"I am the Law!!" The shield of Judge Dredd, British comic 2000AD's most iconic character, is replicated as a silver coin I remember the feeling of awe when, as a child, I was bought the first issue of a new British comic, 2000AD. It was 1977, and included the return of classic character Dan Dare. However, [...]
Completely different from just about every other incarnation of Batman, the 1966 television series took the character to camp extremes, and it was a riot!. The Batman's villains gallery has always been odd, but it was taken to extremes with a line-up of top actors taking on such iconic roles as The Joker, Riddler, Catwoman, and King [...]
Live Long and Prosper. The iconic Vulcan salute from Star Trek heads up the latest selection of releases from Agoro We haven't caught up with Agoro, the collectible department of the New Zealand Mint, for a while, but we've noticed they seem to be getting a bit more adventurous of late, and we love that here. [...]
Despite a relatively subdued release schedule compared to the early day, Disney bullion coins are still being released, and the latest, by MTB-PAMP, signifies a new confidence in the brand. We see this in the mintages, with have risen from around 10,000, to 25,000 here. Also telling is the return of gold, absent in most new issues [...]
Modern cinema is a large part of the current numismatic world, with everything from Marvel and DC, to Harry Potter and Jurassic Park, garnering multiple new issues, but sadly, the early days of cinema are almost completely neglected. The Mint of Poland is attempting to inject some life into the genre with its new 'Silent Film Classics' [...]
The final issue in The Royal Mint's four-coin Harry Potter series has just launched, and following The Winged Keys, The Black Lake, and The Flying Car, we have The Patronus, continuing the theme of featuring classic scenes from the uber-popular film series, released from 2001 to 2011. Harry Potter has been a giant in modern numismatics, as you [...]
Malta, and the Mint of Poland celebrates some of Europe's iconic city clockfaces, with seven silver coins, starting in the Czech capital, Prague We've covered a lot of the New Zealand Mint's (now Agoro), 'Chibi' series of silver coins, and we mean A LOT... Launching in June 2020 with Batman, by the time the range [...]
Silver foils are increasing in popularity again, with Marvel, DC, and mythology leading the new issues A few years ago, there was a huge increase in the popularity of silver foils and silver banknotes, primarily driven by the New Zealand Mint, CIT Coin Invest, and MDM Wholesale. They covered a wide range of themes, from [...]
Here's a July 2025 round-up of some new silver and gold bullion coin releases from around the globe It's been a few months since our last round-up of new bullion coins, so here's a selection of some of the latest. It isn't comprehensive, as I lack the arm count of an octopus, but they do [...]
The wacky world of bugs is commemorated with a copper round celebrating the South Korean animated TV series, 'Larva' The animated TV show, 'Larva' debuted in 2011 in South Korea, and was an immediate hit. It tells of the misadventures of a pair of larvae, 'Yellow', a dimwitted, but ultimately happy caterpillar, and 'Red', also a [...]
