Feral to Friendly Cats 2oz silver coin (2025 Melbourne Coins)

By |2025-09-23T09:35:40+01:00September 23rd, 2025|Categories: Quicklooks, Nature, Inserts, Silver, Melbourne Coin Co., Niue Island|

Melbourne Coins & Collectables Co. are bringing their eclectic sense of style to the ever popular world of moggies with a coin called 'From Feral to Friendly'. As you can deduce from that title, it's all about the link between our (semi) domesticated pets, and the equally magnificent animals that dominate ecosystems around much of the world.Cats [...]

Art Mint continues its numismatic romp through the great ancient civilisations, with a look at the early Chinese dynasties

By |2025-07-08T16:17:46+01:00July 8th, 2025|Categories: History, Art Mint, Coloured, Inserts, Silver, Cameroon|

Art Mint continues its numismatic romp through the great ancient civilisations, with a look at the early Chinese dynasties Art Mint's terrific romp through the ancient world continues with the issue of the fourth of the seven in their two-ounce silver coin series. We've already seen the Sumerian, Indus, and Egyptian civilisations showcased, and now [...]

The prehistoric world clashes with modernity with PMC’s latest silver coin, Clash of the Eras – Jurassic

By |2025-06-13T15:04:46+01:00May 30th, 2025|Categories: History, Inserts, Silver, Niue Island, Precious Metal Collectors|

The prehistoric world clashes with modernity with PMC's latest silver coin, Clash of the Eras - Jurassic We love a dino coin around here, and designs that embrace an off-centre approach will always draw a little extra attention, so Precious Metal Collector's latest issue was of particular interest. It asks the question, "What happens if dinosaurs [...]

The Red Horse is the Second Seal of the Apocalypse, in Carpathian Mint’s high-relief silver coin series

By |2025-05-29T19:06:09+01:00May 29th, 2025|Categories: History, Inserts, Silver, Carpathian Mint, Niue Island|

The Red Horse is the Second Seal of the Apocalypse, in Carpathian Mint's high-relief silver coin series Not one of the cheeriest stories in the Bible, the Book of Revelation, also called the Book of the Apocalypse (spoiler alert!), is the final book in the New Testament, and dated to around 95 CE. In Revelation chapters [...]

Mint XXI dishes up the second wave of its Spring launch, with planets, berserkers, and fine art on the menu

By |2025-05-07T17:48:06+01:00May 7th, 2025|Categories: History, Nature, Coloured, People, Science, Inserts, Silver, Cameroon, MintXXI|

Mint XXI dishes up the second wave of its Spring launch, with planets, berserkers, and fine art on the menu For 2025, Mint XXI have split their Spring Launch into two, and we've already covered some of the first wave, including this gorgeous Mermaid issue, and now we have the second, larger batch. The coins [...]

The Carpathian Mint adds Barbarians to its Woman Warriors series of 2 oz silver coins, the fifth to date.

By |2025-02-27T14:07:46+00:00February 27th, 2025|Categories: History, Inserts, Silver, Carpathian Mint, Niue Island|

The Carpathian Mint adds Barbarians to its Woman Warriors series of 2 oz silver coins, the fifth to date. Despite the backlash to Hollywood's ridiculous creation of female heroes beating up men three times their size, over recent years, the fact remains that woman have made formidable warriors throughout historical lore, and even in reality. [...]

The Lithuanian Mint goes from 1850’s California, to the Roaring 1920’s of New York with two new Liberian high-relief silver coins

By |2025-02-21T14:41:39+00:00February 21st, 2025|Categories: Art & Literature, History, Inserts, Silver, Liberia, Lithuanian Mint|

The Lithuanian Mint goes from 1850's California, to the Roaring 1920's of New York with two new Liberian high-relief silver coins We've long been partial to the Lithuanian Mint, especially for their eclectic designs, often emanating from the creative minds of local artists, like the superb 'World of Cryptids' series, and the pretty 'Elements' series. [...]

Two fine producers, the Lithuanian Mint, and Le Grand Mint, team up for a high-relief depiction of the four seasons

By |2025-02-03T16:08:06+00:00February 3rd, 2025|Categories: Art & Literature, Inserts, Silver, Liberia, Le Grand Mint, Lithuanian Mint|

Two fine producers, the Lithuanian Mint, and Le Grand Mint, team up for a high-relief depiction of the four seasons Spring, summer, autumn and winter - the four seasons that make up the cycle of our planet - have long been a popular trope in the artistic world, and numismatics are no different. The latest offering [...]

Berlin WMF 25: Time and space, along with a little death, mark our second look at Mint XXI’s latest winter launch

By |2025-01-23T23:27:23+00:00January 23rd, 2025|Categories: Art & Literature, Culture, Nature, Coloured, Gilded, Science, Inserts, Silver, Cameroon, Ghana, MintXXI|

Berlin WMF 25: Time and space, along with a little death, mark our second look at Mint XXI's latest winter launch After yesterday's look at three of the new coins from Mint XXI's winter release in time for the Berlin World Money Fair, we're back for another three, and this time, it's a solitary addition to [...]

Representing the Fire Elemental, the Salamander concludes Art Mint’s four issue Elementals silver coin series

By |2025-01-17T21:01:06+00:00January 17th, 2025|Categories: Art & Literature, Art Mint, Coloured, Inserts, Silver, Cameroon|

Representing the Fire Elemental, the Salamander concludes Art Mint's four issue Elementals silver coin series Art Mint's four-coin showcase of the four elements of earth, air, fire and water, concludes with the elemental associated with fire. This pretty series is based around the ideas postulated by the 16th century Swiss physician, alchemist-philosopher, Paracelsus, created during the [...]

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