The Royal Mint's 'Portraits of a Queen' series continues with the Arnold Machin effigy of Queen Elizabeth II The second coin in the first in a new five-issue series commemorating all the effigies of Queen Elizabeth II used on British coinage will launch later today, and following the Mary Gillick effigy, we get to Arnold Machin's effort. [...]
Legendary gaming icon, World of Tanks, has turned 15, and the Mint of Poland issues a fine coin to celebrate One of the world's most popular games has turned 15 years old, and the company that codes it, Wargaming, has just released the biggest update for it in years - Version 2.0. World of Tanks is [...]
The Autumn Launch season, to coincide with the Beijing Coin Fair, continues with an outstanding collection from CIT We've already had a look at Mint XXI's Autumn Launch, and now it's time for another of the greats to show off their final tranche of releases for 2025, and that's the multi-award winning Liechtenstein based producer, CIT. [...]
One of the few bullion bar ranges we cover regularly here is Scottsdale Mint's extensive range of coloured, one-ounce bars. These cover a wide range of subjects, with a large selection of national flags, and an ever-increasing collection of series based around calendar events, especially Halloween.The latest big batch is the second wave of Christmas Bars, with last [...]
Mint XXI launch the first tranche in its Art Gallery series of silver coins, utilising an innovative relief colouring to replicate texture With impressive, and ambitious ranges like The Great Greek Mythology, The Way to Valhalla, and Celestial Beauty under its wing, Mint XXI are arguably one of the masters of the big series. Their [...]
Numistrade's most iconic bullion series, the African Ounce, adds its 19th annual issue, and for 2026, it's the Spotted Hyena We've covered many entrants in Numistrade's African Ounce bullion coin range since we went live in 2013, but even back then, there had already been six issues since it debuted in 2008. The coin has become [...]
We took a detour from the usual silver and gold to have a look at a cool copper round from Hobo Coins, one that featured an alternative history look at Ancient Rome by melding it with high-tech elements. That was the first release in a series called ‘Future in the Past’, and the one featured here, Tutankhamun, [...]
At last! South Park hits the coin world in style, with Agoro's latest trading coin range, with a 1 of 1 gold chaser Agoro (by New Zealand Mint) return to their trading coin concept again, with an all-new franchise, the cult classic adult animated series, South Park. Now on its 28th season, and currently as [...]
In 2021, the Lithuanian Mint debuted a new series of one-ounce silver coins, each bringing to numismatic life one of the famous fairy tales from our literary past. The first coin, and one that seemed to strike a chord with collectors, was called 'Blue Fairy Tale', and was clearly based around Alice in Wonderland, a classic of [...]
Mint XXI, with their Autumn Launch, bring superb additions to many silver coin series, including Celestial Beauty, and Nature Spirits We're heading into the final launch season of the year, and of the three that concentrate on four main seasonal releases (CIT, Mint XXI, MDM), it's Mint XXI that's the first out of the gate with another [...]
