Hobo Coin launches a striking two-piece copper and silver Libertad hybrid Saint Michael and the Dragon's Hoard Hobo Coin have made some fine copper designs of late, primarily their alternate history range, which came out at around the same time we decided to add a little coverage of copper here on site. We think it has [...]
The story of the Germanic warrior Bodvar will be told in Germania Mint's new range, starting with 'Loss' Continuing to expand on their Germania World, a creation based around a historical region of Europe in the times of the Roman Empire, Germania Mint has debuted the first in a new series called 'Bõdvar Saga'. This series [...]
The wacky world of bugs is commemorated with a copper round celebrating the South Korean animated TV series, 'Larva' The animated TV show, 'Larva' debuted in 2011 in South Korea, and was an immediate hit. It tells of the misadventures of a pair of larvae, 'Yellow', a dimwitted, but ultimately happy caterpillar, and 'Red', also a [...]
KOMSCO arms the legendary Chiwoo Cheonwang with an exquisite dragon-head sword formed in 2.5 ounces of silver Purveyors of some of the most unusual silver pieces on the market today, Coin's Today, seem to have others to join them. They've long partnered with the Korean Mint, KOMSCO, and it's there that the inspiration seems to [...]
Catching up with the New Zealand Mint's popular culture coin releases from October An overdue look at the New Zealand Mint's copious popular-culture output is what we have here, and it's another good mix of the many franchises they have in their repertoire. Including such giants as Lord of the Rings, Star Wars, and Harry Potter, [...]
After last years Bitcoin homage, Mint XXI returns to the United Crypto States with a Dogecoin It's a tumultuous time for cryptocurrency, with the markets having taken a heavy battering, but it's still fighting, and still has a cultural hold, at least. Bitcoin is the big one, followed by Ethereum, but there are literally hundreds of [...]
The NZ Mint's late July releases include horror movies, Harry Potter, Batman, and a yellow bird who tawt he taw a puddy-tat... In our second catch-up of New Zealand Mint popular-culture releases, we have the usual selection of Chibi, Harry Potter, DC Comics, Star Wars, and more, encompassing a decent selection of styles and formats. There [...]
Today sees the debut of the second issue in the New Zealand Mint's new 'Game of Thrones' range. The range kicked off last month with a coloured medallion carrying the banner of House Targaryen, the family soon to star in their own television show 'House of the Dragon. For the second release, we have a wholly more unusual [...]
The New Zealand Mint expands offering in most of its licenced coin franchises, including the debut of Game of Thrones After our catch-up of Mint of Poland releases yesterday, we're doing the same for another popular mint whose output exceeds our ability to keep up with otherwise. Popular culture coins have a huge collector market of [...]
Solidarity with Ukraine! Monnaie de Paris launches a medal with 80% of proceeds going to the Red Cross. Go buy them! Predicated on a whole pack of lies, Putin's invasion of Ukraine is one of the most illogical and unnecessary wars in modern history. That this disturbing individual and his cronies can force a conflict between [...]
