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, United Kingdom, Royal Mint|

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.

STUMPED? 2015 CRICKET WORLD CUP SIGNS OFF WITH A UNIQUE MEDALLION

By |2016-11-05T06:32:22+00:00March 26th, 2015|Categories: Sport, Medallion, NZ Post|

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 [...]

ROYAL CANADIAN MINT OFFERS BEAUTIFUL SILVER “DISCOVER CHINA” SET

By |2021-01-25T15:10:01+00:00February 26th, 2015|Categories: Culture, History, Medallion, China, Royal Canadian Mint|

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 [...]

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