With the New Zealand Mint seemingly having given up on anything that wasn't a pop-culture franchised coin release, we were pleased to see them finally release a new series with a more general them. They've issued from fine ones over the years, including a decent dinosaur series not too long ago, but we're back into human history for their [...]
The fourth of the Seven Wonders of the Ancient World bullion rounds from APMEX has just debuted, and this time around depicts the Temple of Artemis, and one of its most famous figures by association, Alexander the Great. The temple was actually the third built on the site, with the second having been burned to the ground in [...]
The heroic work of firefighter's around the globe is showcased on a new shaped silver coin from Fiji One of the primary emergency services, the Fire Brigade is something we hope never to see, but will owe everything to when it's needed. Tasked with the control and extinguishing of fires, and the saving of those [...]
MDM and the Royal Canadian Mint celebrate the 100-year anniversary of telephone pioneer, Alexander Graham Bell Born in 1847, Scottish inventor Alexander Graham Bell's name will forever be linked with his most famous invention - the telephone. His efforts in the field were driven by both his wife's, and his mother's deafness, the work he undertook [...]
American mega dealer, APMEX, has launched the third in its excellent bullion coin series, 'Icons of Innovation'. As with the previous Galileo Gallilei, and Leonardo da Vinci coins, this one is designed by regarded coin and stamp artist, Joel Iskowitz, who clearly knows his stuff based on this series alone. The premise of this series is simple [...]
The works of Caravaggio are reproduced on a silver coin series in the 450th anniversary of his birth A hugely influential artist, the late 16th century painter, Caravaggio, had an intense visual style, no doubt tied in with his intense and violent personality. His paintings are bold, often brutal, rarely sexual. On the 450th anniversary of [...]
In a change from it's current deadly wildlife, the Royal Australian Mint looks to extinct deadly wildlife for a coin.. Australian coin producers have built their businesses on mining the highly unusual national fauna for inspiration. Surely the strangest and most varies ecosystem on the planet, you can see why coins featuring it have been [...]
It's that time of the year again. The Royal Mint releases images of its 2022 circulating currency designs An earlier than usual look at the Royal Mint's proof sets for the year (they go on sale next week), and it's another selection of themes encompassing royalty, science, personalities, and events. There are a pair of seven-sided [...]
Niue and PiK Coins debut an atmospheric Al Capone silver coin to launch the new 'Gangsters' series Murder, extortion, bootlegging, prostitution, bribery, and tax evasion - the life of a gangster is a busy one. Nobody epitomises that more than the classic mobster, Alphonse Gabriel Capone, more popularly known as Al. Born in New York City [...]
Steve McQueen, a movie legend and the epitome of cool, gets his own epically cool bullion coin Like James Dean, Steve McQueen became one of those film legends that burned brightly, but had their light extinguished before their time. Throughout the 60's and early 70's, McQueen and his anti-hero persona, grew into one of the biggest [...]
