The Royal Mint celebrates 150 years of the Royal Albert Hall and there's a mint first domed coin incoming One of the more popular tourist attractions in London, and one of the worlds premier locations for musical events, the Royal Albert Hall was built in Victorian times and named after the recently deceased husband of the [...]
APMEX extends its Caribbean Seahorse limited mintage bullion coin series with a fourth annual release One of two Seahorse themed bullion coin series on the market today - the other being the Samoan Seahorse from Scottsdale - the Caribbean Seahorse series from APMEX has carved itself out a niche in the highly competitive limited mintage bullion [...]
Scottsdale wraps up its 2020 run of Biblical coins with the launch of the final two coins. 2021 coins delayed. We've had several enquiries about Scottsdale Mint's epic and long running Biblical Series of sixty coins, which for the first time did not get all six annual coins released last year. Scottsdale, and many other mints, [...]
Powercoin ties up its beautiful Eternal Sculptures series with an epic five ounce Bernini-themed special A nice surprise today sees Powercoin release one final 'tribute' piece in its extremely elegant 'Eternal Sculptures' series of fine art coins. Launched in 2016, the five-coin series showcased some of the world's greatest sculpted masterpieces in a unique way. Employing [...]
The Royal Mints 2021 proof Britannia range breaks cover and it could be the best since 2014 One of the highlights of the numismatic calendar, the Royal Mint's proof Britannia range has brought forth some beautiful designs over the last decade, none more so than the stunning 2014 coin by Jody Clark. For 2021, the mint [...]
Constantine I lived from 272-337 CE and was the first Roman Emperor to convert to Christianity. One of the four emperors of the Tetrarchy, he emerged victorious in the civil war to become sole ruler. He enacted many reforms to strengthen the Empire, including introducing the gold solidus coin that continued in use for over a millennium. [...]
The first of the 2021 issues in the Czech Mints 'Mythical Beasts' series has now launched, and following such fantastical creatures as the Griffin and the Dragon, comes the multi-headed Hydra. These are attractive and competitively priced issues in a genre that normally attracts a hefty premium with high-end design and specs. The series has a consistent [...]
It was good to see the striking and inventine world of Tim burton's 'Nightmare Before Christmas' get some exposure in the coin world when the New Zealand Mint released Jack Skellington last month, so it's great to see the amazing visual style of the movie back with 'Sally' . Sally is Jack Skellington's love interest and the [...]
Precious Metal Collectors reproduces Leonardo da Vinci's 'The Last Supper' in giant style Precious Metal Collectors have brought to market some impressive issues in their numerous copper-cored coin ranges, but their latest is a chonky beast even by those standards. The technique they use is simple enough. Wrap a relatively small quantity of fine silver around [...]
A quick heads up that the second of the Royal Mint's new Mr Men coin series is available today. Depicting Mister Strong and Little Miss Giggles, it's the second of three coins in the series launched as a celebration of fifty years since the first book was published in 1971. These are simple books with simple artwork, [...]
