The NZ Mint's late July releases include horror movies, Harry Potter, Batman, and a yellow bird who tawt he taw a puddy-tat... In our second catch-up of New Zealand Mint popular-culture releases, we have the usual selection of Chibi, Harry Potter, DC Comics, Star Wars, and more, encompassing a decent selection of styles and formats. There [...]
One of the New Zealand Mint's numerous popular culture themed bullion coins, Pirates of the Caribbean, has just debuted its fifth and final release. It's called 'Silent Mary' and features the Spanish Royal Navy galleon from the fifth movie in the franchise, 'Dead Men Tell No Tales'. Captained by Armando Salazar, she was a feared pirate hunter, but [...]
Tonka, the indestructible toy we broke all our other toys with, is 75 years old. Don't use the new coin to do the same... From humble beginnings at a company, Mound Metalcraft, making gardening tools, Tonka grew to be one of the most iconic toy brands in history. Taking its name from the Dakota Sioux name 'tanka', [...]
What's new in the world of television, film and popular culture coins? A July round-up of the latest releases Another round-up of popular culture coins, the usual names are in attendance, both producers, and licences. The NZ Mint has added to its Star Wars, Lord of the Rings, and Chibi franchises, while adding the awesome Rick [...]
We cover quite a bit of the New Zealand Mint’s copious output here, with their many popular culture franchises drawing in new collectors from the massive movie memorabilia market, but go back eight years, and their line-up was quite different. There were nature, literature, and history coins galore, but apart from the occasional series, like the recent 'Dinosaurs', [...]
The New Zealand Mint's impressive silver miniature range expands with a second Darth Vader statue It's been a while since we saw a new miniature from the New Zealand Mint, but here we are with a second Darth Vader statue. The mint has quite a wide variety of these, spread mainly across its DC Comics, Disney, [...]
Today sees the debut of the second issue in the New Zealand Mint's new 'Game of Thrones' range. The range kicked off last month with a coloured medallion carrying the banner of House Targaryen, the family soon to star in their own television show 'House of the Dragon. For the second release, we have a wholly more unusual [...]
The New Zealand Mint expands offering in most of its licenced coin franchises, including the debut of Game of Thrones After our catch-up of Mint of Poland releases yesterday, we're doing the same for another popular mint whose output exceeds our ability to keep up with otherwise. Popular culture coins have a huge collector market of [...]
Another quick heads-up on a Chibi coin that may sell quickly, the first in the Star Trek: Next Generation subset has just debuted, and features one of the most beloved and iconic characters in the whole franchise - Captain Jean-Luc Picard. With the character enjoying a mini-renaissance on streaming television at the moment, it's likely it'll be one of [...]
With the New Zealand Mint seemingly having given up on anything that wasn't a pop-culture franchised coin release, we were pleased to see them finally release a new series with a more general them. They've issued from fine ones over the years, including a decent dinosaur series not too long ago, but we're back into human history for their [...]
