The New Zealand Mint now seems to be knocking out limited run bullion coins with an increased vigour, almost all tied to one of the mints big name media licences, Disney or Star Wars. The last issue we covered for the latter franchise was the APMEXclusive 'Mandalorian Mythosaur', and this one is the latest under the Disney [...]
It was back in January that the Perth Mint unveiled its James Bond 007 coins with a gold and silver proof design replicating the iconic 'bullet-hole' of the movie franchise, as well as a limited bullion variant. With a range of excellent designs also hitting the market from Britain's Royal Mint, including a superb Aston Martin coin, [...]
Harry Potter and the Order of the Giant Headed Coins. Chibi comes to Hogwarts After the hugely successful debut of the New Zealand Mint;s Chibi coins with the sell out Batman, the concept returns with a first dip into the world of Harry Potter. Choosing to kick off with the distinctive title character, it's a solid [...]
The New Zealand Mint's Star Wars bullion coin range continues apace with the first issue to reference the new 'The Mandalorian' television series. Called 'The Mandalorian Mythosaur' the coin depicts the official sigil of the bounty hunter clan. It's the first design in the series that isn't instantly recognisable as a Star Wars item, although fans will [...]
One of the better of the New Zealand Mint's many Star Wars ranges of coins and foils, the ultra high relief helmets are reproductions in silver of some of the epic movie franchises most iconic items. First to drop in 2019 was an excellent Darth Vader helmet. If you're going to launch a new series like this, then Vader's [...]
As well as the Back to the Future coin we just looked at, monster hit Jurassic Park also has a 1oz silver (0.999) bullion coin available to order now. Also issued for Niue, thus carrying the same QEII effigy on its obverse, it depicts the now super famous logo of the fictional theme park. The silhouette of [...]
We've been pleasantly surprised by the Perth Mint's 'The Simpsons' bullion coin range. We've found the proof range to be relatively unadventurous, so the arrival of a great looking Homer Simpson coin in early 2019 was a nice boost for the beloved animated series in the coin world. This was followed early this year with one of our favourite [...]
The second movie in the franchise, Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets premiered in 2002 and was based on the 1998 novel by J. K. Rowling. It went on to gross over $879m, beaten in 2002 only by The Lord of the Rings: The Two Towers. It tells the story of Potters second year at Hogwarts [...]
Back to the Future’s iconic ‘OUTATIME’ licence plate is reproduced on a two-ounce silver coin The much loved Robert Zemeckis time-travel comedy ‘Back to the Future’ has spawned a small number of commemorative coins over the last few years, starting with a 30th anniversary range of issues from the Perth Mint in 2015. It wasn't until [...]
A phenomenon that has travelled far from its Japanese homeland, Chibi (ちび or チビ) is slang for short and is applied to various pop culture genres today. Chief amongst those are the small, chubby caricatures with their small bodies and over-sixed heads - also called super-deformed (SD). A popular style in anime and manga, and also with the Funko figures [...]
