BARBADOS TRIDENT GOLD BULLION (2020, SCOTTSDALE MINT)
Also making a late run before the gate closes on this worst year for decades, the Barbados Trident bullion coin from Scottsdale Mint joins the Cayman Islands Marlin we looked at yesterday in finally dropping the 0.9999 gold version to sit alongside the silver that has been on sale for four months. Like the aforementioned Marlin, this is a staple design at Scottsdale, exhibiting only minor changes in design each year. For [...]
HOMER SIMPSON ULTRA HIGH RELIEF (2021, PERTH MINT)
This new The Simpsons coin from the Perth Mint is one of the best we've seen from them that features the world's most popular dysfunctional family. Apart from a couple of excellent bullion coins, we've been a bit underwhelmed with the offerings showcasing the legendary animated series, but this latest two-ounce silver, ultra-high relief proof coin is definitely a step in the right direction.Choosing to keep it simple, the depiction of Homer, the [...]
CAYMAN ISLANDS MARLIN GOLD BULLION (2020, SCOTTSDALE MINT)
The Cayman Islands Marlin debuted for the fourth time in silver back in July, but has now launched in gold as well, although for only the third time as it was silver only in 2017. No changes to the pretty design, with the wave-pattern border still in evidence on both the reverse and obverse faces. Just a 1 oz 0.9999 gold variant on offer, with no fractionals at present. The gold had [...]
The Super-deformed coin concept leaps into the wacky world of Back to the Future and its 35th anniversary
The Super-deformed coin concept leaps into the wacky world of Back to the Future and its 35th anniversary There's little denying that the New Zealand Mints 'Chibi' coin collection has been one of the hits of the year. Despite a release schedule so hectic that the $100 USD coins have been released on a weekly basis at times, they've consistently managed to sell out of issue after issue.While that mint is mining [...]
Atlas is the next in Numiartis’ impressive ‘Titans’ series of two-ounce high-relief silver coins
Atlas is the next in Numiartis' impressive 'Titans' series of two-ounce high-relief silver coins Condemned to hold up the celestial heavens forever, Atlas recieved his punishment for taking the side of the defeated Titans in their war with the Greek Gods of Olympus. It was [...]
None shall pass! Legendary Spartan warriors helmet is brought to numismatic life with MDM’s new shaped silver coin
None shall pass! Legendary Spartan warriors helmet is brought to numismatic life with MDM's new shaped silver coin Who doesn't love the Spartans? Nobody should really. A quite distorted society, a rabid superiority complex and a negative influence on peace in the Greek region, Sparta nevertheless deserves [...]
Wolverine is the ninth to join LPM’s pantheon Marvel Comics Series of silver bullion coins
Wolverine is the ninth to join LPM's pantheon in Marvel Comics Series of silver bullion coins Now a staple of the bullion coin calendar, the Perth Mint's Marvel Comics series of silver bullion coins is now enjoying its ninth issue in four years. Launching in 2017 [...]
RWANDA AFRICAN OUNCE: OKAPI (2021, BH MAYER)
Chugging along, just like the equally long-standing African bullion coin, the Somali Elephant, the Rwandan African ounce has always been a little more enigmatic and restricted in distribution than its cousin. Struck by the very talented BH Mayer in Germany, the series debuted in 2008 and early [...]
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 [...]
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 [...]
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 [...]
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 [...]
Ultra-classic debut of Batman in Detective Comics #27 is showcased on a premium silver foil
Ultra-classic debut of Batman in Detective Comics #27 is showcased on a premium silver foil 2018 DETECTIVE COMICS #27 Considered the second most valuable comic book of all time, just behind the Superman debut in Action Comics #1, Detective Comics #27 from [...]
Meteorite Art heads to the Libyan desert with the third in this 5oz silver coin series
Meteorite Art heads to the Libyan desert with the third in this 5oz silver coin series With even a big mainstream producer like the Royal Canadian Mint getting in on the action, fragment-adorned meteorite coins continue to be popular and attract a [...]
Scottsdale adds Samoa to its silver bullion coin range for 2018 with the Seahorse
Scottsdale adds Samoa to its silver bullion coin range for 2018 with the Seahorse In what is turning out to be a bumper year for Scottsdale Mint, they've announced the release of another silver bullion coin and it's an issue that doesn't [...]
It just had to happen. Boaty McBoatface gets a Coiny McCoinface!!
It just had to happen. Boaty McBoatface gets a Coiny McCoinface!! 2018 BOATY McBOATFACE In what turned out to be a hilarious turn of events, the UK's new polar research ship needed a new name, so the powers that be decided asking the [...]
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 [...]