You have to go back six years for the first New Zealand Mint Disney coin. They chose the original Mickey Mouse short, Steamboat Willie, and it came in a full range of sizes up to a staggering kilo of gold. Now the subject is back for a reissue in amore limited form. There are very few changes to [...]
The latest in the New Zealand Mint's attractive 'Guards of the Empire' Star Wars themed coin series is upon us, and after looking at the various layers of cannon fodder that makes up the Empire's bulk, we get a look at the elite. The red armour clad Praetorian Guards, named after the bodyguards were the last line of defence for [...]
This isn't the first time the iconic Imperial battlestation, the Death Star, has appeared on a coin as part of the New Zealand Mint's extensive Star Wars range. In September 2018, the moon-sized instrument of destruction featured as the subject of a 2oz ultra-high relief silver coin, with a suitably healthy price tag. It's back as part of the mints [...]
One of the New Zealand Mint's superb 'Premium Foil' series, DC Comic Covers reproduces some of the iconic cover artwork from the last 80 years of what is now known today as DC. Some of the most popular superheroes around have been birthed in this period, and with the genre now more popular than ever, although ironically [...]
Easily our favourite of the New Zealand Mint's Star Wars coins being released in 2020, 'Guards of the Empire' offers a look at the cannon fodder warriors that fight on a daily basis to maintain the Galactic Empire. We've already seen the iconic Stormtrooper and the earlier Clone Trooper, but now its the turn of the black clad [...]
Videogames have grown from the weird little hobby of the far-sighted few, to a mainstream juggernaut that drawfs the movie and music industries. It's easy to understand why. Other forms of entertainment generally involve soaking up someone elses vision, but gaming allows you to control the narrative personally, to a quite extraordinary degree in some modern titles.The history of videogames [...]
One of the best comedic actors of the last 40 years, Rowan Atkinson has brought many weird and hilarious characters to life in his long career, none more so than the brilliant Edmund Blackadder. However, it was his turn as the bumbling master of chaos and confusion, Mr Bean, that rocketed him to international superstardom. It remains as popular [...]
Star Wars: The Empire Strikes Back hits four decades in age. NZ Mint issues a range of coins and foils. For the fans, The Empire Strikes Back is widely considered the best of the Star Wars movies, for non-fans, one of the only movies in the franchise that can stand against some of the [...]
The nine movie Star Wars Skywalker Saga wraps up with the last silver poster coin from Niue Three years after the series started, the New Zealand Mint's Star Wars Movie Poster coin series wraps up its look at the nine-film saga telling the tale of the Skywalker family. Each of these one-ounce rectangular coins [...]
Classic time travel adventure, Back To The Future is 35 years old and Niue marks the time and date in silver Released in 1985, the Robert Zemeckis directed time-travel comedy 'Back to the Future', was a huge critical and commercial success, spawning two sequels. The combination of a top-notch script, first-class direction [...]
