As it marks 500 years, the iconic Sovereign gets enhanced security, and a move from red to yellow gold for the 2026 range There was some speculation last year about The Royal Mint's ultra-iconic coin, The Sovereign, making the move from 22kt gold (0.9167 fineness) to 0.9999 fineness, which appeared to create some debate and [...]
The heartbreaking life of Anne Frank is remembered on a limited mintage silver coin from Italian producer, Powercoin Annelies Marie Frank was a German-born Jewish girl whose diary became one of the most widely read firsthand accounts of the Holocaust. Born in Frankfurt in 1929, her family fled to Amsterdam in 1933, after the Nazi [...]
The infamous gangster, Al Capone, and girl-boss warriors, the Valkyries, are the latest legends in T&S coins range Two new issues from T&S Coin have been released, both using their preferred format of choice, the two-ounce high-relief, antiqued silver coin. Their range encompasses a wide selection of themes, sometimes quite esoteric, like the book version of [...]
We had a look at Germania Mint's Golden Eagle bullion coin series a few times in the past, the last time back in July when we had images of a sample one-ounce bullion coin that Germania Mint had kindly sent us. The design is one that doesn't change on a yearly basis, mainly because, unlike most [...]
The Royal Mint's 'Portraits of a Queen' series continues with the Arnold Machin effigy of Queen Elizabeth II The second coin in the first in a new five-issue series commemorating all the effigies of Queen Elizabeth II used on British coinage will launch later today, and following the Mary Gillick effigy, we get to Arnold Machin's effort. [...]
The Autumn Launch season, to coincide with the Beijing Coin Fair, continues with an outstanding collection from CIT We've already had a look at Mint XXI's Autumn Launch, and now it's time for another of the greats to show off their final tranche of releases for 2025, and that's the multi-award winning Liechtenstein based producer, CIT. [...]
We took a detour from the usual silver and gold to have a look at a cool copper round from Hobo Coins, one that featured an alternative history look at Ancient Rome by melding it with high-tech elements. That was the first release in a series called ‘Future in the Past’, and the one featured here, Tutankhamun, [...]
Mint XXI, with their Autumn Launch, bring superb additions to many silver coin series, including Celestial Beauty, and Nature Spirits We're heading into the final launch season of the year, and of the three that concentrate on four main seasonal releases (CIT, Mint XXI, MDM), it's Mint XXI that's the first out of the gate with another [...]
Mechanical butterflies, the Wild West, and the bomb to end all bombs feature on Silver Pours and Mint of MK's latest innovative coins Silver Pours have been quite prolific of late, and it's about time we had another dip into a few of the more unusual ones that they've put out since our last look. That coin [...]
The First French Empire, led by Napoleon Bonaparte, existing for barely a decade between 1804 and 1814. Rising from the ashes of the French Revolution, it was a period of vast military expansion and political dominance across Europe, driven by ambition, and greatly concerning the other major powers. Napoleon’s Grande Armée achieved a series of stunning victories, [...]
