Spring is here, and Mint XXI adds new coins to some of its best series, and debuts 'Secret Societies' It's the time for the big producers to debut their second big tranche of releases for 2026, and the first to do so is Mint XXI, home to some of the very best coins being released today. [...]
Born in 1885 in Kent, Malcolm Campbell grew up to have an obsession with speed after discovering the joys of motorbikes while working in Germany. He also had a talent for it, winning the 1906, 1907, and 1908 London to Land's End trials. He migrated to cars, entering races from 1910 at the world-famous Brooklands track, before [...]
The Royal Mint marks a century since the birth of Queen Elizabeth II with a new range of gold and silver coins With 21 April 2026 marking 100 years since the birth of Queen Elizabeth II, The Royal Mint has launched a new range of coins in celebration of the centenary. The new range is unusual [...]
Mint XXI releases a terrific new range of coins for its winter tranche, including five for history and mythology With the World Money Fair in Berlin fast approaching, we're seeing some of the big guns launch their first big release tranche of the year. One of those we look forward to most is the imaginative, [...]
The heartbreaking life of Anne Frank is remembered on a limited mintage silver coin from Italian producer, Powercoin Annelies Marie Frank was a German-born Jewish girl whose diary became one of the most widely read firsthand accounts of the Holocaust. Born in Frankfurt in 1929, her family fled to Amsterdam in 1933, after the Nazi [...]
The Royal Mint's 'Portraits of a Queen' series continues with the Arnold Machin effigy of Queen Elizabeth II The second coin in the first in a new five-issue series commemorating all the effigies of Queen Elizabeth II used on British coinage will launch later today, and following the Mary Gillick effigy, we get to Arnold Machin's effort. [...]
Mint XXI, with their Autumn Launch, bring superb additions to many silver coin series, including Celestial Beauty, and Nature Spirits We're heading into the final launch season of the year, and of the three that concentrate on four main seasonal releases (CIT, Mint XXI, MDM), it's Mint XXI that's the first out of the gate with another [...]
The First French Empire, led by Napoleon Bonaparte, existing for barely a decade between 1804 and 1814. Rising from the ashes of the French Revolution, it was a period of vast military expansion and political dominance across Europe, driven by ambition, and greatly concerning the other major powers. Napoleon’s Grande Armée achieved a series of stunning victories, [...]
The Royal Mint debuts its five-issue 'Portraits of a Queen' coin series, and celebrates the incredible voyage of the RRS Discovery The Royal Mint has a busy month in September, with some new series, one-offs, and continuations of existing, ongoing ranges. We're taking a look at the two latest issues, the former of which, RRS Discovery, [...]
The Princess Royal is 75 years old, and The Royal Mint celebrates in gold and silver with a new coin Well regarded for her impressive work ethic and lack of scandal, Princess Anne, the Princess Royal, has long been a steady hand in royal circles. The only daughter of Queen Elizabeth II, she was born in [...]
