CIT's Liberty Bar Collection launches with the smartminted americonic Statue of Liberty coin Smartminting is back and for the first time has been used by Coin Invest Trust on a rectangular bar instead of a standard coin. The first in a new series from this multi award-winning European coin producer, the Statue [...]
Australia's Remarkable Reptiles series continues with the ultimate apex predator - Saltie, the awesome Saltwater Crocodile One of the many coloured proof silver coin series that the Perth Mint seems to specialise in, Remarkable Reptiles has seen some cool designs over the last few years. Debuting in 2013 with the Frill-Necked Lizard, [...]
Crimean Surp Khach monastery from the fourteenth century featured on newest Russian silver coin The Central Bank of Russia is back with its latest Crimean themed silver coin. Not one linked to current events in the region, this is instead a look at the rich historical past of the Crimean Peninsula. Founded [...]
Rhodium comes to Canada with its striking new black-plated Nocturnal by Nature two-coin series Some very nice new coins from the Royal Canadian Mint this month, a dinosaur one we've already covered and some fine Second World War coins that we've yet to look at. With the mint's newfound boost of enthusiasm [...]
United States Capitol shaped coin is the latest unusual design offering from the British Pobjoy Mint We're don't often cover base metal coins unless they're a little unusual or we feel they may have some appeal to our regular readers. With the British Pobjoy Mint having plenty of coverage anyway, combined [...]
Canada delves back into its amazing prehistoric past with a new two-coin rimless fossil coin series Always eager for new prehistoric life coins, they do appear with a reasonable regularity, but it isn't a genre that enjoys the sky-high benchmark quality levels of the art-architectural or ancient gods. There have been some [...]
Perth Mints genre-creating ancient god coins enter their fourth year with the Norse Goddess Freya Antique finish and a high-relief strike, two-ounce (62.2g) in weight and fancy packaging all point to one of the most popular trends in modern silver numismatics, ancient mythology. Pretty much kicked off in 2014 by the release [...]
What happens when a shark bites a coin? Numiscollect think they have the answer One of the most innovative coin producers out there, Numiscollect have a good history of unusual and very high quality precious metal numismatics. They've now turned their attention to the animal kingdom. Instead of yet another coloured silver [...]
Royal Canadian Mint to debut a five-ounce domed silver Maple Leaf coin. MDM Exclusive. UPDATE: Video has been removed by MDM. Apparently the embargo is April 4th but this look slike a coin worth waiting for. We'll update when availability changes. There's never a shortage of maple leaf coins from the [...]
It would be an understatement to say the fifty-ounce gold Krugerrand comes in a coin box. A big one! With the incredible buzz around the first silver Krugerrand to be released since the debut of the gold coin half a century ago, it's easy to forget that there were some new sizes [...]
