The triumphs and tragedies of Ancient Rome and Greece feature on the Lithuanian Mint’s latest silver coins

By |2025-06-11T18:07:14+01:00June 11th, 2025|Categories: History, Coloured, Silver, Liberia, Lithuanian Mint|

The triumphs and tragedies of Ancient Rome and Greece feature on the Lithuanian Mint's latest silver coins Here's another catch-up, this time for the Lithuanian Mint, who've been quite prolific of late with a wide variety of styles and formats. We're sticking to familiar, and popular, territory here, with a selection of three, 2oz high-relief [...]

Jeanne d’Arc 2oz high-relief silver coin (2025 T & S Coin)

By |2025-06-09T09:27:15+01:00June 9th, 2025|Categories: Quicklooks, History, People, Silver, Niue Island, T&S Coins|

A national symbol in France, Joan of Arc (c. 1412 – May 30, 1431) was a French peasant girl who participated in the Hundred Years' War against England. When 17 years of age, she presented herself to Charles VII, the uncrowned Dauphin of France, claiming divine guidance for her mission to expel the English from France and [...]

It’s time we caught up with The Royal Mint’s latest bullion coin and bar releases, headlined by a very cool Battle of Britain bar

By |2025-06-04T23:54:27+01:00June 4th, 2025|Categories: Culture, Bullion roundup, History, Bullion, Gold, Platinum, Silver, Royal Mint, United Kingdom|

It's time we caught up with The Royal Mint's latest bullion coin and bar releases, headlined by a very cool Battle of Britain bar While our bullion round-ups have tapered off to a trickle these days (honestly, the work compiling them was too much, especially as they were designed to lighten the load), they are [...]

The prehistoric world clashes with modernity with PMC’s latest silver coin, Clash of the Eras – Jurassic

By |2025-06-13T15:04:46+01:00May 30th, 2025|Categories: History, Inserts, Silver, Niue Island, Precious Metal Collectors|

The prehistoric world clashes with modernity with PMC's latest silver coin, Clash of the Eras - Jurassic We love a dino coin around here, and designs that embrace an off-centre approach will always draw a little extra attention, so Precious Metal Collector's latest issue was of particular interest. It asks the question, "What happens if dinosaurs [...]

The Red Horse is the Second Seal of the Apocalypse, in Carpathian Mint’s high-relief silver coin series

By |2025-05-29T19:06:09+01:00May 29th, 2025|Categories: History, Inserts, Silver, Carpathian Mint, Niue Island|

The Red Horse is the Second Seal of the Apocalypse, in Carpathian Mint's high-relief silver coin series Not one of the cheeriest stories in the Bible, the Book of Revelation, also called the Book of the Apocalypse (spoiler alert!), is the final book in the New Testament, and dated to around 95 CE. In Revelation chapters [...]

A Japanese cultural icon, and a powerful Egyptian god are the latest to wander under the gaze of T&S Coin

By |2025-05-27T16:15:13+01:00May 27th, 2025|Categories: Art & Literature, Culture, History, Coloured, Gilded, Silver, Niue Island, T&S Coins|

A Japanese cultural icon, and a powerful Egyptian god are the latest to wander under the gaze of T&S Coin Two new issues from T&S Coin are the focus of our attention here, and both are all-new, not part of any ongoing series, although one of them, at least, is the debut issue in a new one. [...]

Mint XXI dishes up the second wave of its Spring launch, with planets, berserkers, and fine art on the menu

By |2025-05-07T17:48:06+01:00May 7th, 2025|Categories: History, Nature, Coloured, People, Science, Inserts, Silver, Cameroon, MintXXI|

Mint XXI dishes up the second wave of its Spring launch, with planets, berserkers, and fine art on the menu For 2025, Mint XXI have split their Spring Launch into two, and we've already covered some of the first wave, including this gorgeous Mermaid issue, and now we have the second, larger batch. The coins [...]

CIT’s Spring Launch starts with Leon, the latest addition to Numismatic Icons, celebrating the classic coins of Ancient Greece

By |2025-04-30T14:18:47+01:00April 30th, 2025|Categories: Art & Literature, History, Gold, Silver, Cook Islands, CIT Coin Invest|

CIT's Spring Launch starts with Leon, the latest addition to Numismatic Icons, celebrating the classic coins of Ancient Greece With CIT's Spring launch upon us, the first thing we do is look for the latest in their Numismatic Icons series, and we're pleased to see that the sixth issue has debuted. If you're unaware of [...]

MDM celebrates two centuries of public railways with a silver coin filled with inventive ideas

By |2025-04-29T12:51:53+01:00April 29th, 2025|Categories: History, Coloured, Gilded, Barbados, Science, Silver, MDM|

MDM celebrates two centuries of public railways with a silver coin filled with inventive ideas German producer, MDM, has debuted their Spring offensive, and the first of them we're looking at is this neat coin celebrating 200 years since the first public steam railway opened. It was on 27 September 1825 that the Stockton and Darlington [...]

Classic Manx numismatic legends, the Noble and the Angel, return in expansive ranges of gold and silver from Tower Mint

By |2025-04-25T13:13:23+01:00April 25th, 2025|Categories: Art & Literature, History, Coloured, Gold, Silver, Tower Mint|

Classic Manx numismatic legends, the Noble and the Angel, return in expansive ranges of gold and silver from Tower Mint While we often cover coins that are unusual in subject, pushing boundaries technically, or simply quite unique in concept, there will always be a place for the classics, because there's little that encapsulates history as much [...]

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