T&S Coin's 'World of Stories' silver coin series showcases the fevered imagination of Lewis Carroll's Alice in Wonderland First published back in 1865, Alice’s Adventures in Wonderland is considered to be one of the best examples of the literary nonsense genre. Written by English author Charles Lutwidge Dodgson under the pseudonym Lewis Carroll, it tells of [...]
The Royal Mint launches the 2026 coin in its flagship Britannia gold & silver range, and this time with a US designer The iconic, and much loved Britannia proof gold and silver range is back with its 2026 edition, and his time it employs the considerable talents of coin designer, Emily Damstra, who has a huge [...]
Agatha Christie was a master of her craft, and MDM have crafted a masterful puzzle coin to celebrate her works One of the classic literary genres, the murder-mystery, or 'whodunit', traces its origins back to the mid-19th century, with such authors as Edgar Allan Poe, and Sir Arthur Conan Doyle. It reached a crescendo in the [...]
Asturmint's 'Camelot' series of 2 oz, high-relief coins is up to three issues from the twelve that were originally planned, and the companion 1 oz silver bullion variants have now reached the same level, with the debut of the Sir Perceval coin. The earlier pair, Arthur and Lancelot, also had additional variants, utilising ennoblement with gilding, and [...]
Comic book child rebel, Dennis the Menace, celebrates 75 years with a new issue from The Royal Mint We wouldn't normally cover two fifty pence coins from The Royal Mint so close together, but this one snuck up on us just a few days after we covered the new Winnie-the-Pooh release, and the truth is, [...]
The Royal Mint has debuted another new series of bullion coins, and it's one that delves into the mythological past of the British Isles. Called 'Legendary Creatures', it will run alongside the mints other new series, 'Gothic Horror', which launched recently with an outstanding Dracula coin. The series kicks off with a classic of the cryptid world, [...]
The artistic process has a personification, as the Queen of Creativity rides in on Le Grand Mint's latest silver coin The latest coin from Le Grand Mint has just launched, and is one of the modern classical designs they've built a reputation producing in recent years, with releases such as Freya, for example. That coin was [...]
Winnie the Pooh is 100, and the Royal Mint debuts the first in a three-coin collection celebrating the anniversary The Royal Mint continues its expansive run of pop-culture fifty pence coins with the debut of the first in a new three-coin collection celebrating the centennial anniversary of A.A. Milne's classic children's tale, Winnie the Pooh. Published [...]
Architecture coins shine in CIT's Winter Launch, with an all-new Tiffany, and the final release of a classic series We’re rarely surprised by the quality of CIT's quarterly launch tranches, but even by their standards, the Winter 2026 batch was exceptional. We've already covered a terrific dinosaur coin (because of course!!), and a stunning dragon design, [...]
The breadth of talent of the artists decorating the covers of science-fiction novels is, perhaps, one of the most under-rated genres out there. Taking the vision put in words and designing a cover that encapsulates it in a single work is a serious talent. It's not uncommon for people to rebuy a sci-fi novel sequence, just for [...]
