The FIFA Women's World Cup has its rising popularity showcased on a new multi-coin Euro range With the FIFA Womens World Cup currently underway in France, and the Monnaie de Paris having a good history of issuing sporting coins, it comes as no surprise to see them issue a range to mark the tournament. Not a single coin, the've gone for four different designs across both of [...]
MDM add a Crocodile as the fourth marine life coin in its Underwater World series The crocodile is a perennial favourite amongst nature coin collectors. A primal beast with a unique look, it isn't hard to see why and MDM are tapping into that fascination with their latest issue in the Underwater World series. It's the fourth coin to date, and follows a Great White Shark, a [...]
MDM@WMF: Translucent Treasures 5oz silver coin series commences with the iconic Eiffel Tower The Eiffel Tower in Paris, despite its popularity, hasn't been an overly used subject in the modern coin world. The Monnaie de Paris has featured it, of course, and the British Pobjoy Mint produced an unusual piece actually shaped like the monument back in 2014, but in general, it doesn't appear anywhere near as [...]
One small week for mankind: MDMs technically impressive spherical coin joins the party We carry on our week-long round-up of some of the new coins celebrating the 50th anniversary of the US moon landing with an impressive new offering from German producer MDM Deutsche Munze. Spherical coins are nothing new - the mint of Poland has issued a few over the last couple of years, for example, [...]
The underwater world is brought to life with the third of MDM's attractive nautical silver coins Everyone loves a shark coin, don't they? A primal beast that for millions of years has sat at, or near the top of the marine food-chain, the shark has an appearance that is instantly recognisable and utterly beautiful. It also seems to be an animal that is hard to do well [...]
The booty from Djibouti! Super-sized Silverback Gorilla coin leaves none of the beast uncovered One of those animals that seems to be hugely popular on modern numismatics, the Silverback Gorilla even has its own bullion coin series from Scottsdale Mint which is now in its fourth year of issue. There are the usual coloured coins as well, so lovers of this quite incredible creature have plenty to [...]
The original Seven Wonders of the World are immortalised on a gold foil set from MDM Is there anything cooler in architecture than the original Seven Wonders of the Ancient World? Of course there isn't. While modern structures surpass them in scale and outrageous design, these structures were built in a time before digital and electrical technology had even been imagined. Breathtaking in design and pushing every ounce [...]
Neil Armstrong goes coin hunting on the moon and finds MDM's new 50th anniversary range One small step for [a] man, one giant leap for mankind. With these words, astronaut Neil Armstrong opened up the next phase in human exploration by stepping from the Apollo 11 lunar lander onto the surface of the Moon. Joined 20 minutes later by Buzz Aldrin, and watched overhead by designated driver, [...]
No 'All for one and one for all' here. It takes four coins to tell the story of the Three Musketeers One of the all time classical adventure novels, The Three Musketeers by Alexandre Dumas was written in 1844 and been turned into everything from stage plays and movies, to comics and video games in the 175 years since. Telling the story of a young adventurer in [...]
MDM issue a ten silver coin set following the adventures of the classic Greek hero Odysseus After the nine-coin Norse Gods series released in 2016 and the excellent Roman Gladiators series in 2017, MDM have launched a new ten-coin set for 2018 with the similar setting of the classical ancient world. Instead of featuring gods or types of gladiator, this set follows the story of the legendary [...]
