Australia’s pretty Spinner Dolphin bullion coin returns in prettier, proof high-relief form
Australia's pretty Spinner Dolphin bullion coin returns in prettier, proof high-relief form Appearing last December, the Royal Australian Mint's second dolphin bullion coin depicted a really nice image of a Spinner Dolphin breaching the surface of the sea. The setting sun in the background helped give the background some focal point, and all in all, it was one of the better bullion coins released last year, in our view.However, it was [...]
Royal Canadian Mint goes fully dimensional for its 2020 Remembrance Day poppy silver coin
Royal Canadian Mint goes fully dimensional for its 2020 Remembrance Day poppy silver coin Lots of the world's big national mints, as well as a few of the independents, issue a coin to martk Remembrance Day. Over the last few years, we've seen so super designs, sometimes focusing on the poignance of the event, other times on the symbol that has come to represent it - the poppy flower. You all [...]
DINOSAURS: 04 STEGOSAURUS ( NEW ZEALAND MINT)
The New Zealand Mint's journey through the ever-popular world of prehistoric life continues with the release of their fourth 'Dinosaurs' coin. Following Tyrannosaurus Rex, Triceratops and a Pterodactyl (despite it not being a dinosaur...), is Stegosaurus. The mint has a knack of picking the most well known and popular species and there are plenty of others left unpicked, like Brontosaurus, Allosaurus and Ankylosaurus, for example.Same format as before, as you'd expect. An ounce [...]
James Bond and his movie legacy hits the Royal Mint’s bullion bar range for the first time
James Bond and his movie legacy hits the Royal Mint's bullion bar range for the first time Not our usual thing here, but worth a quick look at, the Royal Mint is now offering a range of three precious metal bullion bars featuring that most iconic of British charaacters, James Bond. Looking good for bullion bars, each one has that legendary gun-007 logo on one side, with the name of [...]
Fairy Tales returns with the less than charming tale of Snow White and a poison apple, with Numiscollect’s latest
Fairy Tales returns with the less than charming tale of Snow White and a poison apple, with Numiscollect's latest Torture, murder, sadism, revenge, child endangerment, spite and lashings of evil. These are all elements of what passed for a kids book back in 19th century [...]
Asian Mythology series adds a second silver coin to its ranks – the fabled god of wealth, Zhao Gongming
Asian Mythology series adds a second silver coin to its ranks - the fabled god of wealth, Zhao Gongming The newest of the mythologically themed coin series emanating from Numiscollect, 'Asian Mythology' taps into the growing interest in the regions aged history. Launching last year [...]
Numiscollect’s elegant Archaeology & Symbolism coin series continues with the ancient Vasudhara Mandala
Numiscollect's elegant Archaeology & Symbolism coin series continues with the ancient Vasudhara Mandala Despite sitting under an umbrella title of Archaeology & Symbolism, this stylish series of three-ounce silver coins from Dutch producer, Numiscollect, has nevertheless managed to inject a wide variety of subjects into [...]
MDM brings the Pharoah Khufre’s magnificent tomb to dimensional life with a new silver pyramidal coin
MDM brings the Pharoah Khufre's magnificent tomb to dimensional life with a new silver pyramidal coin The pyramids on the Giza plateau in Egypt are rightfully considered wonders of human ingenuity, which have for thousands of years evoked a sense of awe in those that [...]
75TH ANNIVERSARY OF RUSSIAN NUCLEAR INDUSTRY (2020, Russia)
The Central Bank of Russia is marking 75 years since it set up a Soviet nuclear industry. In typical Russian style, it had an epic name - First Chief Directorate under the Council of People’s Commissars of the Soviet Union. Creating weapons first - a sign of [...]
KISKUNSAG NATIONAL PARK (2020, HUNGARIAN MINT)
A pretty new issue from the Hungarian Mint showcases Kiskunság National Park, a UNESCO biosphere reserve covering an area of around 570km² across the Little Cumania (Kiskunság) region of the Great Hungarian Plain. Known for its shifting dunes and as a bird-watchers paradise, home as it is [...]
Mint 21 stuns with a brilliant silver coin commemoration of Dante’s iconic work, ‘Inferno’
Mint 21 stuns with a brilliant silver coin commemoration of Dante's iconic work, 'Inferno' Details of this new coin was sent to us by Mint XXI yesterday and it was one of those times when you're genuinely blown away by what we were looking at. [...]
STAR WARS CHEWBACCA CHIBI (2020, NZ Mint)
Our weekly dive into the New Zealand Mints super rapid release schedule of Chibi coins in the run up to Christmas, continues. This week it's the turn of Star Wars to get its second issue. Darth Vader kicked it off and Chewbacca now carries the torch for the [...]
Space mining is the unusual subject of the Mint of Poland’s latest silver meteorite coin
Space mining is the unusual subject of the Mint of Poland's latest silver meteorite coin One of the most popular genres in modern commemorative coins, meteorites and astronomy always seems to find a healthy audience. Silver coins with actual embedded meteorite fragments [...]
Scottsdale debut new Caribbean EC8 bullion coin program with Rum Runners for Antigua & Barbuda
Scottsdale debut new Caribbean EC8 bullion coin program with Rum Runners for Antigua & Barbuda Scottsdale have been issuing some great limited run bullion coins over the last few years, such as the Cayman Islands Marlin and Hokusai, The Great Wave and [...]
Niue and the Helvetic Mint start their Dark Beauties coin series with Cassandra, Princess of Troy
Niue and the Helvetic Mint start their Dark Beauties coin series with Cassandra, Princess of Troy The Helvetic Mint are releasing a beautiful first coin in a new series called Dark Beauties that depicts the ancient prophetess, Cassandra. A staple of Ancient [...]
Russia showcases the armed forces tasked with defending its border with a new silver coin
Russia showcases the armed forces tasked with defending its border with a new silver coin Russia seems to like its military-themed coins and so do we, so it's good to see another fine effort from the relatively prolific Central Bank of Russia [...]
Darth Vader wraps up the Star Wars: A New Hope coin note series
Darth Vader wraps up the Star Wars: A New Hope coin note series The New Zealand Mints, Star Wars A New Hope coin note series completes today with the launch of the movies big bad, Darth Vader. No changes to the design [...]
Solo, the latest stand-alone Star Wars movie, appears on the latest Niue silver coin
Solo, the latest stand-alone Star Wars movie, appears on the latest Niue silver coin The new stand-alone Star Wars origin story, Solo, is being released next month and the New Zealand Mint are maintaining their practice of launching coins to commemorative it. [...]