Special Shapes Minigold – Four new designs (Palau CIT)
Probably the most enthusiastic of the minigold producers, CIT have a really wide range of traditional, and more eclectic half-gram gold coins, going back over a decade. We were first attracted to the concept by the excellent Ancient Roman inspired series, 'Coins of the Roman Empire', that were issued between 2009 and 2012, but numerous coin issues by CIT in recent years often come accompanied by a minigold. In this case, however, [...]
Rose Bouquet copper coin (2022 Precious Metal Collectors)
With their silver over copper 'Bi-Metal Max' coin format allowing the creation of impressive coins at relatively affordable prices, Singaporean producer Precious Metal Collectors have captivated collectors with the striking design and execution over the last few years. While they also produce some equally well realised solid silver coins of smaller size, they've never gone in the other direction to make a full copper coin - until now. Rose Bouquet is struck [...]
We wish all our friends and readers the very best Christmas, and a 2022 better than 2021
We wish all our friends and readers the very best Christmas, and a 2022 better than 2021 Okay, we did say last year that we hoped 2021 was better than 2020, but that obviously hasn't worked out brilliantly. However, we're going to try again and wish everyone a much better 2022. It hasn't started well, with the news that the calendar's flagship coin show, the Berlin World Money Fair, has again [...]
Fine art is brought to numismatic life with an interesting multi-mint selection of artists and styles
Fine art is brought to numismatic life with an interesting multi-mint selection of artists and styles Fine art has always been a popular subject in the numismatic world. We've seen many series over the last decade alone, covering a broad range of artists, in a wide selection of styles, and that isn't even including the ancient world's many treasures. It must seem to be an easy thing to use for a [...]
Royal Mint opens the voting for their Coin of the Year poll
Royal Mint opens the voting for their Coin of the Year poll The Royal Mint has opened the voting to choose Britain's favourite coin design of 2021. There are 35 designs in the poll, with a simple vote button under each, so head on over and [...]
Korea’s Buddhist heritage is beautifully reproduced with Coins Today’s latest half-kilo silver bullion bar
Korea's Buddhist heritage is beautifully reproduced with Coins Today's latest half-kilo silver bullion bar Commissioned by pious people, votive steles in Korea were erected in courtyards and public spaces and were essentially stone tablets replete with carved scenes of Buddhist life and myth. A particularly [...]
JVP’s Liberator bullion round expands with a very varied range of proof and coloured versions
JVP's Liberator bullion round expands with a very varied range of proof and coloured versions Launching in July this year, JVP Coins returned with a striking new bullion round in silver and gold called 'Liberator'. Tapping into that whole Punisher/gun-culture vibe, it was quite an [...]
MARVEL MINI-HERO #4 – THOR (2021 Crown Mint)
The fourth in the Crown Mint's Marvel Mini Hero series of shaped one-ounce coins joins Captain America, Iron Man, and Black Panther as it works its way through an ambitious 24-coin program. Like those, Thor Odinson is a very neat and well done depiction of a hugely popular [...]
Niue and PiK Coins debut an atmospheric Al Capone silver coin to launch the new ‘Gangsters’ series
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, [...]
SPOCK & GIMLI CHIBI (2021 NZ Mint)
Just sneaking into 2021 is the last pair of the New Zealand Mint's 'Chibi' coins, a year that has seen over 40 of them be issued. In light of that, we're not going to dwell on them too much, and suggest heading over to our very comprehensive [...]
Steve McQueen, a movie legend and the epitome of cool, gets his own epically cool bullion coin
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 [...]
Lick that cookie, or the man with the gun is coming!! An umbrella coin inspired by a hit South Korean TV show debuts
Lick that cookie, or the man with the gun is coming!! An umbrella coin inspired by a hit South Korean TV show debuts We're inundated with fake excellence on a daily basis. Constantly told what is, or isn't, good by those trying to latch onto the [...]
CHUAN JIA ZHI BAO THE FAMILY HEIRLOOM (2020, PMC)
In amongst the impressive copper-cored, ultra high relief coins that have impressed us over the last year or so, Singapore-based producer Precious Metal Collectors also occasionally put out something of a more standard nature. This one is called “Chuan Jia Zhi Bao”, the Family Heirloom, and is [...]
PMC follows its Azure Dragon with the White Tiger of the West as it journeys through the Four Auspicious Beasts
Precious Metal Collectors returns to its innovative copper-cored silver coin format with the Azure Dragon Continuing our look at Precious Metal Collectors innovative range of huge copper-cored silver coins, we come to the second of the coins in their Four Auspicious Beasts set, [...]
Beethoven, one of the greatest composers of all times, is 250 years old. The Mint of Poland celebrates in silver.
One of the legendary greats in the musical world, Ludwig van Beethoven would have been celebrating his 250th birthday this year. We've already seen some marking of the occasion with the Helvetic Mint's issue, but now the Mint of Poland is adding a design of their own to the [...]
PREDATORS: CHEETAH BULLION (2020, AllCollect)
Next in the wave of new entrants in Allcollect’s Predators bullion coin series is Acinonyx Jubatus, the Cheetah. Using the same mixed finish of an incused footprint that is partly reverse-proof finished, a matte finish foreground, including the animal subject, and a mirror proof style background field, [...]
The giant creatures of the Galapagos feature on PAMP’s new shaped silver coin series
The giant creatures of the Galapagos feature on PAMP’s new shaped silver coin series We see a huge variety in the shape of coins these days, going hand in hand with technological improvements in the minting process. Shaped dimensional coins have been a particularly impressive genre [...]
CAYMAN ISLANDS MARLIN SILVER BULLION (2020, Scottsdale Mint)
Back for the fourth year is Scottsdale Mint's Cayman Islands issued 'Marlin' bullion coin. The leaping fish adorns the central section of the reverse face, and is surrounded by a 'wavy-patterned' border carrying various inscriptions. That border is also present on the obverse, with the centre area [...]