POBJOY MINT CELEBRATES PADDINGTON BEAR ON MANX SILVER COIN

By |2016-11-05T06:32:26+00:00February 24th, 2015|Categories: Art & Literature, Silver, Isle of Man, Pobjoy Mint|

Despite making its debut back in 1958, interest has grown greatly for Michael Bond's classic children's character, Paddington Bear. So much so that a well-received movie has just been released capitalising on it (trailer at the bottom). After selling around 35 million books spread across 70 titles and in 30 languages, it was only a matter of time before a [...]

BRILLIANT AUSTRIAN PREHISTORIC LIFE SERIES ENDS WITH FIFTH AND FINAL COIN

By |2021-01-25T15:27:54+00:00February 23rd, 2015|Categories: Nature, Austria, Austrian Mint, Silver|

Sadly, we've come to the end of the Austrian Mint's superb series of palaeontological coins, 'Prehistoric Life: Back From the Dead, with the release of the fifth coin, Quaternary: Life on the Ground. The first coin in this series was the subject of the first post I ever wrote for AgAuNEWS, so I've clearly been an admirer of these coins from [...]

ANNUAL MINT OF POLAND DIMENSIONAL FLAGSHIP COIN GOES SPHERICAL

By |2021-01-25T15:55:33+00:00February 22nd, 2015|Categories: Science, Inserts, Silver, Niue Island, Mint of Poland|

ANNUAL MINT OF POLAND DIMENSIONAL FLAGSHIP COIN GOES SPHERICAL If there's anyone guaranteed to push the numismatic envelope at every World Money Fair, it's the Mint of Poland. In 2013, it was the beautiful Fortuna Redux 6oz cylindrical coin. The following year saw a 3oz version of the Redux, but the show-pieces were a pyramid-shaped Egyptian-themed [...]

WOLFE CREEK METEORITE COIN FOLLOWS 2014 CANYON DIABLO

By |2021-01-28T22:16:45+00:00February 21st, 2015|Categories: Nature, Inserts, Silver, Niue Island, Mint of Poland|

Another in a succession of meteorite coins that have been appearing on the market from various mints over the last eight or so years, this Wolfe Creek Crater coin is the second in it particular series after the release of the Canyon Diablo coin in 2014. As with most coins of this theme, pride of place goes to an [...]

MURANO GLASS FEATURES IN TWO NEW PREMIUM EUROPEAN PRODUCED COINS: UPDATED

By |2016-11-05T06:32:27+00:00February 20th, 2015|Categories: Art & Literature, Inserts, Silver, Congo, Cook Islands, CIT Coin Invest, Numiscom|

One of the more unusual items to grace a coin in recent years has been the Royal Canadian Mint's use of Murano glass to adorn a small range of sought after nature coins. Taking the form of a small hand-crafted glass animal on top of a coin designed to show the environment of the animal represented, they've proven extremely [...]

WMF 2015 FIRST LOOK: US MINT SCOTTSDALE SILVER TO DEBUT GODFATHER DUO

By |2016-11-05T06:32:27+00:00February 19th, 2015|Categories: Movies & TV, Silver, Niue Island, Scottsdale Mint|

There were lots of new releases at the recent World Money Fair in Berlin, of which we've already covered a few (more to come!), but one that was totally unexpected was the appearance on the Scottsdale Mint stand of a new two-coin silver set based on that most revered of movie properties, The Godfather. The images we took below [...]

WMF 2015: MCI-MINT EXPANDS BULLION RANGE WITH NEW SILVERLINE COLLECTION UPDATED

By |2016-11-05T06:32:27+00:00February 18th, 2015|Categories: Nature, Silver, Chad, MCI Mint|

Last year, German coin producer, MCI-Mint debuted it's first silver bullion coin depicting elephants and issued for the African Republic of Benin. With a tight mintage of just 5,000 pieces, and with other African issued bullion coins having popular early releases, the coin was well received. Last October the mint followed up that coin with a second one that [...]

LINCOLN MEMORIAL KICKS OFF FOUR-COIN AMERICAN MONUMENTS SERIES

By |2016-11-05T06:32:27+00:00February 17th, 2015|Categories: Art & Literature, Silver, Niue Island|

A US-based silver coin and bullion dealer, Silvertowne,  has announced the exclusive rights to a new four-coin proof series and released the first of the coins for buyers to purchase. Entitled '2015 America's National Monument Series', there are to be four coins in total, we presume sticking to the same format. At one-ounces, clean struck, issued for Niue [...]

ANGKOR WAT FEATURES ON SECOND ‘MAGICAL AND MYSTICAL PLACES’ COIN

By |2021-01-28T22:03:18+00:00February 16th, 2015|Categories: Coloured, Inserts, Silver, Cook Islands, Numiscollect|

The second coin in Numiscollect's sterling silver coin series, 'Magical and Mystical Places, has made its appearance, and after the debut coin last May that featured the giant heads of Easter Island, this one heads to one of the worlds most impressive monuments, Angkor Wat. Following on from the earlier release incorporating a piece of actual lava from Easter [...]

CANADA DEBUTS FIRST OF TWO $100 FOR $100 SILVER COINS FOR 2015

By |2016-11-05T06:32:28+00:00February 15th, 2015|Categories: Nature, Silver, Canada, Royal Canadian Mint|

This attractive horse coin marks the arrival of the first $100 for $100 coin of two to be released by the Royal Canadian Mint in 2015. Following on from the highly successful $20 for $20 range, one since emulated by others like the Royal Mint, the $100 range kicked off with a Bison and a Grizzly coin in [...]

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