The Ceratopsids are some of the most recognisable of all the dinosaurs, typified by Triceratops, famously depicted in battle with T. Rex. While Triceratops is the most well known, the family is diverse, having a wide range of different frills and horns, and new species are continually being unearthed. One of those is Regaliceratops (Royal horned face), [...]
As we reported just yesterday, the New Zealand Mint has rebranded their collectible coin division as Agoro, and the first new issue to take advantage of that is in what we'd argue has been their flagship series for a decade - Star Wars. We've often been a little critical of the mint's poster/comic cover ranges for their [...]
While it was the post-WW2 period that saw an explosion in the popularity of the Jukebox, they can trace their heritage back to 1889, when Louis Glass and William Arnold invented the nickel-in-the-slot phonograph. Progress from there was measured, but in 1946, Wurlitzer launched the 1015, that went on to sell a phenomenal 56,000 units in its [...]
Just a couple of days ago, Forbes published a small article on the Tarantula Hawk, that appeared in my feed for some reason. Coincidentally, the Melbourne Coin Company has just released the first in a fascinating new one-ounce silver coin series called 'Kings of Sting', looking at insects on the Schmidt sting pain index, and the subject [...]
The latest release from Coin's Today is another of those weird ones. We have an ice-cream shaped silver piece with an identical design on both faces (it isn't a denominated coin), and in three different colours. It really is as simple as that! Each cone weighs in at half an ounce, and is struck to a proof [...]
One of our favourite prehistoric life coin series is German producer, MDM Wholesale's, super-sized Double Silver Giant series, of which there have been four issues to date. These coins are unusual, in that the bulk of their makeup is copper, which can be clearly seen on the edge. However, the front and back are formed in silver, each [...]
MTB/PAMP have done a great job celebrating one of the music industries most iconic names - Fender. Manufacturers of the ultra-iconic Stratocaster, Telecaster, and more, their guitars have been used by countless numbers of musicians over the last seven decades, to produce some of the finest songs of the modern era. They continue to do so to this [...]
Germania Mint's two-ounce coloured cast bar program has been a hit, there's little doubt of that, but the popularity is built on the back of quality imagery, and the range of producers now taking part has meant that remains at a high standard. However, like in some coin formats, there's a heavy leaning on the world of myths [...]
Asturmint continue to expand their already diverse two-ounce silver cast bar range with the sixth of the Seven Deadly Sins in that series, and the debut release in a timely new one marking 4th of July, known in the United States as Independence Day.The Seven Deadly Sins visualises each sin in female form, and with a colour palette [...]
PAMP subsidiary, Manfra, Tordella & Brookes (MTB), continues its series of shaped silver coins celebrating one of the most iconic brands in music history, Fender Guitars. We've covered lots of these because they seem to be very popular, the last of them being the Fender Jaguar back in March, and they feature prominently in our Thematic Guide [...]