March was a varied month for pop-culture coin icons, Agoro, and April looks set to continue the diverse line-up Another round-up of the latest pop-culture releases from the kings of the genre, Agoro (the collectible arm of the New Zealand Mint), and it's a mix of the usual big names like Star Wars and Marvel, [...]
Continuing a long-running series of bullion coins, the New Zealand Mint, and MTB/PAMP, have issued the latest Star Wars silver coin, which is the third in the Original Trilogy range. Previous coins, Princess Leia and Luke Skywalker, have proven popular enough for this issue, Darth Vader, to have its mintage more than doubled to 25,000 pieces in [...]
The silver foil renaissance at Agoro continues with six new pop-culture releases, from movies to comics After a few years in the doldrums, the last year or so has seen a renaissance in the silver foil market. We've always been partial to the type here, as while they're not for everyone, they offer an intriguing [...]
Agoro are broadening their portfolio to include multiple new pop-culture franchises, with coins and foils One of the more prolific producers out there are Agoro, the collectible department of the New Zealand Mint, and, except for some isolated ranges, they're concentrated on the television and film markets almost exclusively. Franchises, like Marvel, Star Wars, Harry Potter, [...]
At last! South Park hits the coin world in style, with Agoro's latest trading coin range, with a 1 of 1 gold chaser Agoro (by New Zealand Mint) return to their trading coin concept again, with an all-new franchise, the cult classic adult animated series, South Park. Now on its 28th season, and currently as [...]
Completely different from just about every other incarnation of Batman, the 1966 television series took the character to camp extremes, and it was a riot!. The Batman's villains gallery has always been odd, but it was taken to extremes with a line-up of top actors taking on such iconic roles as The Joker, Riddler, Catwoman, and King [...]
Live Long and Prosper. The iconic Vulcan salute from Star Trek heads up the latest selection of releases from Agoro We haven't caught up with Agoro, the collectible department of the New Zealand Mint, for a while, but we've noticed they seem to be getting a bit more adventurous of late, and we love that here. [...]
Malta, and the Mint of Poland celebrates some of Europe's iconic city clockfaces, with seven silver coins, starting in the Czech capital, Prague We've covered a lot of the New Zealand Mint's (now Agoro), 'Chibi' series of silver coins, and we mean A LOT... Launching in June 2020 with Batman, by the time the range [...]
Silver foils are increasing in popularity again, with Marvel, DC, and mythology leading the new issues A few years ago, there was a huge increase in the popularity of silver foils and silver banknotes, primarily driven by the New Zealand Mint, CIT Coin Invest, and MDM Wholesale. They covered a wide range of themes, from [...]
Here's a July 2025 round-up of some new silver and gold bullion coin releases from around the globe It's been a few months since our last round-up of new bullion coins, so here's a selection of some of the latest. It isn't comprehensive, as I lack the arm count of an octopus, but they do [...]
