The Titanic hit an iceberg 110 years ago, and CIT and the Mint of Poland issue very different coins to mark the event Probably the most famous shipwreck in history, the tragic tale of Titanic's maiden voyage has become the stuff of legend, featuring in countless movies, TV series, and books, as well as starring in [...]
The NZ Mint dominates our latest TV/Film coin round-up with a Star Wars Battle Scenes series, Lord of the Rings, and Pinocchio Our second round-up of film and television themed coins this month, as the flood of issues continues unabated. The New Zealand Mint is here in numbers, of course, along with APMEX and the Crown [...]
Launching in 2018, the Perth Mint’s striking Rectangular Dragon bullion coin series was a pretty departure from the mints typical nature-themed ranges. Available in both gold and silver forms, each an ounce in weight, they carry a new design every year, with quite some variation in artistic style. The 2022 design by Monique Reeves is a fine one, [...]
The Czech Mint tells the story of Europe's journey to the New World with its 'Discovery of America' coin series We've long been fans of the Czech Mints numerous small series of coins themed around everything from nature, to literature, with a fair bit of history thrown in for good measure. Examples, like their Inventions of Leonardo, [...]
A series as old as AgAuNEWS is, Tokelau Sealife continues with a ninth silver release, and a third gold one. Why the difference? In 2020, the series moved away from its originator, Treasures of Oz, and on to APMEX, and with it came a change in design, and the addition of the gold variant, also an ounce in [...]
Our early April round-up of the latest film/TV coins is here. Star Wars, Marvel, DC Comics, and Star Trek Time for another of our attempts to stay on top of the ongoing tsunami of TV and film themed coin releases, and also to catch up with the prolific New Zealand Mint, who almost exclusively stick to this [...]
The bullion coins keep coming! Our March roundup includes a wide range of subjects from around the world Okay, this round-up was planned to come out yesterday, but as usual, I bit off more than I could chew again, and we ended up adding more and more coins to it. The bullion coin market continues to [...]
The Royal Mint's 'British Monarchs Collection' adds the 17th century monarch, James I as its second numismatic homage Never one to shy away from a multi-coin, multi-year release programme, the Royal Mint has issued some superb series over the last decade, with the Queen's Beasts standing out as a prime example. Even so, the 21-coin, 5-year [...]
The East India Company debuts its second annual Trade Dollar with an homage to Britannia in bullion and proof The East India Company (EIC) launched the debut coin in a new series last year, one that draws inspiration from the old 'trade dollar' concept. These were coins of a set weight that were used around the [...]
It's March, and time for one of our Film and Television themed coin round-ups We had a few weeks away from our film and television coin round-ups, but that doesn't mean they didn't just keep coming! The genre remains a hugely popular one, and it shows no signs of easing off anytime soon. To be fair, [...]
