The Royal Mint digs into our prehistory for the third trio of dinosaur coins in its Tales of the Earth series Back with a third trilogy of coins, the Royal Mint's 'Tales of the Earth' range yet again delves into our planet's past natural history using one of the best paleo artists working today, Robert [...]
Ultimate Fighting Championship comes to the New Zealand Mint's Chibi range with five fighters making the transition The Ultimate Fighting Championship (UFC) is a mixed martial arts (MMA) organisation, hosting competitive events worldwide. Established in 1993, the UFC has become the pinnacle of MMA, showcasing elite fighters from various disciplines. Fighters compete in a caged [...]
The 12 Guides of Christmas: Number 4 - Numismatic Icons by CIT Coin Invest The fourth of our '12 Guides of Christmas' has just been published, and it covers possibly my favourite series of coins in production today. Numismatic Icons by CIT, is a modern refresh of some of the ancient world's [...]
Last October, World Coin Appreciation (WCA) released a neat coin shaped like a miniature cassette tape, to honour the memory of Lou Ottens, a Dutch inventor working for the tech giant Philips, who created the cassette system in 1963, and who died in 2021. Now, they're back with the concept, this time marking 60 years since the [...]
Bond's iconic undersea Lotus Esprit S1 represents the legendary spy's celluloid journey through the 1970s With a debut just four weeks ago, the Royal Mint is already following up it's look at the film career of the legendary spy, James Bond, with the second of seven coins in the series. Each issue will showcase the films [...]
Coins Today's epic stackable bullion range add beautiful shaped designs from Ancient Egypt, and from Norse mythology Coin's Today have a stackable range of silver bullion second to none. Designs ranging from medieval shields, through historical religious iconography, to scientific achievements, have all been given the stackable treatment. What puts these up on a pedestal, is [...]
The 12 Guides of Christmas: Number 3 - The Great Greek Mythology by Mint XXI Our '12 Guides of Christmas' continues apace, and the next one is now live. We've gone with another series that has plenty of releases still to come, and that's Mint XXI's quite superb 'The Great Greek Mythology'. [...]
MK's 9 Dragons series reaches the half-way point with the Coiled Dragon. Here are some images. We've produced one of our Coin Series Profiles to this very ambitious range of dragon coins, with the idea being we'd cover every second or third new release in a news post, with the rest going straight into the profile. [...]
A giant in the bullion world, the Royal Mint Britannia, with its Philip Nathan designed depiction of the British female personification, has been a mainstay of the bullion world for over 35 years. Like most major bullion coins, the one-ounce weight class in gold and/or silver, is either the only size available, or by far the most [...]
The Royal Australian Mint debuts its own Koala bullion coins for 2024, and there's a high-relief proof in tow One of their core bullion ranges, the Koala has been a staple of the Perth Mint since 2007, but it now seems its Antipodean rival, the Royal Australian Mint, has a series all of their own. [...]
