MDM celebrates two centuries of public railways with a silver coin filled with inventive ideas German producer, MDM, has debuted their Spring offensive, and the first of them we're looking at is this neat coin celebrating 200 years since the first public steam railway opened. It was on 27 September 1825 that the Stockton and Darlington [...]
Big Monday: MDM Wholesale brings it's multi-layer silver coin technique to Mesoamerican history, with a kilogram look at Inca culture The largest empire in the Americas in the period before the arrival of Columbus, the Incas controlled a huge swathe of the western coast of South America, starting in the early 13th century, ending in 1572, [...]
Along with the Royal Mint's Sovereign bullion coin, the South African Mint's Krugerrand is an absolute icon of the numismatic world, and has been since its introduction way back in 1967. We've covered many of these in the past, but in conjunction with German producer, MDM, the tiny 1/50th oz variant is back on offer. This first [...]
Cast silver weapons coins reach new lengths with MDM's five-ounce silver trident straight from Neptune's hand We've seen some fine cast silver weapons of late, emanating from South Korean producer, Coins Today, and now German producer, MDM Wholesale is joining in with one of their own. There are some significant differences, however, with MDM's offering being [...]
MDM dips into its wide pop-culture range with Transformers coins, and a Harry Potter high-relief silver behemoth Pop-culture coins remain extremely popular, attracting a wide variety of franchises, and coming to fruition in an equally wide variety of styles. It's often a testing ground for new design types, and innovation abounds, if not always successfully. [...]
Our latest weekly look at some of the best new coin issues from different producers (Week 43, 2024) It's our fourth weekly look at some new coins, and some slightly older ones we haven't covered to date, and yet again, the market hasn't disappointed. It's another varied selection, covering many wildly different themes, and in wildly [...]
The Paris Olympics and Paralympics are almost over, and MDM have a huge diameter silver kilo coin to commemorate the event The 33rd modern Olympics, this time hosted in the French capital, Paris, are over, and the 17th Paralympics head towards their closing ceremony on the 8th September. It's always a huge event, and Paris is a [...]
One of our favourite prehistoric life coin series is German producer, MDM Wholesale's, super-sized Double Silver Giant series, of which there have been four issues to date. These coins are unusual, in that the bulk of their makeup is copper, which can be clearly seen on the edge. However, the front and back are formed in silver, each [...]
Star Trek's iconic NCC 1701 USS Enterprise is reproduced as a silver coin from Samoa by MDM Wholesale Seemingly appearing every couple of years, the ultra-iconic USS Enterprise (NCC 1701) appears as a shaped coin, with varying degrees of success. The first attempt was by the Royal Canadian Mint, who released a ten-ounce depiction that [...]
The 2024 European Championship starts on June 14th, and MDM are ready for kick-off with a spherical silver ball coin The UEFA European Football Championship, as it's formally known, takes place every four years, and is the second most watched football event in the world, beaten only by the FIFA World Cup. Held every four [...]
