A stunning stackable bust of Venus, and a set of cupcakes, comprise Coin's Today's latest silver oddities South Korean producer, Coin's Today, has been busy, and we've got another pair of new issues which display the usual mix of inventiveness, and quality design. One of the two is another of those unusual little sets that [...]
Le Grand Mint adds two new gold and silver minted bar designs - The Eagle and the Serpent, and Fors Fortuna Along with a fine and uniquely designed range of proof and bullion coins, Le Grand Mint also produces some neat minted bars, something we haven't covered a lot of in the past, but we've been [...]
Launched way back in 2003, to much acclaim, the Austrian Mint's innovative Niobium series was quite unlike anything else out there at the time. A silver ring, inset into which is a disc made of a metal called niobium. This is quite unusual in that it can be coloured using anodised oxidation, rather than requiring the application [...]
The signs of the zodiac, and goddesses from around the world feature on a new 5oz silver coin from Coins Australia, and the Perth Mint The signs of the zodiac are one of those perennial themes in the modern coin world, with one or two series in progress at any one time, but most of them [...]
It isn't just the wildlife Down Under that's brightly coloured and capable of finishing you off, it seems the food is as well! Fairy bread is a favourite for kids, and no doubt adults, in Australia and New Zealand, and is basically a buttered slice of bread covered in hundreds and thousands (sprinkles). Easy to make, easy to [...]
The Royal Australian Mint has been issuing some fine bullion coins of late, and their Lunar Calendar range is one of the more popular. We've covered most of them to date, and you can see the whole range, along with most of the RAM's recent output, in our comprehensive Bullion Profile summary of them all.However, there's been a [...]
Tudor Beasts adds its eighth of ten designs with the arrival of the Greyhound of Richmond in gold and silver proof form Tudor Beasts returns today with the eighth of ten designs in this classic heraldic series of coins from the Royal Mint. Designed by David Lawrence, they're based on statues (King’s Beasts) that adorn the Moat [...]
Great Greek Mythology, Mint XXI's epic 36-coin series, adds its penultimate trio of coins, including the big boss himself, Zeus Mint XXI's flagship 'Great Greek Mythology' series is rapidly heading to completion with today's launch of the 11th of twelve tranches of three coins, on its way to make a quite epic 36-coin depiction of the major [...]
Mint of MK heads into the soulful world of jazz with a striking new retro microphone style silver coin One of the most experimental and innovative producers working today, Mint of MK, is at it again with a striking debut for their latest coin series, 'Voices of Music'. Going on the evidence of this first issue, we [...]
Mythical Creatures, Coins Today's shaped silver series, continues with the three-headed fido, Cerberus The shaped two-ounce silver range, Mythical Beast's, continues with the addition of a third release in the series. Cerberus, the three-headed dog with a serpents tail, that in Greek mythology, guarded the entrance to the underworld to prevent the dead from leaving. Also [...]
