In mid-December, T & S Coin, launched their first coin featuring the lunar cycle. It was a two-ounce silver coin, with antique finishing, colour, and high-relief. Over the last year, this producer has dabbled with some gold versions of select silver coins from their portfolio, usually with tiny mintages, and in at least two sizes. The gold [...]
T&S Coin issues their first ever coin for the lunar calendar, and for 2026, it's the Year of the Red Fire Horse. We used to try to cover all of the many lunar coins that were released, but with twelve designs in every series, it soon became both a chore, and less interesting for the [...]
The big lunars continue to appear, and with the Perth Mint, Royal Mint, and Numistrade launching their new Year of the Horse coins this week, it seems fitting that the Royal Australian Mint would join them. The horse is the sixth in the mints Lunar Investment Series, one of the prettiest ranges in this genre. The horse [...]
The lunar flood continues with the Royal Mint debut of its latest Shēngxiào issue for the Year of the Horse Next up on the major lunar coin front is The Royal Mint, with today's launch of their latest Shēngxiào coin, obviously for the Year of the Horse. We've already had the Perth Mint, and Numistrade [...]
Numistrade add HMS Victory to their Nautical Ounce and the horse to the Lunar Ounce bullion and proof coin ranges We're continuing this week's catch-up of bullion coins, and lunars with another combo of the two, this time from German producer, Numistrade. They've recently debuted the tenth in their Lunar Ounce series, and we've also got [...]
The Perth Mint debuts one of the bullion calendar highlights, the seventh Lunar Series III design, the Year of the Horse. One of the absolute legends of the modern numismatic world, the Perth Mint's Lunar Series has been going since 1996, when Lunar Series I, specifically the Year of the Mouse, debuted. It wasn't until 2000, [...]
CIT have added the inevitable 2026 designs to their superb, dimensional Lunar silver coin range, and as always, there's a half-gram minigold, and a five-gram coin note alongside it. We've long been admirers of the innovative designs that have exemplified their Lunar Collection since 2019, and this eighth annual issue is no exception. The star of the [...]
CIT Summer Launch: A cowboy hat and the return of the spinning top coin showcase the extreme end of smartminting's talents The CIT Summer Launch is upon us, and around two-dozen new issues have debuted as part of it. As always an eclectic mix, we usually do a preview using the CIT videos to kick off [...]
A striking lunar snake, a clever elephant, and Gryphon, a stunning homage to classic Greek numismatics, stand out in CIT's Spring Launch We posted a collation of all the videos that CIT produced for their latest Spring Launch earlier today, so if you want a complete overview of what's been released today, you can head over [...]
Le Grand Mint brings its esoteric sense of style to their debut selection of 2024 issues in bullion and proof ranges Over the last few years, German producer, Le Grand Mint, has built itself a reputation for some quite unusual designs, full of detail, and quite different to almost everyone else. The silhouette 'Evolution' nature series, [...]
