The wacky world of bugs is commemorated with a copper round celebrating the South Korean animated TV series, 'Larva' The animated TV show, 'Larva' debuted in 2011 in South Korea, and was an immediate hit. It tells of the misadventures of a pair of larvae, 'Yellow', a dimwitted, but ultimately happy caterpillar, and 'Red', also a [...]
Malta, and the Mint of Poland celebrates some of Europe's iconic city clockfaces, with seven silver coins, starting in the Czech capital, Prague The Mint of Poland's latest series of silver coins, is to be themed around showcasing some of the iconic city hall clock faces from around Europe, and will consist of seven, one-ounce [...]
The dino's are back with Pop Coins second wave of ultra-limited silver coins featuring some of the old favourites Pop Coins have just issued the second tranche of four coins in their 'Jurassic Life' range, following the release of the initial four back in March of this year. Like most of their coins, these are [...]
June 2025: We've been busy updating the guides and profiles again Just in case you thought I was sitting on my butt doing nothing yesterday, here's an update on some of the additions to some of the existing guides and profiles we maintain for your reference. As I've said before, it's a bit of a [...]
MDM celebrate 50 years of the rock music of heavy metal icons, Motörhead, with a 3oz high-relief silver coin Formed in 1975 in London by bassist and lead vocalist Lemmy Kilmister, guitarist Larry Wallis and drummer Lucas Fox, Motörhead went on to reinvigorate heavy metal in the 70s and 80s. Lemmy wrote most of the [...]
Prehistoric Life II bullion range roars back to life with the first of three new 2025 designs, starting with the theropod, Carnotaurus Carnotaurus sastrei was a bipedal theropod dinosaur that inhabited what is now Argentina during the Late Cretaceous period, approximately 72 to 69 million years ago. Its name, meaning "meat-eating bull," refers to the two [...]
Today's stackable silver bullion range expands with the classic medieval church adornment, the Gargoyle Gargoyles, those grotesque, fantastical stone carvings, are one of the most distinctive features of medieval church architecture. While commonly associated with Gothic cathedrals, their origins predate this period, with some early examples found in Romanesque structures. Not merely decorative, the term "gargoyle" [...]
Julia Donaldson and Axel Scheffler's childrens favourite 'Zog' is the latest British literary classic to be immortalised on a 50p coin The Royal Mint continues its celebration of the popular culture of British with another delve into the world of children's literature. This subject has been a big part of a long succession of coloured, themed [...]
The triumphs and tragedies of Ancient Rome and Greece feature on the Lithuanian Mint's latest silver coins Here's another catch-up, this time for the Lithuanian Mint, who've been quite prolific of late with a wide variety of styles and formats. We're sticking to familiar, and popular, territory here, with a selection of three, 2oz high-relief [...]
After two full years at six issues per year, Germania Mint is now kicking off its third tranche of runic one-ounce silver bars with 'Isaz', the 13th of 24 in the series covering the runic alphabet. It's the eleventh rune of the Elder Futhark and means "ice." It symbolizes stillness, concentration, and the qualities of ice, such [...]
