Last year saw the debut of a new series of bullion coins from collector favourite, the Perth Mint. Released much earlier in the year that it's usual triumvirate of semi-numismatic silver bullion coins (Koala, Kookaburra, Lunar), and with a considerably higher fixed mintage at one-million units, the first coin depicted one of Australians best-known threats to human life, the [...]
Breaking into the numismatic market back in 2008, Treasures of Oz have managed to make a great name for themself in the seven short years since. Noted first and foremost for their range of semi-numismatic silver Lunar coins with their many variants, they're also quite adept at trying new things such as filigree, ying-yang and unusual shapes. A particular [...]
One we missed last week, but has now come back in to stock, the Perth Mint's new Kimberley Sunset 2oz pink gold high-relief coin is both a striking new piece, and a pricey one. Struck in 22kt pink (Rose) gold, which gets it colour from the inclusion of copper instead of silver in the gold alloy, it's one of [...]
With a cluster of mints being based in Australia and New Zealand, and with 2015 being the centenary of the deployment of ANZAC troops to the famous battlefield of Gallipoli, it comes as no surprise that commemorative coins celebrating the anniversary are coming thick and fast. The New Zealand Post have released coins previously on the subject, but this [...]
Located in Paris, Art Mint are building up a reputation as producers of some innovative and unusual coin designs in their just over a decade in business. Our first brush with them came with the very well recieved Stradivarius: Lady Blunt coin, the first coin to have a varnished-wood inlay. The wood was cleverly used to represent the back [...]
One of our favourite silver bullion coins of 2014, indeed of modern times, the Wedge-Tailed Eagle coin designed by John Mercanti for the Perth Mint had its debut last year. First released as high-relief silver and gold coins with mintages of 10,000 and 1,000 respectively back in January 2014, they followed up with a standard silver proof and a [...]
As we've come to expect, the Royal Canadian Mint (RCM) have another bumper month of new releases. We've already covered the Singing Moon Mask range and the new Battlefront sets that have debuted, and we'll have a post up tomorrow with all the new additions to the RCM's multitude of ongoing series. Here we have the coins that round [...]
For the first time this millenium, the official obverse portrait of Queen Elizabeth II has been changed and the design chosen was done by 2014 proof Britannia designer, Jody Clark. The Royal Mint have released a couple of videos that are pretty informative and go through the history and the selection process. The first video includes a brief interview with [...]
The next of the Scottsdale Mints 'Biblical Stories' series coins has debuted via exclusive distributor, APMEX and represents the second of six in the 2015 set of coins. It's identical in concept and specification to the first coin, Exodus, and maintains the use of artwork from celebrated 19th century wood engraving specialist, Gustave Doré. Doré was a prolific artist [...]
For the first time in seventeen years this week, the effigy of Queen Elizabeth II has been updated on the back of British currency with the announcement of a new portrait by Jody Clark, designer of the 2014 proof Britannia. In the same week, the Royal Canadian Mint has released four new coins, three of which kick off new [...]
