MDM celebrates 90 years of Monopoly by bringing its impressive multilayer minting to a ten-ounce silver coin It's hard to believe that the ultra-popular board game, Monopoly, has hit its 90th birthday in its current form, itself pre-dated by the inspiration for it, 'The Landlord's Game', created in 1903 by Lizzie Magie. Generations have grown [...]
One for the Brits! It's time for tea with the Mint of Poland's latest off-beat silver coin We have a couple of odd coins today, both featuring 3D inserts, and what better way to start the day than a nice cuppa? The Mint of Poland have always had a reputation for releasing some unusual designs, [...]
Numiscollect and Pop Coins issue an official silver coin to mark the 2025 Rio de Janeiro numismatic convention While the World Money Fair in Berlin, and the ANA World's Fair of Money are the largest numismatic conventions in the annual calendar, there are many other regional ones flying the flag for our hobby. Tokyo, Hong [...]
The Royal Mint marks 200 years of the modern railway, with a new £2 coin homage in silver and gold On 27 September 1825, the Stockton and Darlington Railway, situated in northeast England, began operations. The engineering was overseen by the George Stephenson, and his legendary son, Robert, and amongst the many innovations associated with [...]
Silver Pours goes to war with a highly varied selection of weapon-shaped coins from all the ages We've commented a few times on the ongoing popularity of weapon-shaped, fully dimensional coins, and it seems to be showing no signs of letting up, with even more producers adding their creative juices to the genre. Silver Pours, [...]
Malta, and the Mint of Poland celebrates some of Europe's iconic city clockfaces, with seven silver coins, starting in the Czech capital, Prague We've covered a lot of the New Zealand Mint's (now Agoro), 'Chibi' series of silver coins, and we mean A LOT... Launching in June 2020 with Batman, by the time the range [...]
The Princess Royal is 75 years old, and The Royal Mint celebrates in gold and silver with a new coin Well regarded for her impressive work ethic and lack of scandal, Princess Anne, the Princess Royal, has long been a steady hand in royal circles. The only daughter of Queen Elizabeth II, she was born in [...]
Scottsdale Mints 'Great Commanders' twelve-coin bullion series nears the halfway mark with the Union General, Ulysses S. Grant We first had a look at this series back in February 2024, after having seen them in hand at the Berlin WMF, and being suitably impressed. Called 'Great Commanders', this is a twelve-coin series of premium bullion coins, released [...]
Le Grand has been busy with more eclectic silver coins, including an addition to their popular Algorithm series German producer, Le Grand, is one that doesn't follow the herd, choosing to go their own route with some very varied, and unusual designs. They employ some of the best coin designers working today, people like Miroslav Hric, [...]
Precious Metal Collector's expansive fine art coin range, using their innovative Tri-Metal production process, continues to expand with a pair of new additions. For those not familiar with these coins, they are formed of a 750 gram zinc core, over which is laid 120 grams of copper, all of which is topped by 2.5oz of fine silver. [...]
