Treasure Island, a tale of adventure, pirates, and a parrot, inspires T&S Coin’s new silver coin release
Treasure Island, a tale of adventure, pirates, and a parrot, inspires T&S Coin's new silver coin release One of the most famous adventure stories of all time, Treasure Island was written by Scottish author Robert Louis Stevenson in the early 1880s, and has been a staple of pop-culture ever since. As well as direct adaptations, it's also been the source of inspiration for other media, and the coin world is no [...]
NASA doesn’t want the dinosaurs fate to be our own. Melbourne Coins new issue showcases the DART tech designed to safeguard Earth
NASA doesn't want the dinosaurs fate to be our own. Melbourne Coins new issue showcases the DART tech designed to safeguard Earth Scientist's mutter the word 'Chicxulub' with a mixture of fear and awe. Some 66 million years ago, an asteroid, somewhere between 10-15 km in diameter, impacted our world in the Yucatan Peninsula, just off the coast of Mexico. Travelling at around 72,000 km/h, it hit with such force that [...]
Scottsdale Mint has been busy with additions to their Marlin, Mermaid, and Alien bullion coin programs
Scottsdale Mint has been busy with additions to their Marlin, Mermaid, and Alien bullion coin programs Prolific bullion coin producer, Scottsdale Mint, has a catalogue of different series that puts most of the competition to shame. Everything from religion, through science-fiction, to, most popularly, nature, has a presence in the range. There's gold and silver, some coloured, or antiqued, as well as a proof selection for the collector. We know that [...]
The Royal Mint launches its eagerly anticipated 2024 Britannia proof range and it’s a beautiful piece by a French artist
The Royal Mint launches its eagerly anticipated 2024 Britannia proof range and it's a beautiful piece by a French artist One of the highlights of the numismatic calendar, certainly for the more classical-leaning collector, has been the Royal Mint's proof Britannia range. The series split from the bullion range in 2012, when those coins standardised on the Philip Nathan interpretation of the iconic British female personification, and the proof range [...]
A new Zodiac series, a snake-haired Medusa, a zombie samurai, and a nautical cat showcase MK and The Gold Village’s imagination
A new Zodiac series, a snake-haired Medusa, a zombie samurai, and a nautical cat showcase MK and The Gold Village's imagination Mint of MK and The Gold Village continue their rapid expansion with another selection of new issues. You'd expect there to be either increased [...]
Numiscollect expands its Pointillism-style ‘Dot-Art’ coin series with a clever look at India’s iconic Taj Mahal
Numiscollect expands its Pointillism-style 'Dot-Art' coin series with a clever look at India's iconic Taj Mahal Developed by Post-Impressionist painter Georges Seurat and Neo-Impressionist painter Paul Signac, both Frenchmen working in Paris in the mid-1880’s, Pointillism was an artistic technique that built up an image [...]
Deadly & Dangerous 19: Bluebottle proof silver coin (2024 Downies/Perth Mint)
One of the longest running series we've ever covered at AgAuNEWS, Deadly and Dangerous debuted in 2006 with the Red Back Spider, a coin that went on to garner enormous interest on the secondary market. It was a striking coin, but despite interest in the series reducing somewhat, [...]
Le Grand Mint brings its esoteric sense of style to their debut selection of 2024 issues in bullion and proof ranges
Le Grand Mint brings its esoteric sense of style to their debut selection of 2024 issues in bullion and proof ranges Over the last few years, German producer, Le Grand Mint, has built itself a reputation for some quite unusual designs, full of detail, and quite [...]
The Gold Village brings the South American Greater Thornbird and its spiky nest to numismatic life
The Gold Village brings the South American Greater Thornbird and its spiky nest to numismatic life Found throughout South America, the Greater Thornbird is an unusual avian, freckle-breasted, around 20 cm in length, and with a loud song. It got its name from the habit [...]
Art Mint brings its crisp artistic style to a beautiful, traditional Chinese Dragon art coin in a choice of two finishes
Art Mint brings its crisp artistic style to a beautiful, traditional Chinese Dragon art coin in a choice of two finishes Just like the last time it came around in 2012, the Year of the Dragon in the Chinese Lunar Calendar has brought with it [...]
The Mint of Gdańsk debuts the third of its Sea Battles silver coins with Nelson’s victory at the Battle of Trafalgar
The Mint of Gdańsk debuts the third of its Sea Battles silver coins with Nelson's victory at the Battle of Trafalgar Polish producer, Mint of Gdańsk, is back with some new issues, and the one we'll be having a look at today is the third in their [...]
Coin’s Today the Armadillo Lizard, and the Eternal Flame to its swelling range of stackable silver bullion
Coin's Today the Armadillo Lizard, and the Eternal Flame to its swelling range of stackable silver bullion South Korean producer, Coin's Today, continues its accelerated release program for stackable silver bullion with the launch of another pair of designs. It's hard to keep up with them [...]
MDM debuts a sublime, fully dimensional silver coin replica of Nefertiti’s bust to celebrate a century on Berlin’s Museum Island
MDM debuts a sublime, fully dimensional silver coin replica of Nefertiti's bust to celebrate a century on Berlin's Museum Island One of the most famous figures from Ancient Egypt, Nefertiti was the wife of the pharaoh Akhenaten of the 18th Dynasty of Egypt. She played [...]
Great Commanders are the subject of a striking new bullion coin range from Scottsdale Mint and SD Bullion
Great Commanders are the subject of a striking new bullion coin range from Scottsdale Mint and SD Bullion History is usually defined by military prowess, and a single commander can often be the driving force behind huge changes in the regional order, sometimes even the [...]
Call of Duty, an absolute behemoth of the gaming world, partners with PAMP to release new wearable gold and silver bars
Call of Duty, an absolute behemoth of the gaming world, partners with PAMP to release new wearable gold and silver bars Launching in 2003, Call of Duty was a brilliant first-person shooter set in the Second World War. Garnering immense acclaim, it led to a [...]
Road With Cypresses and Stars by Van Gogh Tri-metal coin (2024 Precious Metal Collectors)
Closing in on 30 releases to date, Precious Metal Collector's range of fine-art coins using their innovative multi-metal process, remains as popular as ever. For 2024, the producer moved to a Tri-Metal Max process, with a layer of 2.5oz of fine silver sitting over a central core of [...]
The Arrowhead silver bullion (2024 Coin’s Today)
The latest in Coins Today's comprehensive bullion range is this new, undenominated bar in the shape of an arrowhead. Decorated in what appears to be a medieval, Northern European style across both faces, it's available with a choice of two finishes. The first is fully antiqued, and [...]
Myths & Legends: Beowulf and Grendel gold and silver bullion coins (2024 The Royal Mint)
The Royal Mint's 'British Myths & Legends' series has been issued in waves of three designs, each trio featuring a particular tale from British history. The first trilogy was Robin Hood, and the second, King Arthur's Camelot. Now it's time for the latest story, and we're drawn [...]