New two-ounce cast bar additions debut from Asturmint, and Germania Mint, and Medusa appears for the Year of the Snake We rounded up some new releases for Germania Mint's two-ounce coloured cast bar program in an article last month, and also published a Bullion Profile for it, and in our effort to keep it all up-to-date, [...]
The legendary Spear of Destiny comes to numismatics with an extraordinary two-ounce dimensional coin from Spectres One of the most enduring legends from biblical times is that of the Holy Lance, also known as the Spear of Destiny, or the Lance of Longinus. The lance is said to be the spear that an unnamed Roman [...]
After Twelve Provinces, and Twelve Castles, the Royal Dutch Mint embarks on a silver Ducat look at Twelve Gates In 2015, the Royal Dutch Mint debuted its twelve-coin series of silver ducats themed around the same number of provinces that make up the Netherlands. Each one was struck in the classic ducat format of 28.25 [...]
The fourth and final issue in Lithuanian artist, Laimutė Varkalaitė's, quirky Pastel Circus series is now available to order, and this one is called 'Becoming'. To say this series has been unusual would be a bit of an understatement, but it's also a gorgeous work of numismatic art. This artist has a quite unique style, and [...]
Mint of MK continues to expand their eclectic coin range with spiders, voodoo, aquatic tunes, and a short rider The Mint of MK's highly varied range of low mintage numismatics is continuing faster than we can keep up, so e've decided to do another round-up of four of the latest ones. We've got voodoo, spiders, medieval European [...]
In 1968, Elliot Handler, and his company, Mattel, introduced a new brand of model cars called 'Hot Wheels'. Still popular to this day (a new cartoon is due to debut in 2024, and possibly a film!), over 20,000 different designs have been produced, and collectors pay thousands for rare models. Indeed, some have attained almost mythical status, like [...]
Germania Mint has just debuted the ninth in its 'Runes' range of one-ounce silver bars. These feature a runic symbol from early Northern European cultures, like the Norse civilisation, and in this case it is Jera. This rune means 'harvest', or 'year', and it signifies a harmony with the natural world, promoting a good summer [...]
Designers of some of the world's most beautiful and accomplished motorcycles, Ducati, is celebrated on a trio of Italian silver coins If there is one name to stir the loins in the world of motorcycles, it's the legendary Italian company, Ducati. Originally formed in 1926 by Antonio Cavalieri Ducati and his three sons, it originally produced [...]
Dutch football club, Feyenoord, celebrate a century since winning their first championship with a limited 1924 silver shirt Football is like a religion around much of the world, and one of its greatest bastions is in Europe, where the modern game had its inception. We've already mentioned the upcoming European Championship in Germany, so with football [...]
Superman joins the Mint of Gdansk's licenced pop-culture coin range, with a new two-ounce, high-relief depiction of the Man of Steel We've seen, and covered, quite a few Superman coins over the last decade, as the iconic superhero remains immensely popular across multiple forms of media, from comics, of course, to film and television. The [...]
