market, with a 12-coin collection of spirit animals in the 1/200 oz format Continuing our peek into the ever-growing minigold market, in which we've already covered the differing approaches of Silver Pours, and Germania Mint, we look at the latest release from MDM Wholesale. The German [...]
Silver Pours expands its gold offerings with a timely range of 1/1000th ounce minigold coins with a wide range of themes With the price of gold reaching stratospheric levels, and the average person's finances getting squeezed from seemingly every direction, the coin collector is having a tough time finding affordable gold. This week, we'll have a [...]
I know the Sovereign has its hardcore collectors, and this one should have some appeal if you track one down. PRESS RELEASE: The Royal Mint, the United Kingdom’s official maker of coins, and Piraeus Bank, Greece’s leading financial institution, announce the launch of a limited-edition Gold Sovereign featuring a discreet «ΕΛ» privy mark. Struck in 22-carat gold, [...]
