The magnificent Concorde supersonic aircraft is celebrated 50 years later on a new coin from The Royal Mint

By |2026-01-13T23:17:32+00:00January 13th, 2026|Categories: Science, Gold, Silver, France, Monnaie de Paris, Royal Mint, United Kingdom|

The magnificent Concorde supersonic aircraft is celebrated 50 years later on a new coin from The Royal Mint One of the most beautiful aircraft to ever take to the skies, certainly the most elegant airliner ever built, Concorde was a joint Anglo-French project to create a supersonic passenger jet. Remarkably, work began just 17 years [...]

Malta and Germania Mint pool their history and artistic skills to produce the Maltese Ox pair of silver coins

By |2026-01-12T22:51:57+00:00January 12th, 2026|Categories: Culture, AgAuShoot, Nature, Gilded, Silver, Germania Mint|

Malta and Germania Mint pool their history and artistic skills to produce the Maltese Ox pair of silver coins The Mediterranean Sea has one of the richest and most diverse histories in the world. The location of many of the greatest ancient civilisations, like Greece, Persia, Egypt, and Rome, and tumultuous other periods like the Crusades [...]

Back to the Pixel 02: MSN Messenger, 2oz proof silver coin (2026 Powercoin)

By |2026-01-09T16:38:32+00:00January 9th, 2026|Categories: Quicklooks, Coloured, Science, Niue Island, Powercoin|

Last April, Powercoin started a new series to sit alongside its retro-themed techstalgic range, except this time, featuring software rather than hardware. The series, called 'Back to the Pixel', kicked off with the now legendary Microsoft Paint, a piece of art creation software that is still in use today, and an integral component of Windows.No such luck for [...]

The Mint of Poland adds the Velociraptor to its lenticular-effect Dinosauria range of silver coins

By |2026-01-08T22:24:07+00:00January 8th, 2026|Categories: Nature, Coloured, Silver, Cameroon, Mint of Poland|

The Mint of Poland adds the Velociraptor to its lenticular-effect Dinosauria range of silver coins The Mint of Poland has issued the second in its six-coin 'Dinosauria' series, and following Tyrannosaurus Rex, we have another favourite from the Jurassic Park franchise, the Velociraptor. This small predator, barely bigger than a turkey, is believed to have hunted [...]

Samoan Seahorse 1oz silver bullion coin (2025 Scottsdale Mint)

By |2026-01-07T20:10:24+00:00January 7th, 2026|Categories: Quicklooks, Bullion, Nature, Silver, Samoa, Scottsdale Mint|

The first release in what we're expecting to be a busy year for Scottsdale Mint, is the 2025 entrant in one of their most attractive series. The Samoan Seahorse silver bullion series debuted for 2018, with the 2019 coins adding an antiqued variant with a far smaller mintage. In 2023, they added what they term [...]

T&S Coin ends it’s 2025 line-up with a striking 5oz Ganesha ultra-high-relief silver coin, accompanied by a 2oz variant

By |2026-01-06T17:57:15+00:00January 6th, 2026|Categories: Coloured, Gilded, Silver, Niue Island, T&S Coins|

T&S Coin ends it's 2025 line-up with a striking 5oz Ganesha ultra-high-relief silver coin, accompanied by a 2oz variant Coming in just a little too late for us to cover before the holiday, T&S Coin surprised us with a new format for them, and what looks to be a very impressive strike. This producer has [...]

Ants head out for an infinite walk on Le Grand Mint’s M.C. Escher inspired Möbius strip silver coin

By |2026-01-05T21:49:01+00:00January 5th, 2026|Categories: Nature, Gilded, Science, Silver, Liberia, Le Grand Mint|

Ants head out for an infinite walk on Le Grand Mint's M.C. Escher inspired Möbius strip silver coin It seems like insects have staked out a solid claim to numismatics at the start of 2026 with our second one of the day, and it's another quite unusual take on the subject. We've always liked Le Grand [...]

Bee coins have always enjoyed a high standard of design, and Powercoin’s first ‘Bionic Genesis’ issue keeps it up

By |2026-01-05T15:49:15+00:00January 5th, 2026|Categories: Nature, Coloured, Gilded, Science, Silver, Niue Island, Powercoin|

Bee coins have always enjoyed a high standard of design, and Powercoin's first 'Bionic Genesis' issue keeps it up Powercoin's first issue of the year is also the debut issue in the Rome-based producer's latest series, called 'Bionic Genesis'. The increasingly popular theme of fusing nature and technology continues here, with Powercoin themselves having visited [...]

Future in the Myth 01: Thor copper round (2026 Hobo Coin)

By |2026-01-05T10:31:47+00:00January 5th, 2026|Categories: Quicklooks, Art & Literature, History, Coloured, Copper, Hobo Coins|

Hobo Coins appear to have had much success with their 'Future in the Past' range of copper rounds, mixing historical figures with futuristic alternate-reality themes, and that series is now three issues old. Joining it is the first in a whole new series called 'Future in the Myth'. Very similar in concept, and identical [...]

The Royal Mint continues to celebrate the historic link between the UK and the US with its latest The Lion and the Eagle bullion range

By |2025-12-17T15:35:53+00:00December 17th, 2025|Categories: History, Bullion, Gold, Silver, Royal Mint, United Kingdom|

The Royal Mint continues to celebrate the historic link between the UK and the US with its latest The Lion and the Eagle bullion range The Royal Mint has been knocking it out of the park of late, with a succession of excellent bullion designs, including an outstanding Count Dracula, the continuation of the Tudor Beasts, [...]

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