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MOON LANDING 50TH ANNIVERSARY: An overview of gold and silver coin issues Welcome to our round-up of the precious metal coins issued to commemorate the epic Apollo 11 mission to land a man on the Moon. There are fewer ways to commemorate an event for posterity than a coin, and none more likely to survive the test of time than one struck in gold or silver. Most of the [...]
World exclusive: CIT bring their dimensional smartminting to the lunar market with a Mongolian Pig It isn't just their skull range that has a new addition - CIT Coin Invest have expanded their dimensional coin range with a fine effort in what has become a predictable and slightly stale lunar market. That the lunar market sometimes fails to excite collectors is inevitable in hindsight. The twelve year [...]
Italy adds to its minigold Roman Emperors series with one of the best of them - Trajan A new series from the Italian Mint IPZS that debuted last year, Serie Imperatori Romani (‘Roman Emperors Series’) are 3 gram minigold coins featuring some of the more well known of Ancient Rome's leaders. The 2017 coin showcased Hadrian and 2018 sees one of the famous 'five good emperors', Trajan. At [...]
France enters the revolutionary period with the fifth of its seven annual The Sower coins Like the Rooster and Marianne, the Sower is an icon of French numismatics. Dating back to 1887, it was designed by one of the most celebrated medallists of the Art Nouveau, Oscar Roty. Initially a controversial work in many quarters, because of its use on a whole range of coins in the [...]
Mickey Through the Ages coin series series wraps up with the 1983 classic, Mickey's Christmas Carol The curtain comes down on what has been a fine numismatic tribute to Walt Disney's biggest creation, Mickey Mouse. The eighth coin in a set featuring many of the rodents most iconic performances from the 1930's to the 1980's, Mickey Through the Ages has encapsulated much of what people find appealing about [...]
Creatures of Myth & Legend enters Mount Olympus for the god of the seas, Poseidon Ostensibly a companion series to the excellent lunars issued for the Pacific island of Tokelau by Treasures of Oz, Creatures of Myth and Legend depicted a fantastical creature that fitted in with the lunar animal that year. Capricornus and Aries for the year of the goat, Pegasus and a Unicorn for the [...]
The Little Whirlwind is the latest Mickey Mouse classic immortalised in numismatic gold and silver The New Zealand Mint's flagship Disney coin range continues apace with its third 2017 release and seventh overall. The series Mickey Through the Ages features some of the influential shorts and movies that have defined this media giants most iconic character. Previous coins have been The Band Concert, The Brave Little Tailor, [...]
2017 YEAR OF THE ROOSTER: A GUIDE TO THE GOLD & SILVER LUNAR COINS Without question the most widespread theme in modern numismatics, the Lunar Calendar has drawn in mints and producers from all regions of the globe. The choice of designs and sizes is quite incredible, going from 0.5 grams up to coins 40,000 times that size, with ranges encompassing both gold and silver. Colouring, gilding, high-relief [...]
Fidel Castro joins Chinggis Khan. CIT smartmint the Cuban leader on a Mongolian proof silver coin A look at a coin we didn't cover on its debut at the Berlin World Money Fair earlier this year, Coin Invest Trust's Fidel Castro coin is the spritual successor to their revised Chinggis Khan coin from 2016. Carrying on with a design that takes advantage of CIT's outstanding SmartMinting technology, [...]
Egyptian Symbols antiqued silver coin series reaches new highs with the Goddess Isis Now on its third incarnation, Egyptian Symbols is a superb series of high-end silver coins taking iconic elements of Ancient Egypt as its subject. Produced by Numiartis in conjunction with CIT, they're also responsible for the Mythical Creatures series like the Vampire, and also the brilliant Ares coin that will surely be mixing it [...]
Mickey Through the Ages continues with Delayed Date gold and silver proof coin range Mickey Through the Ages continues into its second year of releases with the second coin of 2017, Delayed Date. Like the New Zealand Mint's Classic Disney coins, Mickey Through the Ages delves into the history of this ultra-iconic company, in this case focusing on its most famous creation. Four coins were released last [...]
200 years since the birth of Hungarian writer Janos Arany celebrated on two new coins Eastern European mints seem to revel in their respective countries history, with generals, monarchs and artists particularly popular. Writers definitely fall within the last group and this new coin pair from the Hungarian Mint celebrating the 200th anniversary of the birth of Janos Arany fits the genre perfectly. Two coins with completely [...]
Pioneering airship maker's death a century ago remembered on a new silver coin from CIT Every year at the World Money Fair in Berlin, collector favourite coin producer CIT (Coin Invest Trust) release their eagerly awaited annual entrants in the Tiffany Art and Mongolian Wildlife Protection series. While these rarely disappoint, we usually find that it is elsewhere in the release catalogue that our favourite new coins [...]
CIT extends its two iconic Mongolian nature coin series, one for the last time Along with Tiffany Art, Coin Invest Trust's most iconic series is the multi award-winning Wildlife Protection series. Issued under the Mongolian banner, the first of these one-ounce antiqued silver coins debuted way back in 2007 and immediately captured the imagination of collectors and awards judges everywhere. The first coin, featuring the Wolverine, won the Krause [...]
COIN ISSUE SCHEDULES from around the world Below we've compiled what we have on the coin release schedules for many of the major national and private mints. Most don't issue a programme unfortunately, but many European mints do. As with all our guides, we'll keep this one fully updated and we're already compiling some more to add to it pending further information. There are fifteen mints schedules [...]
