96 Zodiac brings fresh blood to the lunar market with '96 Rat' and its denominated silver certificate Now, we've given extensive coverage to the Lunar coin market over our relatively short existence, producing several annual guides to the plethora of releases and with more to come. Doing so, you pick up on trends, which [...]
Australia debuts Kangaroos at Dawn, a knockout new modern interpretation of its classic designs Long a classic of modern Australian coin designs, Stuart Devlin's iconic 'Mob of Roos' has inspired multiple award-winning designs over the intervening years, such as the gorgeous silhouette-style issues like the Kangaroo at Sunset that was retired last [...]
2020 Panda bullion and commemorative coins debut in silver and gold Kicking around since its debut way back in 1982, the Chinese Panda coin has become a staple of the bullion world in particular, and the annually changing design is always eagerly awaited - reflected in mintages that have risen inexorably over the last [...]
The magical houses of Hogwarts School of Witchcraft and Wizardry hit the silver foil selection from Niue Following the Crown Mint's launch of its new eight-coin series of Harry Potter character coins last month, it came as a surprise to learn that the New Zealand Mint were also to debut a whole range of [...]
Code of the Future silver coin series is back (to the future?) with Immortality the subject It's been a long time coming, but the Mint of Poland has finally gotten around to issuing the third of its cool Code of the Future silver coins. Launching back in 2016, the series showcases aspects of the [...]
Nailed it! PAMP expands its Hunters of the Deep shark-shaped coin series with the Hammerhead The second of PAMP's new "Hunters of the deep" series of shaped silver coins is now with us. After the debut of the iconic Great White Shark a few months ago, it's the turn off one of the [...]
Wallace and Gromit are the latest classic characters to join the Royal Mint’s ever expanding range Beatrix Potter, the Gruffalo, Paddington, and the Snowman are all classics of children's literature and motion media that have enraptured people for decades. What they also have in common is appearing on a shiny piece of metal with [...]
NZ Mint expands its impressive miniature range to the Star Wars Universe with Darth Vader After a run of Star Trek, DC Comics and Disney characters, the New Zealand Mint has finally jumped into the Star Wars Universe for its range of cast silver miniatures. Not our usual thing here, we've seen a few [...]
Great Commanders coin series is back with the heroic king of the Spartan 300. Leonidas It's been a while since the Mint of Poland debuted its new Commanders series of 2oz silver coins and we're finally at the point where a second issue joins the club. Released at last years World Money Fair in [...]
Sixteenth century classic Una & the Lion celebrates Queen Victoria's bicentenary with new gold coin First published in 1590 during the reign of Queen Elizabeth I, The Faerie Queene by Edmund Spenser is an English epic poem - especially epic in the sense of its length as it is one of the longest poems [...]
