The Perth Mint flexes its considerable nature skills with a butterfly, and a heavily stylised Yaunati Turtle It's been a while since we dove into the Perth Mint's output, but they're back on our radar this month with two new nature-themed, two-ounce silver coins, which are quite different in style. It's a talented mint with some [...]
Without question, one of the most recognisable symbols in comic book lore, the shield symbol that is emblazoned on the chest of Superman has appeared on numerous coins over the last decade, quite a few of them from Agoro, the numismatic brand of the New Zealand Mint. This time, however, it's in a format this mint rarely [...]
Modern icon, Game of Thrones, marks 15 years since its debut with a new pair of fifty pence designs called 'Fire' and 'Ice' Based on the fantasy novel series 'A Song of Ice and Fire', by George R. R. Martin, Game of Thrones debuted on HBO on April 17, 2011, and became a phenomenon almost immediately. [...]
The Judgement of Paris, and the Three Graces, features on the latest Carmen Testa penned 'Mythos' coin from Le Grand Mint Le Grand Mint has debuted the latest in its 'Mythos' series, a range that began in 2021 with 'The Seduction of Europe', but was essentially relaunched in 2023 carrying a Cameroon denomination. That coin depicted Adonis [...]
The Mint of Poland has been busy of late, so here's a little look at some of their new releases It's been a while since we had a look at the Mennica Polska's output, so below is a round-up of some of the more interesting recent releases, and it's quite a varied bunch. There are no [...]
The duality of good and evil is visualised on POP Coin's latest high-relief NEO silver coin Of all the concepts forming the basis of religions throughout history, the relationship, and usually conflict, between good and evil is without question the most pervasive. From the early faiths of Mesopotamia, Egypt, Greece and Rome, to the Abrahamic religions [...]
T&S Coin continues along the 'Warriors Path' with Sohei, and there's also Elves, and a horseman who rode under a low bridge... European producer, T & S Coin, continue to expand their impressive selection of the two-ounce, high-relief silver coins they've become primarily known for. Their employment of a mix of antiquing, colour and gilding is not [...]
Since its 2021 debut, the Lithuanian Mint has regularly added new issues to its 'Fairy Tales' range of one-ounce silver coins, usually two or three of them. This talented producer has just issued the 15th in the series to date, and they're stepping it up in the design stakes with a neat new border frame.Thumbelina is the fairy [...]
Carpathian Mint issues the first in its intricately detailed Carved Skull series of cast coin miniatures The market has welcomed an ever more eclectic range of three-dimensional coins over the last few years, and has been rewarded with some quite extraordinary designs as a result. Joining the genre is the Carpathian Mint with the first in [...]
A first issue from T&S Coin, an addition to the Royal Mint's Tudor Beast's series, and fractional Germania coins bump up bullion choice It's been a while since we did a round-up of the bullion market, as they involve a lot of work in collating and optimising images for the site, but I've concentrated on three [...]
