‘We all live in a yellow submarine shaped coin’. The Crown Mint debuts its homage to the iconic Beatles song and film

By |2024-08-01T12:09:02+01:00August 25th, 2022|Categories: Art & Literature, Culture, Coloured, Silver, Crown Mint, Gibraltar|

'We all live in a yellow submarine shaped coin'. The Crown Mint debuts its homage to the iconic Beatles song and film UPDATE: The Crown Mint has closed down, so this series, and everything else they do, is dead.When the conversation turns to a discussion on favourite bands, it's fair to say The Beatles will be [...]

Coin’s Today debuts their latest silver stackable bullion coin, featuring the intricacies of the Aztec Sun Stone

By |2022-08-22T08:49:34+01:00August 22nd, 2022|Categories: Culture, History, Bullion Round, Silver, Coins Today KR|

Coin's Today debuts their latest silver stackable bullion coin, featuring the intricacies of the Aztec Sun Stone The stackable bullion coins from South Korean producer, Coins Today, have rapidly become one of our favourite ranges on the market today, encompassing a mix of the modern, and the ancient, mainly centred around two series - Masks, [...]

After PEZ and Sweethearts, MTB/PAMP adds Bazooka bubblegum to its range of silver bullion homages to classic sweets

By |2022-08-02T00:15:27+01:00August 2nd, 2022|Categories: Culture, Bullion Round, Silver, PAMP|

After PEZ and Sweethearts, MTB/PAMP adds Bazooka bubblegum to its range of silver bullion homages to classic sweets In the early 1950s, the Topps Company, famous now for its trading card business, tasked cartoonist Wesley Morse with creating a new set of characters for comics to go with the 'Bazooka' bubblegum it had released in 1947 He [...]

Tonka, the indestructible toy we broke all our other toys with, is 75 years old. Don’t use the new coin to do the same…

By |2022-07-27T17:28:24+01:00July 27th, 2022|Categories: Culture, Coloured, Silver, Niue Island, NZ Mint/Agoro|

Tonka, the indestructible toy we broke all our other toys with, is 75 years old. Don't use the new coin to do the same... From humble beginnings at a company, Mound Metalcraft, making gardening tools, Tonka grew to be one of the most iconic toy brands in history. Taking its name from the Dakota Sioux name 'tanka', [...]

The Bank of China’s iconic Panda coin is forty years old, and Powercoin issues ‘Paladin Panda’ to commemorate the occasion

By |2022-07-26T11:51:54+01:00July 26th, 2022|Categories: Culture, Politics & Finance, Gilded, Silver, Palau, Powercoin|

The Bank of China's iconic Panda coin is forty years old, and Powercoin issues 'Paladin Panda' to commemorate the occasion Putting in a first appearance way back in 1982, the Bank of China's now iconic Gold Panda bullion coin was joined a year later by a silver sibling. Excepting a single year, the coin has carried [...]

JVP’s Liberator proof and bullion round returns, and it’s sporting a new background field

By |2022-07-15T15:47:37+01:00July 15th, 2022|Categories: Culture, Bullion Round, Gold, Silver, JVP Investment|

JVP's Liberator proof and bullion round returns, and it's sporting a new background field JVP Mint is back with the sharp looking 'Liberator' bullion round range that debuted last year. Sporting a 'Punisher'-style skull with a background field covered in barb-wire, it was a striking piece, clean and free of distraction. The obverse was excellent, mimicking [...]

Art Mint’s exquisite ‘Mandala’ series returns with an eighth issue, drawing from the Art Nouveau movement

By |2022-07-08T17:28:53+01:00July 8th, 2022|Categories: Art & Literature, Culture, Art Mint, Inserts, Silver, Fiji|

Art Mint's exquisite 'Mandala' series returns with an eighth issue, drawing from the Art Nouveau movement In amongst the increasing numbers of popular culture, and bullion coins released onto the market these days, there remains a core of classically designed, elegant numismatics that rely on historical roots (like CIT's awesome Numismatic Icons series), or their sheer artistic [...]

Precious Metal Collectors reissues its copper-cored ‘9 Sons of the Dragon King’ as a hefty, solid 1.6 kg silver coin

By |2022-07-05T22:00:41+01:00July 5th, 2022|Categories: Art & Literature, Culture, Silver, Precious Metal Collectors, Tokelau|

Precious Metal Collectors reissues its copper-cored '9 Sons of the Dragon King' as a hefty, solid 1.6 kg silver coin Released in September 2021, '9 Sons of the Dragon King' was a hugely impressive coin struck in PMC's Bi-Metal Max format. It involves a hefty copper core, in this case over 32 ounces of it, which [...]

Mint of Gdańsk continues its eclectic tour through the punk universe with a Japanese-inspired ‘Silkpunk’ coin

By |2022-06-22T11:47:52+01:00June 22nd, 2022|Categories: Culture, Coloured, Silver, Niue Island, Mint of Gdansk|

Mint of Gdańsk continues its eclectic tour through the punk universe with a Japanese-inspired 'Silkpunk' coin Continuing their delve into the 'Punk Universe', and following their earlier Cyberpunk coin, the Mint of Gdańsk have now turned their attention to a more unusual, but no less interesting genre - Silkpunk. While Cyberpunk draws from the works of many [...]

Exclusive! Carpathian Mint debuts ‘Memory’, its first coin in a series looking at the end of human civilisation

By |2022-06-20T14:57:34+01:00June 20th, 2022|Categories: Culture, Coloured, Silver, Carpathian Mint, Niue Island|

Exclusive! Carpathian Mint debuts 'Memory', its first coin in a series looking at the end of human civilisation Isn't it strange how one of the things we find the most interesting is our own demise? Numerous TV shows like The Walking Dead, Westworld, and The 100, movies like Mad Max, Armageddon, and Wall-E, as well as [...]

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