The Royal Mint employs the talents of John Mercanti with The Lion and the Eagle, a nod to the US/UK relationship We've all heard about the 'Special Relationship' that exists between the United States, and the United Kingdom, two nations, who over the last three centuries, have been amongst the most powerful in history. However close [...]
The Czech Mint rounds out the second of three sets of four Second World War tank coins with the fearsome Panther In 2022, the Czech Mint debuted a new four-coin series featuring one of my favourite thing - tanks. This isn't a popular subject in numismatic circles, with military hardware seemingly less popular than ever, [...]
It's been a century since the death of pioneer, Gustave Eiffel, and the Monnaie de Paris remembers in gold and silver Gustave Eiffel (1832–1923) was a French engineer and architect renowned for designing the iconic Eiffel Tower in Paris, one of the world's most recognisable landmarks. Born in Dijon, France, Eiffel initially studied chemistry but [...]
"Nooo, Mr Bond, I expect you to buy!". The Royal Mint celebrates six decades of 007 with Little Nellie. Last year saw the 60th anniversary of the first of the serious James Bond movies, back in 1962 when Dr. No debuted to widespread critical acclaim, creating legions of fans that persist to this day. The [...]
It's a snake. It lives in Australia. Those two facts should give you pause for thought, as it's highly likely a nip from it will have you meeting your maker. That is indeed the case, and the Tiger Snake (the name is a clue!), sports a venom consisting of, not just neurotoxins, but also coagulants, haemolysins, [...]
The Perth Mints anticipated Lunar Series III bullion coin series returns with the most popular entry of them all - the dragon Back with a fifth release on their third journey through the twelve animals in the lunar calendar, the Perth Mint has today launched the much anticipated 2024 Dragon coin in their Lunar Series [...]
CIT Autumn Launch Day: A riot of colour, high-relief, the natural world, history and science. And Cowboys... Never ones to disappoint, CIT today launch their last seasonal batch of new releases for 2023, and as always, it's a varied, and very high quality mix of styles and designs for all budgets. Some of the old series [...]
A perennial classic, the Raymond Briggs classic children's tale, The Snowman, has adorned a Christmas fifty pence coin at the Royal Mint since 2018. Not one of the more extravagant ranges, it's always been a simple affair, with a gold proof, a coloured silver proof, and a pair of base-metal coins, and so it is for 2023.. [...]
The New Zealand Mint's 'trading coin' concept makes the jump from Star Wars to Marvel, with 51 new coins Just a couple of months ago, we reported on a new concept issued by the New Zealand Mint. Called Mint Trading Coins, they basically take the age-old swapping idea from baseball and bubblegum cards, and applies [...]
Born in Jamaica in 1805, Mary Jane Seacole was the daughter of a Scottish officer in the British Army, and spent most of her first 50 years in the Caribbean, and in Central America, often providing nursing assistance in the region. She found her way in 1855, to the Crimean War, where she opened an establishment to aid [...]
