We have a special Royal Mint discount code for a selection of coins on their site running until 7th December or while stocks last A little heads up for a good deal at the Royal Mint, for which we have a discount code that runs until December 7th, and covers a large page of deals across [...]
June 2025: We've been busy updating the guides and profiles again Just in case you thought I was sitting on my butt doing nothing yesterday, here's an update on some of the additions to some of the existing guides and profiles we maintain for your reference. As I've said before, it's a bit of a [...]
Again, it's been a while since we dipped our toes into YouTube videos, but they make a nice way to catch up on releases we don't have time for, which, to be honest, is quite a few! It's a nice mix again, and a couple of them will be covered in future articles, perhaps in Coin Series Profile form. Enjoy, [...]
Top World Coins has a new website, and we have a discount code for our readers One of our longest running sponsors have been the folks at Top World Coins, who have started issuing their own coins over the last year or two, some of which have been very impressive, and are the distributors of [...]
February 2025: Lots of guide updates in the bullion and numismatic profiles I've been busy updating some of the guides and profiles over the site. It's a monumentally tedious job, but essential, as nobody wants to look at a profile if it's full of gaps. I still have a few new ones in the early [...]
UPDATE: Cured! Apologies for the slow news week and lack of updates - I have Covid You might have noticed a dearth of new posts this week, but unfortunately, I have Covid again. I'd love to say it's burning itself out, but it's bad case, and haven't had a meal for four days (and I love my [...]
The Royal Mint's move to yellow gold for the Sovereign stirs up some controversy over the potential fineness of the metal UPDATE: The Royal Mint has confirmed there are no plans to move to 0.9999 fineness gold for the Sovereign, so, as the late, great Detective Lieutenant Frank Drebin of Police Squad once said, "Move [...]
We're off for the second week of our summer holiday, back on 01 October I had a week off in July, and now the time has come for the second. We'll be back on 01 October, hopefully refreshed, and with new stuff. You might notice a tweak or two to the site, but maybe not, we'll [...]
It's been quite a while since we did a dive into YouTube videos, which is a shame, as they give us a chance to highlight some decent coin issues which we would otherwise not have time to get to. On an average month, we usually get around three times as many coins to cover as I can handle, so [...]
The Royal Mint Museum kicks off its podcasts with a six-parter about 'Coins and the Sea' Given the popularity of ships as a theme for modern coins, I thought you might be interested in this new podcast series from the Royal Mint Museum. It's a fascinating place, as you can imagine, so this could well be [...]
