The Royal Canadian Mint has a history of issuing some extremely attractive kilo-class coins, not simply bigger versions of smaller coin designs, but one-offs meant to be seen at the typically circa-100 mm diameters common to this weight class. At 102.1 mm across, the RCM's latest chonker actually carries a design that would look equally at home on [...]
It's turned into a day of pop-culture Quicklooks, and this time we're at German producer MDM with their Star Trek Starfleet Command silver coin, due to ship this month. Despite a couple of recent cancellations, Star Trek is having a bit of a renaissance at the moment, with 'Strange New World's' garnering very positive reviews, and rightly so, [...]
We've had a period of a few years now, where video game themed coins have garnered no small amount of popularity, so much in fact, that we felt compelled to produce one of our comprehensive Thematic Guides to the genre. The New Zealand Mint (of course!), APMEX, and LPM Group have all issued multiple designs, some excellent, but [...]
With Star Wars now appearing at the Royal Mint as well, it's clear the franchise remains as popular as ever in the collectible coin market, despite its decline amongst moviegoers. It's hardly surprising, given the Star Wars Universe has been quite active for around 45 years now, and continues to be so, especially in television. Possibly the most [...]
The New Zealand Mint has done a sterling job of marking the 100th anniversary of one of the giants of Hollywood - Warner Brothers. They've done so by concentrating on the studio's output of iconic movies and television, from the earliest days, to the latest. They aren't alone in celebrating, however, and surprisingly, it's the Royal Dutch Mint [...]
Who doesn't love Looney Tunes? Widely considered the best classic animated universe ever produced, and in my view, leagues above Disney's saccharin nonsense, the pantheon of characters is just completely unique. One of the favourites has got to be the brilliant Road Runner and Wile E. Coyote cartoons. Documenting the one-sided battle of wits between a hapless coyote and [...]
World of Cryptids from the Lithuanian Mint passes its midpoint, with July bringing the seventh issue in this terrific twelve-coin series. The series uses artwork produced by a talented Lithuanian artist named Laimutė Varkalaitė, and depicts mythological creatures and being from all corners of the globe. The original art portfolio of World of Cryptids is far larger than the [...]
We've just had a Quicklook at the Australian Emu bullion coins, but alongside it was a coloured coin for the collector. This is presented boxed, with a Certificate of Authenticity, and sporting a mintage cap of just 2,500 units. If you've seen the 2023 bullion variant, the first thing that strikes you about the coloured version is a completely [...]
Another perennial favourite of the bullion calendar, the Perth Mint's 'Australian Emu', is back with a sixth annual release in both one-ounce 0.9999 silver, and one-ounce 0.9999 gold. Launched in 2018, it was exclusively distributed by European dealer, Metal Market EU, something that remains the case to this day. Like many limited mintage series around today, especially from [...]
It was only a couple of weeks ago that we looked at the new Beavis and Butt-head coins from Australian producer, The Coin Company, and obviously, we loved them. Issued in celebration of the hit animations 30th anniversary, they hit the target perfectly, in our view. We made a reference to the best character in it, Beavis as Cornholio, [...]