A striking lunar snake, a clever elephant, and Gryphon, a stunning homage to classic Greek numismatics, stand out in CIT’s Spring Launch
A striking lunar snake, a clever elephant, and Gryphon, a stunning homage to classic Greek numismatics, stand out in CIT's Spring Launch We posted a collation of all the videos that CIT produced for their latest Spring Launch earlier today, so if you want a complete overview of what's been released today, you can head over there. It includes videos of the three ranges below, which we won't include again to [...]
A mix of rock music, wild animals, Asian culture, heroism, and a stunning look at our numismatic past, feature in CIT’s Spring launch
A mix of rock music, wild animals, Asian culture, heroism, and a stunning look at our numismatic past, feature in CIT's Spring launch The much anticipated Spring Launch from Liechtenstein-based producer CIT hits the market this morning, and we'll be having a closer look at a few of them later today. As we always do, here's a collation of the excellent videos CIT produce for launch day covering most of [...]
Mint of MK continues its extravagant interpretation of the zodiac symbols with the addition of Taurus, Cancer, and Gemini
Mint of MK continues its extravagant interpretation of the zodiac symbols with the addition of Taurus, Cancer, and Gemini For our second daily look at new issues, we've alighted on Mint of MK, who have released quite a number of coins over the last few weeks, many we've yet to cover. Our pick this time is the continuation of their new 'Twelve Zodiac Signs' range, which is the spiritual successor [...]
United States Map 2oz stackable silver bullion (2024 Coins Today)
We covered a pair of new kilogram versions of previous releases from Coins Today a few days ago, and we said we were waiting for images of a third one. We have them now, and it's a follow-on release of this producer's map of the Korean Peninsula that launched back in May 2022, and was part of this producer's stackable silver bullion range. The second release features the United States mainland. Struck [...]
Mint XXI opens up the Spring season with a stunning range of coin issues. Here are the first three that caught our attention.
Mint XXI opens up the Spring season with a stunning range of coin issues. Here are the first three that caught our attention. It's going to be a busy week with many producers releasing their Spring collections, and we'll do our best to chip away [...]
Big Five of Africa: Lion 2oz silver bar (2024 Royal Krakow Mint)
We've seen a huge uptick in interest for the humble cast silver bar of late, headlined by Germania Mints new Goddesses (and now Gods) ranges, and while it isn't usually our thing to cover here (we have to draw a line somewhere), these bars have much artistic [...]
T&S Coin follows Sparta with another great legend of the Ancient Greek world – the Trojan War
T&S Coin follows Sparta with another great legend of the Ancient Greek world - the Trojan War It was only last December that we covered the Sparta release from T&S Coin and came away impressed by it. Today, we're looking at the newly released second issue [...]
Stackable bullion continues to reach new heights of design with kilo versions of CTK’s Ganesha and Lucifer issues
Stackable bullion continues to reach new heights of design with kilo versions of CTK's Ganesha and Lucifer issues The prolific South Korean bullion producer, Coins Today, has three new issues, and while we wait for images of the all-new design, here's a gallery look at the [...]
Excalibur, the sword of Arthurian legend, launches a new silver coin series from the Carpathian Mint
Excalibur, the sword of Arthurian legend, launches a new silver coin series from the Carpathian Mint One of the world's most popular stories from history is the Arthurian legend. Telling the story of King Arthur and the Knights of the Round Table in Camelot, it's [...]
Gods: Baldur 2oz silver bar (2024 Germania Mint)
Coming out of nowhere, Germania Mint kicked off 2024 with a simple two-ounce cast silver bar. On the front of it was a beautiful coloured image of the goddess Freyja. So had debuted 'Goddesses', a new series of silver bars, and it was a huge hit, with [...]
Pop-culture coins remain as popular as ever in numismatic circles. Here’s a look at a small mix of recent issues from different mints.
Pop-culture coins remain as popular as ever in numismatic circles. Here's a look at a small mix of recent issues from different mints. It's been a while since we did one of our pop-culture coin round-ups, mainly because we try to give things a break now [...]
Ghana Leopard gold and silver bullion coins (2023 Scottsdale Mint)
One of the longer running series in Scottsdale Mint's copious range of bullion coins, the African Leopard debuted in 2017 with a silver coin, and has been issued annually ever since. In 2020, a gold variant was added to the range, also an ounce in weight, and in [...]
Low Poly Lunar Dragon stackable silver bullion (2023 Coins Today)
Late last year we saw innovative bullion producer, Coins Today, release their first issue inspired by the Chinese lunar calendar. One of this very talented South Korean companies stackable silver bullion range, it realised the head of a rabbit in a quirky low-polygon form. The series is now back [...]
Popeye joins the shaped coin market, along with new Kung Fu Panda, Pennywise, and Ghostbusters releases
Popeye joins the shaped coin market, along with new Kung Fu Panda, Pennywise, and Ghostbusters releases With this week's release of LPM's new Popeye coin, we thought we'd round-up a few other pop-culture themed, shaped character coins for your perusal. There are quite a few producers getting [...]
The Royal Mint’s 21-issue ‘British Monarchs’ collection continues with its second Hanoverian king, George II,the eighth release to date
The Royal Mint's 21-issue 'British Monarchs' collection continues with its second Hanoverian king, George II,the eighth release to date Continuing to power its way through this 21-coin multi-year programme of proof gold and silver coins, the Royal Mint is today releasing the eighth in the British [...]
Numiartis follows the iconic Notre Dame with a look at Venice for its ‘Aeternitas’ series of silver coins
Numiartis follows the iconic Notre Dame with a look at Venice for its 'Aeternitas' series of silver coins In a repeat of what usually happens when I have a holiday, we continue to get swamped with new coins, so we've set aside the rest of today [...]
The Nine-tailed Fox from Asian folklore is the latest coin issue from Coin’s Today
The Nine-tailed Fox from Asian folklore is the latest coin issue from Coin's Today We just got this one in, and as I was doing some last minute site tidying before our two-week holiday, here we are with a quick look at it. Not one [...]
The NZ Mint merges coins and the trading card world with their new ‘mint.’ Star Wars randomised coin program
The NZ Mint merges coins and the trading card world with their new 'mint.' Star Wars randomised coin program Star Wars remains a coin behemoth, and this month, the NZ Mint, who over the last decade has built up an enviable range, is trying out something [...]