Minigold coins, those under a gram in weight (usually 0.5 grams) have become increasingly popular over the last five years or so, and will no doubt continue to be so as the price of gold rises. Like the silver bullion market, increased interest brings increased choice, and with the rise in quality brought about by advances in [...]
The Queen's Beasts 'Completer' silver bullion coins finally put in an appearance in 2oz and 1kg form We've already covered the beautiful Queen's Beasts 'Completer' coins in both original proof form, and in the very desirable limited ten-coin sets, so we're not going to go over that again, but the hugely popular silver bullion coin version [...]
DC Comics horror legend, Swamp Thing, is the latest of the pantheon to join the silver coin world Latest to join the swelling ranks of coins issued for the myriad popular culture franchises active today is one for DC Comics famous 'Justice League'. One of the less frequent members, certainly one of the more unusual, Swamp [...]
The Royal Mint joins with the V&A Museum to celebrate Lewis Carroll's iconic Alice in Wonderland literary classics The literary classic that is Lewis Carroll’s ‘Alice in Wonderland’ is no stranger to the coin world. The Perth Mint has issued a very neat coin based on the books, and the New Zealand Mint, through its Disney [...]
Croatia celebrates 30 years of independance with an impressively presented gold and silver currency sets We've never covered a coin from Croatia before, no doubt because they're not the most prolific producers around, but here we are with something a little special. Most countries release proof collections of their circulating currency on an annual basis, sometimes even [...]
One of the ultimate video games, Tetris, inspires a new range of coins and rounds from APMEX We've seen a growing number of videogame properties making their way to the coin world and it's hardly surprising. For a few years now, the videogame market has dwarfed the movie, and music industries for sheer size, with many [...]
German Renaissance artist, Albrecht Durer, is 550 years old and two fine producers issue impressive coins to celebrate One of the most famous artists to come out of the Northern Renaissance, Albrecht Durer has a varied body of work covering a wide range of subjects, including portraits, religious works, and landscapes, but he is perhaps most [...]
Royal Mint bows out of the Queens Beasts series with three collections, including a lower-priced quarter-ounce silver set Launching on Monday, the Royal Mint have rounded out their hugely popular and quite beautiful Jody Clark-penned 'Queen's Beasts' series with a trio of ten coin collections. With the Royal Mint on a seemingly unstoppable roll of hits [...]
More Chibi! This is the New Zealand Mint's second batch of Chibi coins for June (the've been issuing two pairs per month) and its one of the more unusual outings for the hugely popular series. First up is the fourth in the Lord of the Rings sub-series, and features fan favourite, Legolas. This seems to be a reasonably [...]
Exclusive! Korean Doggaebi silver stacker explodes in size with the launch of an impressive one kilo silver version Back in April, Coins Today Korea launched a striking new two-ounce silver bullion piece for the stackable market. Much like Scottsdale Mint's iconic 'Stacker', they have a negative imprint of the main face on the obverse so that they [...]
