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 [...]
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 [...]
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 [...]
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 [...]
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.
A sport gaining popularity around the world, cricket has almost completed its 'Superbowl' with the holding of the ICC 2015 Cricket World Cup. Held every four years in different locations, this time around it's in Australia and New Zealand. There have already been a couple of pretty cool domed coins issued in celebration of the tournament, one from the [...]
After covering a bimetallic coin yesterday, we break with tradition again and cover a medallion today, or to be more precise, a set of them. The Royal Canadian Mint is offering a set of six ½oz pieces that follow traditional coin specifications and design elements common to the Chinese mints, except for a denomination. Each of the six coins depicts [...]
