Korean sport of Taekwondo returns on a second silver bullion round with a dramatic fistbump

By |2020-02-07T18:14:27+00:00February 7th, 2020|Categories: Bullion, Medallion, Sport, KOMSCO, South Korea|

Korean sport of Taekwondo returns on a second silver bullion round with a dramatic fist-bump While it is the Chiwoo Cheonwang that is the most widely known issue from the Korean Mint, KOMSCO, they do maintain a neat selection of series highlighting various elements of Korean culture and history. Starting in 2019, it was [...]

Legendary Japanese warrior Uesagi Kenshin starts Truney P.M.’s new three coin Sengoku inspired set

By |2019-11-14T14:16:12+00:00November 14th, 2019|Categories: History, Gilded, People, Medallion, Silver, Truney|

Legendary Japanese warrior Uesagi Kenshin starts Truney P.M.'s new three coin Sengoku inspired set It's good to see an increased amount of interest in the ancient and medieval worlds that isn't centred on Europe and the Mediterranean Sea. After years of Greek, Roman and Egyptian themed subjects taking the lions share of numismatic [...]

Famous Dutch tattoo artist ‘Hanky Panky’ is celebrated on a striking new medallion

By |2019-05-28T10:37:33+01:00May 27th, 2019|Categories: Bi-Metallic, People, Medallion, Koninklijke Nederlandse|

Famous Dutch tattoo artist 'Hanky Panky' is celebrated on a striking new medallion Kurt Cobain, Robbie Williams, Adam Levine, Lady Gaga, Lemmy Kilmister, Pearl Jam and the Red Hot Chili Peppers make a list of big name talent that any artist would love on their CV. Dutch tattoo artist Henk Schiffmacher, affectionately [...]

He said he’d be back. Terminator returns with a Genisys silver round from Stardust Silver

By |2017-02-20T14:50:09+00:00February 20th, 2017|Categories: Coloured, Movies & TV, Medallion, Silver, Stardust Silver|

He said he'd be back. Terminator returns with a Genisys silver round from Stardust Silver With a numismatic market as diverse and quick moving as the one we have today, we made the decision early on to limit our coverage to precious metal coins. In spite of that, we do occasionally cover a [...]

Czech Mint remembers dissident President Vaclav Havel with new medal set

By |2016-11-05T06:30:21+00:00October 12th, 2016|Categories: Gold, People, Medallion, Silver, Czech Republic, Czech Mint|

Czech Mint remembers dissident President Vaclav Havel with new medal set We don't generally cover medallions here, but never let it be said we ignore the unusual niche on the odd occasion. This new set of three medals, available in either gold or silver, has been struck by the [...]

The Dutch welcome Trix the T-Rex with a glowing silver medallion

By |2016-11-05T06:30:28+00:00September 13th, 2016|Categories: Nature, Medallion, Silver, Koninklijke Nederlandse|

The Dutch welcome Trix the T-Rex with a glowing silver medallion We don't normally cover medals here, there's only so much time in the world, but we do make exceptions for the odd stand-out. The Koninklijke Nederlandse Munt, based in the Netherlands, have just launched a new one struck [...]

The Terminator is back in two ounce silver version of last years hit

By |2016-11-05T06:30:36+00:00August 16th, 2016|Categories: Movies & TV, Medallion, Silver, Stardust Silver, Sunshine Mint|

I'LL BE BACK... TERMINATOR 2 (oz) VERSION OF LAST YEARS HIT ROUND DEBUTS Last year, Stardust Silver debuted their first in a five piece series of silver rounds featuring The Terminator, or as Arnie likes to say it, Tha Tuurrrmeenayta. Sci-Fi has been a big subject in numismatics for [...]

WMF 2016: Royal Mint shows a stunning medallion with a mintage of……TWO

By |2016-11-05T06:31:18+00:00February 8th, 2016|Categories: Art & Literature, Gilded, Medallion, Silver, Royal Mint|

Tucked away in the glass display in the Royal Mint stand at the 2016 World Money Fair in Berlin, was a medallion. So what you may say, we don't collect medals. You're probably right if my inbox is any indication. Let me be honest, unless AgAuNEWS is suddenly the in-place for Russian Oligarchs, Middle [...]

The Terminator is the latest sci-fi franchise to hit silver with a new round from Stardust Silver

By |2016-11-05T06:31:32+00:00November 4th, 2015|Categories: Movies & TV, Medallion, Silver, Stardust Silver|

With Star Wars, Star Trek, Thunderbirds and Back to the Future all hitting the coin world over the last few weeks, we decided to bend our coin-only rules a little and cover a recent release featuring another of the sci-fi worlds great icons, the Terminator. Released in 1984 and rapidly becoming one of the [...]

Benedetto Pistrucci’s magnificent Waterloo medal finally struck 200 years after the battle

By |2016-11-05T06:32:00+00:00June 8th, 2015|Categories: History, Medallion, Silver, Royal Mint, United Kingdom|

One of the many commemorations taking place this year, the Battle of Waterloo was every bit as important as the battles of the First World War a century later. The final battle that saw an end to Napoleons dreams of conquering Europe, was located in what is now Belgium, about 15 kilometres (9.3 mi) south of Brussels.

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