Asturmint's contribution to the range of two-ounce cast bars under Germania Mint's new programme has been more extensive than most. They have a seven bar 'Seven Deadly Sins' set, an Independence Day range, and a beautiful Day of the Dead bar, but what we have here are the third, fourth and fifth releases in the Poker Cards [...]
The Paris Olympics and Paralympics are almost over, and MDM have a huge diameter silver kilo coin to commemorate the event The 33rd modern Olympics, this time hosted in the French capital, Paris, are over, and the 17th Paralympics head towards their closing ceremony on the 8th September. It's always a huge event, and Paris is a [...]
Major League Baseball comes to Agoro with a new coloured silver logo coin The oldest major professional sports league in the world, Major League Baseball is one of the four big leagues in US sport, along with the NFL (football), NHL (ice hockey), and the NBA (Basketball). It's made up of 30 teams (1 in [...]
PiK Coins takes a gamble on its new three-ounce Roulette silver coin proving a big hit Meaning 'little wheel' in French, Roulette originated in 18th-century France, and was derived from an earlier Italian game called Biribi. The roulette wheel is segmented with numbered catchments, and a ball is introduced while the wheel is spinning. It eventually [...]
The Royal Mint celebrates the athletes in Team GB and ParalympicsGB with a stylised seven-sided coin in silver and gold The Olympics head to Paris soon, held for the 33rd time in the modern age, and they're joined for the 17th time by the Paralympics. Since 2012, when they were held in London, the Royal [...]
Coins Today's stackable bullion range adds the fourth of six chess issues, and a touching look at the bond between wolves Two new releases from Coins Today have debuted, and both are part of this South Korean producer's extensive stackable range. The first of them is an all-new and unique design and is called Soul Mates. [...]
Finally, the last pair of designs in Scottsdale Mint's eight-coin Eastern Caribbean 8 programme for 2023, the sixth annual run through this popular tourist location, has been issued, and there's one for Antigua & Barbuda, and one for Grenada. The Antiguan coin is the fourth Rum Runner design, looking at the island's long history with the rum [...]
Dutch football club, Feyenoord, celebrate a century since winning their first championship with a limited 1924 silver shirt Football is like a religion around much of the world, and one of its greatest bastions is in Europe, where the modern game had its inception. We've already mentioned the upcoming European Championship in Germany, so with football [...]
The 2024 European Championship starts on June 14th, and MDM are ready for kick-off with a spherical silver ball coin The UEFA European Football Championship, as it's formally known, takes place every four years, and is the second most watched football event in the world, beaten only by the FIFA World Cup. Held every four [...]
Along with the Montserrat coin came the issue for Anguilla. Regular readers will know of my affinity for this island, having lived and worked there in 2005/6, so it's great to see a coin capture the place so well. The boat races around the island (it isn't a big place) were a highlight of the annual calendar, [...]
