LPM launches a new Street Fighter bullion coin series with an attractive Ryu debut release We've already remarked about the big uptick in coins celebrating the videogame world, and that doesn't seem like abating anytime soon. Latest to appear in the numismatic arcades is the next in LPM's Street Fighter homage, following their Mini-Figure coins, and [...]
Batman Returns with an impressive new 80 mm tall silver miniature of the Caped Crusader crusading It's been a while since we've seen a silver miniature emanate from the New Zealand Mint, with only Grogu from the mega-hit The Mandalorian show coming out, but we have seen others dip their toes in. The Mint of Gdańsk [...]
The Perth Mint expands its uber-cool The Simpsons bullion coin range with 'Marge & Maggie' If you don't know 'The Simpsons', (where have you been..?) they're animated, hugely popular, even after 33 seasons, and one of the big franchises at the Perth Mint. There've been many proof coins, mostly unadventurous in design, but also a [...]
It's movie and TV coin time with our early November round-up of the new releases Our fifth round-up of movie and TV coins has a couple of surprises, but is generally more of the same. In general, it's more Chibi, more shaped coins, and more 007, so our decision to round these coins up rather than [...]
Shrek is one of the latest movie franchises to make its mark on the coin world, There are currently two producers issuing coins for it, one of which is APMEX with its bullion range, and the other The Coin Company in Australia. The latter have specialised in shaped coins and the new one here is the fourth [...]
The popular culture invasion of the bullion market continues apace with the launch of the third of the New Zealand Mint's DC Comics rsnge. After Batman and Wonder Woman, we come to that most iconic of superheroes, Superman. It's actually a really good design, drawing heavily from the modern comic era rather than the movie world and it's [...]
We've already seen 'Faces of the Empire' take a look at the helmets of the Star Wars Universe, and it looks like the videogame 'Halo' is now getting the treatment. The seminal shooter which almost single-handedly ensured the success of Microsoft's first console, the original X-Box, is now 20 years old, so this is an anniversary release. [...]
After the writing and publication of our huge Thematic Guide to Harry Potter coins earlier this week, I was quite hoping not to have to look at another new one for a while, but that hope was in vain. The NZ Mint is adding the third of its six Hogwart's House crests one-ounce silver coins to the mix, [...]
Dune. Arrakis. Desert Planet. The movie of Frank Herbert's epic sci-fi novel hits the bullion world via APMEX Easily one of the most complex and well regarded science fiction creations of all time, Dune is an incredible tale, spanning generations of events over expanses of space almost incomprehensible in scale. That it manages to do so [...]
Movie and TV coins for mid October - Potter, Batman, 007, Green Lantern, and a good doggie Regular media licenced coin roundup number four, we'll continue to do these as while they're quite time-consuming to put together, they are quicker than individual articles would be. Besides, the genre as a whole is quite repetitive, so it [...]
