The 15th bullion release in the New Zealand Mints Disney range launches today, and it's the third in the Lion King sub-series. Reproducing scenes from the movie rather than just showcasing different characters, it's something a little different from the rest of the range and all the better for it. This one has a scene of Simba, [...]
In amongst the explosion of popular culture releases, we've seen a growth in shaped coins. That's hardly surprising given the obvious cross-over potential, and everything from Star Wars to Streetfighter II has put in an appearance. We're going to assume that they're very popular as most of them seem to sell out in short order. One such [...]
Another round up of the latest in movie and television coins - The Minions are Back, as is Star Wars, Harry Potter and more We published a roundup of popular culture coins last month and it looks to be a decent way to cover many of the ever increasing coins in this genre without cutting down [...]
The first pair of Chibi for August has launched and its the 4th Disney 'Mickey & Friends' coin, Donald Duck, and the 11th DC Comics coin, Deathstroke. Both are neat and as you would expect for a series rapidly closing in on its 50th release. Two more coming later this month, of course. Available now for $99 [...]
The Perth Mints wildlife silver bullion coin series 'Quokka' debuts its second annual design Another of the Perth Mint's myriad selection of wildlife and nature bullion coin series, 'Quokka' debuted last year. and today sees the second release arrive for pre-order.The Quokka is a small cat-sized marsupial beloved by tourists for its playful looks. As [...]
The whole dysfunctional family turns up for the Perth Mint’s latest Simpsons silver bullion coin Probably the biggest and most popular animated show in television history, The Simpsons has broken multiple records over its 20 year run. The creation of Matt Groening, the show went from the humble beginnings of a small sketch on the [...]
The second pair of Chibi for July launches today and we see the continuation of the Lord of the Rings subset with a fifth release, and the first in a whole new subset. Gollum is the neat looking character from the Tolkien behemoth and may well turn out to be the most popular of them to date. [...]
A shaped silver coin tries to do the Kessel Run in twelve parsecs in the form of Han Solo's ship, The Millennium Falcon The Star Wars coin tsunami continues with a shaped coin featuring one of the most famous spaceships in all of science fiction - the Millennium Falcon. This isn't the first time the New Zealand [...]
DC Comics legend Aquaman, joins Superman with his own shaped silver emblem coin Back in March, the New Zealand Mint issued their first DC Comics emblem-shaped coin and as you'd expect, it was Superman. The debut coin in a new series, the second one launches today, and it's his Justice League compatriot, Aquaman. It's fair to [...]
It's hard to get too enthused about another Star Wars coin given the number we've covered since the New Zealand Mint acquired the licence in 2014, but we have to admit to a soft spot for their 'Guards of the Empire' series. An antique-finished, one-ounce silver coin series in a rectangular format, it takes a look at the [...]
