Hobo Coins appear to have had much success with their 'Future in the Past' range of copper rounds, mixing historical figures with futuristic alternate-reality themes, and that series is now three issues old. Joining it is the first in a whole new series called 'Future in the Myth'. Very similar in concept, and identical [...]
The Royal Mint continues to celebrate the historic link between the UK and the US with its latest The Lion and the Eagle bullion range The Royal Mint has been knocking it out of the park of late, with a succession of excellent bullion designs, including an outstanding Count Dracula, the continuation of the Tudor Beasts, [...]
A series that really piqued our interest in copper numismatics in the latter half of this year has now debuted its third issue. The series, called Future in the Past, features famous figures and their civilisations from the ancient period, and gives them a modern twist, almost part Cyberpunk, and part Steampunk. The series debuted with [...]
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, [...]
