A shaped silver coin tries to do the Kessel Run in twelve parsecs in the form of Han Solo's ship, The Millennium Falcon The Star Wars coin tsunami continues with a shaped coin featuring one of the most famous spaceships in all of science fiction - the Millennium Falcon. This isn't the first time the New Zealand [...]
DC Comics legend Aquaman, joins Superman with his own shaped silver emblem coin Back in March, the New Zealand Mint issued their first DC Comics emblem-shaped coin and as you'd expect, it was Superman. The debut coin in a new series, the second one launches today, and it's his Justice League compatriot, Aquaman. It's fair to [...]
It's hard to get too enthused about another Star Wars coin given the number we've covered since the New Zealand Mint acquired the licence in 2014, but we have to admit to a soft spot for their 'Guards of the Empire' series. An antique-finished, one-ounce silver coin series in a rectangular format, it takes a look at the [...]
Chibi breaks the 40 release barrier with the second coin in the Wonder Woman 1984 sub-series, and the first in an all-new Disney Princesses line. The former features 'Cheetah', and the latter kicks off its run with Cinderella. The same one-ounce format as always, and the mintage remains at 2,000 pieces each. Available now for $99 USD, [...]
DC Comics horror legend, Swamp Thing, is the latest of the pantheon to join the silver coin world Latest to join the swelling ranks of coins issued for the myriad popular culture franchises active today is one for DC Comics famous 'Justice League'. One of the less frequent members, certainly one of the more unusual, Swamp [...]
More Chibi! This is the New Zealand Mint's second batch of Chibi coins for June (the've been issuing two pairs per month) and its one of the more unusual outings for the hugely popular series. First up is the fourth in the Lord of the Rings sub-series, and features fan favourite, Legolas. This seems to be a reasonably [...]
Time for the first batch of Chibi coins for June and perennial Star Wars favourite Obi Wan Kenobi undoubtedly takes pride of place. The Star Wars sub-series has easily been the best selling to date, so its no surprise to find out this one is already pretty unobtainable. If you can pick one up, its bound to be [...]
The New Zealand Mint are, through US dealer APMEX, today launching their latest Disney themed bullion coin - the 14th to date. There are several undefined, but themed series running through this range and the coin we're looking at here is one of the 'Mickey &' issues. Depicting Mickey Mouse and Goofy, it fits in with the [...]
We haven't covered these for a while, so here's a heads up that the sixth Harry Potter movie poster coin, Harry Potter & the Half Blood Prince, is now available from the New Zealand Mint. These one ounce proof silver coins feature a colour reproduction of the movie poster used to advertise it on its debut release. [...]
The merchandising hit of 2020 , The Child from The Mandalorian, launches as a perfect silver miniature statue We've been extremely impressed with the New Zealand Mint's silver miniatures over the last few years. They've issued some superb pieces in the Disney, Star Trek and Star Wars franchises, and now they've added smash-hit TV show 'The [...]
