The pantheon of Norse gods are featured on a new range of minted bars in gold and silver at The Royal Mint There seems to be an increasing interest in cast and minted bars from the major mints, as well as from independent producers, and the Royal Mint has shown a particular penchant for the minted [...]
Mint XXI's stunning Femina Bellator silver coin series showcasing warrior woman from history, heads to the Celtic World It's fair to say that we consider Mint XXI's 'Femina Bellator' series to be one of our favourites, as we've certainly gushed enough praise over the first three releases in the series. These coins work off of four main [...]
The seminal Indian work on sex, The Kama Sutra (Principles of Love', is an ancient text, tracing its roots back well over 2,000 years, and sets out the ways to garner maximum pleasure from life, including the art of procreation, for which it's most famous. The work, spread over seven volumes, is actually much wider than that in [...]
Germania Mint and the Mint of Poland follow up their striking 2023 Chameleon silver coin with a vibrant Betta Fish design Like a select few other producers, Germania Mint also partners with others to combine talents, and they've done so with quite a bit of success. Issues like the Impact Moments coin, for which we [...]
The Royal Mint launches Steppe Mammoth, the first of three 50p coins in its latest foray into the prehistoric world There's no finer start to a week than a prehistoric animal coin, and it's The Royal Mint doing the honours this time around. The mint's 'Tales of the Earth' program started in 2020 with a series [...]
Precious Metal Collector's return to their core range of classic art pieces using their innovative Tri-Metal production process. This entails a 750 gram zinc core, over which is laid 120 grams of copper, all of which is topped by 2.5oz of fine silver. The end result is a relatively affordable coin, considering what an issue of [...]
Here's a collation of some of the new bullion coin releases from around the world (Week 42, 2024) We've been having some success with our weekly round-up of new coin releases on Fridays, and we used to do similar things last year with bullion coins, so I've decided to continue with similar weekly bullion collections on [...]
Agoro to auction a one-off, life-size cast silver reproduction inspired by The Dark Knight's cowl to aid Save The Children We do like something unique here at AgAuNEWS, and Agoro certainly haven't disappointed with their latest creation. Long known for their extensive range of popular culture releases, from such franchises as Star Wars, Harry Potter and Marvel [...]
Adam and Eve in the Garden of Eden is the story adorning the Lithuanian Mint's apple-shaped coin The Lithuanian Mint continues to surprise with its use of some quite unique artistic styles with this very unusual new biblical coin. We all know the story of the first people, Adam and Eve, and their expulsion from the [...]
The Royal Mint's 'Myths & Legends' bullion series continues its telling of Beowulf with 'Grendel's Mother' in silver and gold The Royal Mint’s ‘Myths & Legends’ series has appeared in sets of three, with Robin Hood, and the Arthurian legend comprising the first two sets. The third is a wander through another medieval classic, Beowulf, an [...]
