Despite making its debut back in 1958, interest has grown greatly for Michael Bond's classic children's character, Paddington Bear. So much so that a well-received movie has just been released capitalising on it (trailer at the bottom). After selling around 35 million books spread across 70 titles and in 30 languages, it was only a matter of time before a [...]
Following on from their 2013 UHR Pyramids coin that incorporated sand from the Great Pyramids, British private company, the Pobjoy Mint has just introduced a brand-new sequel to that popular coin with one featuring the pyramids eternal guardian, the Sphinx. Continuing the Egyptian theme and the striking in an ultra-high relief style, the coin comes with some excellent [...]
One of the oldest, regularly changing series of coins in modern numismatics is seeing its 28th consecutive release this year. The Cat series issued for the Isle of Man by the Pobjoy Mint, started in 1988 with the release of the Manx Cat coin, to date the only breed to have appeared twice in the series (again in [...]
