CIT added another pair of shaped minigold coins to their Golden Highlights series as part of their Autumn Launch, which brings the range up to just shy of 50 issues to date, a landmark we expect them to hit by mid-2025. This little half-gram gold coins have been perpetually popular over the years, with many mints [...]
The Town-class cruiser, and famous museum ship, HMS Belfast, is showcased on the Royal Mint's latest gold and silver coin Displacing 11,550 tons, and reaching 166.99 metres in length, the Town-class light cruiser, HMS Belfast, has become an icon of the modern London experience, sitting anchored close to Tower Bridge, and the Tower of London, as [...]
The Royal Mint adds a ninth British star to their Music Legends series, and it's the legendary ex-Beatle, Paul McCartney The Royal Mints popular Music Legends range continues today with the launch of the ninth in the series to date. A wide range of proof formats make up the series, in both gold and silver, [...]
It's animals all round for our latest bullion coin round-up (Week 46, 2024) A day late, as I spent most of yesterday updating guides and profiles (and losing the will to live in the process...), here's our fortnightly look at new bullion coins. There are just the four this week, but a decent variety nevertheless, [...]
The Czech Mint’s three-year, twelve-coin, showcasing the of the great tanks of the Second World War, has, sadly, come to an end with the release of the final design, the Soviet IS-2 heavy. The coins have been released four per year, one each from the Soviet Union, Britain, the US, and Germany, and in 1oz silver, and [...]
The Royal Australian Mint brings the nations biggest icon back with Desert Life, the 31st issue in the Kangaroo Series One of the grand old ladies of the modern numismatic world, the Royal Australian Mint's 'Kangaroo Series', debuted back in 1993, and has enjoyed an annual run since then. Designs have been highly variable, made easier [...]
CIT's Autumn Launch is headlined by excellent Aztec Empire, and Great Wall of China designs. Here's the videos of the launch. The fourth and final release of 2024 for CIT is their Autumn Launch, which is traditionally one of the quietest of the year. There are 11 new issues in this batch, with 2 of them [...]
Elephants, pandas, dinosaurs, silkpunk, Slavic myths, and eagles star in a wide selection for our latest bullion coin round-up (Week 44, 2024) As promised, we're back with another Wednesday collection of new bullion issues. We're going to settle on one of these every two weeks, rather than weekly, to keep the number of coins per post [...]
The pantheon of Norse gods are featured on a new range of minted bars in gold and silver at The Royal Mint There seems to be an increasing interest in cast and minted bars from the major mints, as well as from independent producers, and the Royal Mint has shown a particular penchant for the minted [...]
The Royal Mint launches Steppe Mammoth, the first of three 50p coins in its latest foray into the prehistoric world There's no finer start to a week than a prehistoric animal coin, and it's The Royal Mint doing the honours this time around. The mint's 'Tales of the Earth' program started in 2020 with a series [...]
