It was 55 years ago that Elliot Handler, and his company, Mattel, introduced a new brand of model cars called 'Hot Wheels'. First off the line, and part of what is called the 'Sweet 16', was a dark blue custom Camaro, and it's probably an understatement to say that Hot Wheels became a success from this [...]
The Gene Wilder classic movie, Willy Wonka & the Chocolate Factory, is back on coins, with 50 golden tickets to find Now considered one of the great film classics, Willy Wonka and the Chocolate Factory, which premiered in 1971, was based on the children's book by Roald Dahl, first published just seven years previously. Indeed, the [...]
Famed candy, PEZ, made the transition to silver bullion in 2019 with great success, and given we're still here for this ninth release, with continuing success as well. The premise is simple enough. Reproduce the original candy blocks in silver to an identical size, which makes them compatible with hundreds of original dispensers produced over many decades, but [...]
The innovative Fender series from Swiss producer, MTB-PAMP, returns with a dual-coin set celebrating the Bassman We've covered MTB/PAMP's cool range of Fender tribute coins for a couple of years now, and they've been universally appealing, both for the coin collector looking for something a little off the wall, to the Fender fan looking for quality [...]
The third and last of MTB/PAMP's guitar-shaped coins celebrating the iconic Fender Stratocaster is released today, A range showcasing some of the car-inspired shades that the 'Strat' sported back in the day, this one is Daphne Blue, and follows Surf Green and Fiesta Red versions. Originally a colour Cadillac used in the 1950s, it was adopted by Fender in [...]
We weren't sure if PEZ would resonate with stackers when it first appeared, but it's fair to say, from the sell-out of every release to date, that it has a healthy fanbase. We've covered them all to date, and there's a full Coin Series Profile up, so you can see them all together. If you're unaware exactly what [...]
The Swiss mint, PAMP, through its US subsidiary, Manfra, Tordella & Brookes, has built up a good reputation with some unusual offerings over the last few years. Chief amongst them is an eclectic selection of shaped coins, with everything from animals to guitars, along with an unusual detour into confectionary-shaped silver bullion. Not the typical portfolio, for sure. [...]
Back with a third issue, MTB-PAMP's 'Sweethearts' range returns with three new messages of love. The Swiss producer has made the candy/sweet world an almost personal fiefdom, with their eclectic range of PEZ dispenser sets, Sweethearts, and even Bazooka Joe Bubblegum, and they're primarily undenominated silver bullion items, produced in limited sets. That's the case with Sweethearts III. [...]
The second of MTB/PAMP's very popular Fender Stratocaster guitar-shaped coins is now upon us, and after the joys of Surf Green, we move on to the first optional colour Fender ever made the Stratocaster in, way back in 1957, Fiesta Red. This is basically just a differently coloured version of the green issue, but sympathetically coloured in that [...]
It's hard to keep track of what popular culture franchise is owned by what mint, especially when they began to be fragmented by region, but nevertheless, they continue to diversify. MTB-PAMP has issued several coins for the DC Comics Universe, and the latest is a neat Wonder Woman logo coin, of one-ounce silver in weight. This isn't the [...]
