Isle of Man Angel appears on its first coin since the Manx move to Tower Mint and CIT We reported back in March that Tower Mint, a London-based private mint owned by well-known effigy designer Raphael Maklouf, was to take over the reins of the Isle of Man's coin programme. As most of [...]
The skull is back with giant version of the original hit issue and a new pirate-themed coin As the ANA show kicks off, we're taking a look at the new CIT coins, some of the most eagerly awaited of all the coins released around this time. After the latest Evolution of Life [...]
CIT's brilliant Evolution of Life series debuts its third coin, the aquatic reptile Ichthyosaurus Quickly establishing itself as one of CIT's finest and most popular series. Evolution of Life launched at the ANA show in 2015 with a beautiful coin depicting an ammonite. Following last year was an equally attractive Trilobite coin. [...]
World of Parrots adorned silver coin series debuts its fourth, the Pink & Grey Galah The fourth coin in Downies World of Parrots series launches today and features the attractive Pink & Grey Galah. The first coin launched back in 2014 and there has been a single entrant every year since then. [...]
Fidel Castro joins Chinggis Khan. CIT smartmint the Cuban leader on a Mongolian proof silver coin A look at a coin we didn't cover on its debut at the Berlin World Money Fair earlier this year, Coin Invest Trust's Fidel Castro coin is the spritual successor to their revised Chinggis Khan coin [...]
CIT@TICC: Cherry Blossom Globe. A coin in a snow globe celebrates iconic Japanese season It's time for the Tokyo International Coin Convention (TICC) and like at most of the other major coin shows around the world, industry favourites Coin Invest Trust are launching a new selection of coins. We've already looked at [...]
CIT@TICC: Princess Diana remembered on the lightest gold coin they've produced to date Diana, Princess of Wales stands as one of the most iconic women of the 20th century. Born on 1 July 1961, she married Prince Charles, the heir to the British Throne, on 29 July 1981 and during a sometimes [...]
CIT's latest shaped silver coin is a beautiful tribute to Remembrance Day's iconic poppy There's no shortage of Remembrance Day coins released every year, especially over the last couple as we're running through a five-year centenary period for the First World War, but we haven't seen anything quite like Coin Invest Trust's [...]
The Isle of Man is back in the commemorative coin game with new Tower Mint partnership After announcing a break from the Pobjoy Mint after forty years, the Isle of Man has partnered up with The Tower Mint, the last remaining London-based mint (the Royal Mint moved to Wales years ago) to [...]
Skyline Dollars. Banknote-style silver coins the next big thing or a niche item? When is a coin not a coin? It's a question we often see opinions on as minting technology has allowed ever more ambitious designs to appear for sale. There are the hardcore collectors who believe that a coin should [...]
