One of the first precious metal coins to be launched by the Italian mint IPZS (Istituto Poligrafico E Zecca Dello Stato) has launched and it celebrates one of Italy's favourite sons, Enzo Ferrari. Born in 1898 and dying ninety years later, Enzo Ferrari was one of the greatest names to ever grace the automotive world. There [...]
One of the world's premiere sporting events, the European Championship run by UEFA, is widely considered to be amongst the toughest prizes to win in international football, mainly because of the plethora of high quality teams on the continent that are eligible to play. Held every four years in a host country, in 2016 the honour [...]
Treated with reverence in many countries and ignored in others, rugby is a sport punishing to the mind and body, full of action and great to watch. Very popular in Commonwealth countres and those with recent historical links to Britain and France, the sport has spread out to places like Italy, Georgia, Romania and Namibia, and those are just [...]
The latest in an increasing number of silver bullion coins released by a major mint for a dealer, this new Calgary Stampede silver coin is struck by the Royal Canadian Mint for Calgary-based bullion dealer, Silver Gold Bull. There are no mintage limits but the coin will only be struck through to the end of the year and SGB [...]
Originators of the modern domed precious metal coin, the Monnaie de Paris kicked off what has quickly become one of the hottest trends in numismatics back in 2009, with the launch of a very cool coin to celebrate the official Year of Astronomy. Available in gold and silver, it was popular enough for the Royal Australian Mint to release [...]
Pobjoy week ploughs on with a fifty pence coin issued for the Isle of Man in the usual seven-sided format common to this coin size. This one celebrates the bike racing icons that have contributed to the legendary status of one of the worlds toughest and most dangerous races, the Isle of Man TT. First being run in 1907, [...]
The 2015 Netball World Cup, like the FIFA World Cup or the Olympics, is a tournament held every four years. This will be the fourteenth time the event has been staged and sixteen teams will compete for the title of World Champions, last won by Australia at the 2011 tournament in Singapore. This time around the location is Sydney, [...]
Perth-based coin producer Treasures of Oz, became popular through their excellent range of lunar coins and the associated 'Creatures of Myth and Legend' series. Heading into bullion territory with the Tuna and Shark silver coins, their name has become much more widely known over the last couple of years. They've always produced sets of coins that are a little [...]
A sport gaining popularity around the world, cricket has almost completed its 'Superbowl' with the holding of the ICC 2015 Cricket World Cup. Held every four years in different locations, this time around it's in Australia and New Zealand. There have already been a couple of pretty cool domed coins issued in celebration of the tournament, one from the [...]
As promised, here are the other nine coins from the ten released by the Royal Canadian Mint (RCM) to celebrate the holding of the FIFA Women's World Cup in Canada. Held every four years, women's football has reached exceptional standards over the last few years and stadiums regularly sell out throughout the world, so this will certainly be a [...]
