Still powering on after two decades, Downies Collectables 'Deadly & Dangerous' series of coloured proof coins continues with a 20th annual release. It says something about the general malevolence of Australian wildlife that a series depicting it can still be going strong for so long, but there are still plenty of unsung villains still not covered. The [...]
Today, we're going to be using our Quicklooks to catch up on some of the new bullion releases, and the first of them is the ninth issue in The Royal Mint's 'Myths & Legends' range. This purportedly 12-coin series is divided into four groups of three coins, (although it's possible it may stop at this ninth issue, after [...]
Tudor Beasts adds its eighth of ten designs with the arrival of the Greyhound of Richmond in gold and silver proof form Tudor Beasts returns today with the eighth of ten designs in this classic heraldic series of coins from the Royal Mint. Designed by David Lawrence, they're based on statues (King’s Beasts) that adorn the Moat [...]
Big Monday: CIT celebrates the legendary mountain, The Matterhorn, and smartmints a mountainous two-kilo silver coin One of the most legendary mountains in Europe, and one on which over 500 people have lost their lives, the Matterhorn isn't famous for its height - it's only the 12th highest peak in Western Europe - but its soaring [...]
Big Monday: MDM Wholesale brings it's multi-layer silver coin technique to Mesoamerican history, with a kilogram look at Inca culture The largest empire in the Americas in the period before the arrival of Columbus, the Incas controlled a huge swathe of the western coast of South America, starting in the early 13th century, ending in 1572, [...]
The mad genius of the artist, Salvador Dali, is brought to numismatic life with Art Mint's iconic melting clock coin The Spanish artist, Salvador Dali, is not only one of the most innovative of the 20th century, but also one of the weirdest. A member of the surrealist movement, some of his works bend reality, almost [...]
Germania Mint's flagship Germania bullion and proof range is back for a seventh annual issue, and we have an AgAuShoot Now on its seventh incarnation, Germania Mint's most iconic bullion series, Germania (sometimes called Lady Germania) has debuted with another fine, adaptable design. As the series that really highlighted the mint, it's one of their [...]
85 years of the chaotic cat and mouse antics of Tom & Jerry are celebrated on Agoro's new coin and it's not looking good for Jerry! Numismatic pop-culture specialists, Agoro (by New Zealand Mint), have today launched their latest homage, and this time it's in celebration of 85 years of Tom & Jerry, the beloved, manic, [...]
Continuing its journey around the world's most iconic buildings, CIT's outstanding 'Historical Monuments' series showcases the Taj Mahal With the World Money Fair in Berlin having concluded, it's time for us to start having a look at some of the impressive offerings that make up CIT's Winter Launch, which debuted there. What better place to [...]
The third of Coin's Today's 'Angelic Weapons' miniatures, the Halberd of Raphael, returns in two gilded forms While the last of the four releases in Coins Today's impressive Angelic Weapons series has recently launched, the gilded variants are still ongoing. Here we have the third of them, the Halberd of Raphael, which you can read [...]
