BACK TO THE FUTURE OUTATIME 10 OZ (THE COIN COMPANY)
Just a quick heads up this time. The popular Back to the Future themed coin 'OUTATIME', featuring the iconic De Lorean's licence plate, is back in a greatly enlarged ten-ounce format with a very small mintage of just 88 pieces. The design is identical, but it's grown to 160 x 80 mm in size. The presentation is similarly well done, with a closer view of the back of Doc Brown's car to [...]
Latvia takes a rare delve into its prehistoric past with a Devonian tetrapod glow-in-the-dark silver coin
Latvia takes a rare delve into its prehistoric past with a Devonian tetrapod glow-in-the-dark silver coin It's unusual to see a prehistoric animal coin emanating from Eastern Europe, so we were pleasantly surprised to see this one turn up in todays Inbox. Latvia has a fine reputation for interesting contemporary design with its numismatic range and they've applied those talents to this new issue, and done so with a twist.Ventastega is a [...]
The second pair of Mint of Gdansk’s ‘The Witcher’ silver coins debut with scenes from ‘Sword of Destiny’
The second pair of Mint of Gdansk's 'The Witcher' silver coins debut with scenes from 'Sword of Destiny' Continuing to make a pleasant change from the many silver coins featuring the ancient world, the Mint of Gdansk's 'The Witcher' series continues its eight-issue jaunt through the hugely popular world created by Polish author, Andrzej Sapkowski. Each of the eight issues is comprised of a pair of coins, encompassing a regular 2 [...]
Santa season continues with PAMP’s latest shaped silver coin featuring the beloved character
Santa season continues with PAMP's latest shaped silver coin featuring the beloved character Every year sees a good mix of Christmas coins from various national and independent mints, and most of them have Santa Claus in the design in one form or another. We don't usually cover many of these as they seem to appeal to the gift market rather than outright coin collectors, but this one seems aprticularly well done, [...]
STAR WARS: STORMTROOPER CHIBI (2020, NZ Mint)
Darth Vader, Chewbacca and R2-D2 now have the Imperial Stormtrooper joing them in Chibi-land. This is a great release that suits the concept well and will no doubt be a rapid seller. A one-ounce coin with a 2,000 mintage and a $95.00 USD pricetag, it comes beautifully [...]
007’s creator gets a coin of his own. Spy and author Ian Fleming is celebrated on a silver coin from Niue
007's creator gets a coin of his own. Spy and author Ian Fleming is celebrated on a silver coin from Niue Who doesn't know James Bond 007 licenced to kill? After more than two dozen movies and a multitude of actors, hardly anybody, we reckon. Less well [...]
LEDA AND THE SWAN (2020 Bank of Cyprus)
It was Powercoins superb 'Eternal Sculptures' series that first introduced us to the story of Leda and the Swan. In that case, the coins inspiration was a Roman period marble statue of beautiful elegance, but the tale was widely known in antiquity. A popular art form in antiquity [...]
DRAGON (2020, Mint of Poland)
One of the Mint of Polands releases that come out of nowhere, Dragon takes a classic subject, much used by the numismatic world, and if we're brutally honest, does little with it. The Western-style depiction of the mythical beast is decent enough, with a fine pose and what [...]
Congo’s ‘Prehistoric Life’ bullion coin series is back for a second 2020 outing with the giant marine reptile, Plesiosaurus
Congo's 'Prehistoric Life' bullion coin series is back for a second 2020 outing with the giant marine reptile, Plesiosaurus The Democratic Republic of Congo's 'Prehistoric Life' bullion coin series is back with a second release for 2020. Following on from the release of Tyrannosaurus Rex back [...]
Scottsdale Mint’s unique ‘hewn-edged’ bullion coin series returns with the third in the Terracotta Army 5oz series
Scottsdale Mint's unique 'hewn-edged' bullion coin series returns with the third in the Terracotta Army 5oz series Finally, after us thinking we weren't going to get our annual fix of Scottsdale's 'hewn-edged' bullion coins, the third in their 'Terracotta Army' series lands on planet numismatic. These quite [...]
The Queen is 95 years old and the Royal Mint issues a privy mark Sovereign for 2021 with 95 reeds on the edge
The Queen is 95 years old and the Royal Mint issues a privy mark Sovereign for 2021 with 95 reeds on the edge A special year for the Royal Mint's ultra-iconic Sovereign, as the 2021 coin will be customised to celebrate Queen Elizabeth II's 95th birthday. In [...]
CIT’s gorgeous Evolution of Life: Sinoraptor coin joins the ammonite with a reincarnation in one-kilo form via AllCollect
CIT's gorgeous Evolution of Life: Sinoraptor coin joins the ammonite with a reincarnation in one-kilo form via AllCollect Although this is the opening line of this article, regular readers will already know we're going to love this one! Coins featuring prehistoric life have always been [...]
CIT honour the 80 year old record-holding Mallard steam train with a new smartminted silver coin
CIT honour the 80 year old record-holding Mallard steam train with a new smartminted silver coin It's quite surprising that there are so few classic trains on modern numismatics. It's been proven time and again that coins with nautical themes are well [...]
The iconic vessels of Star Treks Original Series warp onto Tuvalu’s latest silver coin
The iconic vessels of Star Treks Original Series warp onto Tuvalu's latest silver coin 2018 STAR TREK SHIPS Another release in the Perth Mints Star Trek range, this one harks back to the original sixties series and depicts three of its most [...]
Canada launches its first meteorite adorned coin in honour its Royal Astronomical Society
Canada launches its first meteorite adorned coin in honour its Royal Astronomical Society We don't cover every release from the Royal Canadian Mint as the volume of them has become quite overwhelming, but we do like to pick out what we think [...]
The eagerly awaited proof Britannia is here for 2018 with a full range and three precious metals
The eagerly awaited proof Britannia is here for 2018 with a full range and three precious metals One of the most anticipated releases in the numismatic calendar, the Royal Mint's proof Britannia range has garnered considerable admiration over the last half-decade, especially [...]
The best Star Wars movie gets a premium foil silver poster release
The best Star Wars movie gets a premium foil silver poster release We've already seen The Empire Strikes Back movie poster in coin form and it was hugely popular as you would expect. Widely considered the best of the franchise, the Empire [...]
Henry Valois is the latest ruler in Poland’s superb Treasures of Stanislaw August series
Henry Valois is the latest ruler in Poland's superb Treasures of Stanislaw August series With a debut back in 2013 and several years still to go, Treasures of Stanislaw August is a long-running program to replicate a series of late-18th century [...]