Germania Mint's award-winning Maltese symbols series releases its third design, this time the Pharaoh Hound While much of Germania Mints output has their own invented denomination of a Mark, meant to give their Germania historical world a measure of cohesion, which it does do effectively, they also issue coins in conjunction with the Central Bank [...]
Formally created by Cardinal Richelieu in 1626, the Marine Nationale (French Navy) has spent the last 400 years defending the interests of France, sometimes successfully, as it did during the American War of Independence, and sometimes not so well, as shortly after during the Napoleonic Wars with the Royal Navy. The Second World War did not give [...]
The bullion behemoth that is the Perth Mint's Lunar Series III returns with the 2027 Goat, the eighth of twelve The eighth release in their third passage through the twelve animals that make up the Chinese lunar calendar, the Perth Mint has issued their much anticipated 2027 Year of the Goat bullion range. When it launched [...]
Five new releases bring the total to fifteen in Mint XXIs Art Gallery silver coin homage to the great painters Art Gallery is Mint XXIs range of proof, coloured silver coins reproducing some of the finest worls of art in history. They're large coins for their one-ounce weight at 74 x 51.8 mm, with some in [...]
Scottsdale Mint's expansive coloured bullion bar range continues to grow, and the latest is the third annual Monster Collection, released for the Halloween period. We consider this the best of the bars, noted for their consistently high quality artwork, and the 2026 selection of six bars is no exception to that. Each of the bars tips the [...]
We don't normally cover simple minted bars here, preferrring to concentrate on releases that carry some artistry, but this new one from Mint of MK seems a bit of fun, that might make a good gift for the new or younger collector in particular. The bar is neat enough, weighing just three grams, with the American Metal Stackers [...]
The Ammonite launches Numiscollect's distinctive new Fossil-3D series of palaeontology silver coins First appearing in the Devonian period and evolved from an animal called a Bactrite, Ammonites roamed the seas from around 400 million years ago, and didn’t die out until 65mya, a staggering period given the comparatively infinitessimal time mankind has been around. At every [...]
MDM issue an incredible 1630 map of the world by Hondius as a large one-ounce coloured silver foil One of the most famous maps of all was created in 1630 by Dutch cartographer, Henricus Hondius, and was published as part of the Mercator-Hondius Atlas. Henricus learned his trade from his father, Jodocus, who was also [...]
Custer's disastrous attack on the Lakota at Little Big Horn inspires CITs second Enemies in History coin Part of their Summer Launch in 2025, a new series called 'Enemies in History' debuted with a coin featuring the conflict between the Roman leader, Julius Caesar, and the man that helped bring him down, Marcus Junius Brutus. [...]
Powercoin revisits its 2020 homage to Voyager's Golden Record with a double-sized variant for 2026 Released back in 2020, Powercoin created a terrific homage to the famous 'Golden Record' that accompanied the pioneering spacecraft Voyager 1 and 2 on their journey beyond the Solar System. What we have here is a one-ounce variant of the half-ounce [...]
