Easily one of the best fine art coin ranges ever made, Precious Metal Collector's multi-metal range offers an impressively sized numismatic showcase of some of the great masterpieces. Over the last couple of years, the focus has broadened to include lesser known pieces, with works by artists rarely seen on coins. However, the latest issue is back [...]
Parthava Coin’s five-issue series of one-ounce silver foils, has sadly come to an end with the launch of the fifth. Called DC Comics Iconic Covers, they reproduce some of the finest covers in DC Comic's vast history of them. Apart from a solitary Superman design, the series has concentrated on Batman, and that continues for this final [...]
Emporium Hamburg's second series of Prehistoric Life bullion coins continues with one of the oceans greatest ever predators - Megalodon The subject of Prehistoric Life, and this second series, is reason enough for it to be one of my favourite bullion coin ranges, but it's pleasing to see that Emporium Hamburg have done such a terrific [...]
The Royal Mint joins MDM in marking the 90th anniversary of seminal board game, Monopoly, with gold and silver coins Monopoly, either a fun game of economics, or a mean-spirited take on capitalism, has hit its 90th birthday in its current form, itself pre-dated by the inspiration for it, ‘The Landlord’s Game’, created in 1903 [...]
Numiscollect brings Christ the Redeemer, one of the New 7 Wonders, to silver with a dimensional coin In 2001, a campaign got underway with the aim of choosing the New 7 Wonders of the World, inspired by the ancient version that included such incredible structures as the pyramids in Giza. It was all unofficial, and not [...]
Powercoin taps into the ancient trading links between Egypt and India, with a cultural mix for five new coins It's a little discussed fact that Ancient Egypt had relatively well-developed links with India. Sailing via the Red Sea, and the Indian Ocean, vessels plied their trade for centuries, carrying silk, precious stones, and spices from [...]
The landmark sounds from history feature on Sounds of Legacy, a silver coin with an audio link to Armstrong's moon landing speech "One small step for [a] man, one giant leap for mankind." With these words, astronaut Neil Armstrong opened up the next phase in human exploration by stepping from the Apollo 11 lunar lander onto [...]
The Royal Mint debuts its five-issue 'Portraits of a Queen' coin series, and celebrates the incredible voyage of the RRS Discovery The Royal Mint has a busy month in September, with some new series, one-offs, and continuations of existing, ongoing ranges. We're taking a look at the two latest issues, the former of which, RRS Discovery, [...]
Precious Metal Collectors celebrates the open road, a culinary classic, and the works of the great painters, with four new coins Singaporean producer, Precious Metal Collectors, have always impressed us with their signature Bi/Tri-Metal minted fine art coins, of which there are now over fifty examples. Clearly, the concept is a popular one, and having had [...]
Live Long and Prosper. The iconic Vulcan salute from Star Trek heads up the latest selection of releases from Agoro We haven't caught up with Agoro, the collectible department of the New Zealand Mint, for a while, but we've noticed they seem to be getting a bit more adventurous of late, and we love that here. [...]
