Mythical Creatures form the basis of a new shaped silver series, starting with that most popular of them all - the Dragon Coins Today continues to push the envelope with their undenominated silver range, and are following up their outstanding sword series with an attractive look at mythical creatures. The first of these is this [...]
Agoro continues the trading coin concept with Harry Potters 'Wizarding World' taking up the reins after Star Wars, Marvel and DC The New Zealand Mint, now called Agoro, debuted their .mint Trading Coins concept with Star Wars back in August 2023, with a 51-coin Star Wars release. The concept is simple enough, taking the age-old [...]
The Ceratopsids are some of the most recognisable of all the dinosaurs, typified by Triceratops, famously depicted in battle with T. Rex. While Triceratops is the most well known, the family is diverse, having a wide range of different frills and horns, and new species are continually being unearthed. One of those is Regaliceratops (Royal horned face), [...]
Australian producer, ABC Mint, highlights the Untamed Landscapes of Oceania with its new five-coin silver bullion series Australian producer, ABC Mint, isn't a hugely well-known name in the market, but that doesn't mean they're new. Part of the merged ABC Bullion & Palloys Group now called Pallion, they claim to be the largest fully integrated precious [...]
The Summer Launch from CIT brings us valleys, steampunk, birds, hats, spinning tops, Santorini, and lots of Iron Maiden Eddies It's time for the eagerly anticipated Summer Launch from CIT, and yet again, they haven't disappointed. As always, there's a mix of additions to existing series, one-offs, and potential new series debuts (CIT sensibly see how [...]
CIT Summer Launch: A cowboy hat and the return of the spinning top coin showcase the extreme end of smartminting's talents The CIT Summer Launch is upon us, and around two-dozen new issues have debuted as part of it. As always an eclectic mix, we usually do a preview using the CIT videos to kick off [...]
As we reported just yesterday, the New Zealand Mint has rebranded their collectible coin division as Agoro, and the first new issue to take advantage of that is in what we'd argue has been their flagship series for a decade - Star Wars. We've often been a little critical of the mint's poster/comic cover ranges for their [...]
While it was the post-WW2 period that saw an explosion in the popularity of the Jukebox, they can trace their heritage back to 1889, when Louis Glass and William Arnold invented the nickel-in-the-slot phonograph. Progress from there was measured, but in 1946, Wurlitzer launched the 1015, that went on to sell a phenomenal 56,000 units in its [...]
Just a couple of days ago, Forbes published a small article on the Tarantula Hawk, that appeared in my feed for some reason. Coincidentally, the Melbourne Coin Company has just released the first in a fascinating new one-ounce silver coin series called 'Kings of Sting', looking at insects on the Schmidt sting pain index, and the subject [...]
The latest release from Coin's Today is another of those weird ones. We have an ice-cream shaped silver piece with an identical design on both faces (it isn't a denominated coin), and in three different colours. It really is as simple as that! Each cone weighs in at half an ounce, and is struck to a proof [...]
