Bullion round-up 16: Ships on the water, superheroes under it, bulls, leopards and the arcade classic Dig-Dug Welcome to our sixteenth bullion coin round-up since we started doing these, and the second in March. It's been a busy month for new issues, and the selection of designs and formats continues to impress. We'd hoped to [...]
Muhammad Ali, that tour-de-force of boxing, hits the bullion world with a new range of coins One of the most instantly recognisable athletes in world history, not just in his own sport, but in any of them, Muhammad Ali delighted boxing fans for decades. Known for his combination of skill and power in the ring, and [...]
The Royal Mint wraps up its four-coin tribute to Harry Potter with a view of the legendary school, Hogwart's Today sees the Royal Mint wrap up its four-coin series of coins celebrating the 25th anniversary of J. K. Rowling's ultra-popular Harry Potter novels, specifically the publication of Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone. We've already seen [...]
The Royal Mint's 'Great Engravers' returns with a fifth issue, and it's the Petition Crown, a real British numismatic rarityt The fifth in the Royal Mint's hit 'Great Engravers' series features a reproduction of a coin with an almost mythical reputation. The Petition Crown, A pattern coin designed in 1663 by Thomas Simon, a noted [...]
King Charles I joins King Charles III on the sixth in the Royal Mint's 'British Monarchs' proof coin series The Royal Mint's 21-coin, 5-year 'British Monarchs Collection', bringing back to life classic coin designs from British history, returns with a sixth issue, and it's from the Stuart dynasty this time. Covering the Tudor, Stuart, Hanover, and [...]
The Royal Mint's flagship Britannia proof coin range for 2023 debuts in a full range of sizes and in silver, gold, and platinum The 2023 proof Britannia range, arguably the Royal Mint's flagship product, has debuted today, with an all-new design by Jonathan Olliffe, and using the effigy of King Charles III by Martin Jennings. As [...]
King of the 0.5 gram minigold coin, CIT, recently added a 45th issue to their varied 'Golden Highlights' range. The tiny minigold format has carved out a decently sized niche in the modern numismatic market, and we think that's likely to continue if the price of gold rises again. A very affordable way to buy gold, even though [...]
The Royal Mint's Tudor Beasts welcomes the Bull of Clarence to its ranks, the fourth issue to date Tudor Beast's returns with the Bull of Clarence. The spiritual successor to the Royal Mint's 'Queen's Beasts' series, this is the fourth in a ten-coin, five-year series, made up of proof gold and silver coins in various formats, [...]
Bullion round-up 15: Batman, birds, dragons, scientists, monkeys, and a Slavic sea spirit, Does it get more varied than that! Part two is here, although we called it round-up 15 for clarity, and there's another varied selection from around the world. The Komodo Dragon literally just came out, and barely scraped in, but it's a great [...]
Bullion round-up 14: Germania, Czechia, Slovakia, & South Africa get fine new issues, and there's the snake of your worst nightmares Our latest bullion coin round-up is actually the first of two parts, as there are just so many of them to look at in a single post. The other part should be up either [...]
