Scottsdale Mint's unique hewned-edge Egyptian Relics series returns with the frog-headed god, Kek Absolutely one of our all-time favourite bullion coin series, the 'Egyptian Relics' series, and its counterparts, have matched some neat visual quirks with the perfect subject for them. Using the art of carved hieroglyphics common throughout the Egyptian empires of antiquity, they're placed [...]
The Perth Mint's pretty Australian Swan bullion coin returns with a seventh design in gold and silver As one of the first in the Perth Mint's new wave of lower mintage bullion coin series, the Australian Swan was a huge hit on its release back in 2017. Maintaining the signature style defined over many years by [...]
Scottsdale Mint revives it's 2019 Cameroon Cheetah bullion coin, expanding the range to three formats In amongst the seemingly countless designs in our round-up of Scottsdale Mint's bullion series, we have a small section simply titled 'Solo Releases'. These are issues not in a series, and only available in a single format. In amongst them is [...]
The East India Company celebrates the coronation of King Charles III with a gold guinea in five sizes Producer of some quite beautiful, traditionally styled coins, the East India Company is at it again with their contribution to the growing numismatic celebration of the coronation of King Charles III. Taking place on the 6th May, the [...]
We know the Sovereign is a real collector favourite, with special variants snapped up quickly, so the news that the Royal Mint will strike a special limited run on 06 May, the day of the coronation of King Charles II, will no doubt cause a buying frenzy, especially with its crowned effigy on the obverse. Spec-wise it's a [...]
The Royal Mint reveals its celebratory coronation range in gold and silver ahead of the Coronation on 6 May With the coronation of King Charles III less than a month away, it was clear that the Royal Mint wasn't going to let an event so rare and important pass without numismatic commemoration. Today sees the unveiling [...]
Along with their Robert Lewandowski, and The Witcher series, both extensive in scope, the Mint of Gdańsk recently added the seminal Polish science-fiction author, Stanislaw Lem to its portfolio. A quartet of quite superb silver coins kicked off the programme, with the promise of a pair of gold coins, and a pair of silver coin statues to come. The [...]
The New Zealand Mint expands its offerings in the pop-culture coin genre, and there's more to come It's been a while since we did a multi-coin look at the copious output emanating from the New Zealand Mint, although we have been covering quite a few in our Quicklooks of late. We know the whole pop-culture and [...]
Having a bad Monday? Mellow out with a cow, or swim with a penguin on the Royal Australian Mint's new bullion coins Not one, but two new bullion coins have dropped at the Royal Australian Mint today, one a continuation of an existing series, the other the first in a new one. The all-new range is [...]
Myths and Legends at the Royal Mint continues with the wizard Merlin, the second in the Arthurian Legend subseries Earlier this year, the Royal Mint's Myths's and Legends bullion coin series made a couple of big changes, moving from the legend of Robin Hood to the legend of Camelot for its next trilogy of releases, and also [...]
