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January, 2015

STAR TREK: THE FINAL FRONTIER GETS ITS FIRST COIN RELEASE

By |2016-11-05T06:32:30+00:00January 30th, 2015|Categories: Coloured, Movies & TV, Silver, Perth Mint, Tuvalu|

It's been a long time coming, but finally one of the world's greatest TV/movie franchises has entered the modern numismatic world. The Perth Mint have snapped up the licence to Star Trek and the first two coins have their world début today. A licence doesn't get any richer than this, so we'd expect to see a plethora of new releases over the next couple of years mining the depth of characters, places, objects [...]

December, 2024

Mint of MK have been exceptionally busy of late, so this week we look at their latest releases in our round-up (Week 48, 2024)

By |2024-12-06T21:14:14+00:00December 6th, 2024|Categories: Art & Literature, Culture, Coloured, Gilded, Nature, Silver, Cameroon, Mint of MK|

Mint of MK have been exceptionally busy of late, so this week we look at their latest releases in our round-up (Week 48, 2024) After a horrible two weeks with what turned out to be a kind of flu, I'm getting back to normal, and didn't want to miss our regular weekly round-up of new releases. It's a little different this week, concentrating on just one prolific producer's new issues - [...]

November, 2024

UPDATE: Cured! Apologies for the slow news week and lack of updates – I have Covid

By |2024-12-09T15:56:05+00:00November 29th, 2024|Categories: News Nuggets|

UPDATE: Cured! Apologies for the slow news week and lack of updates - I have Covid You might have noticed a dearth of new posts this week, but unfortunately, I have Covid again. I'd love to say it's burning itself out, but it's bad case, and haven't had a meal for four days (and I love my grub...). Hopefully, it will abate over the weekend. My apologies. UPDATE: Well, that was a [...]

April, 2024

Mint of Gdańsk adds to its ‘Chinese Heroes’, ‘Mankind’s Mistakes’, and ‘Human Tragedies’ ranges with new two-ounce silver coins

By |2024-04-26T15:08:27+01:00April 26th, 2024|Categories: History, People, Inserts, Silver, Niue Island|

Mint of Gdańsk adds to its 'Chinese Heroes', 'Mankind's Mistakes', and 'Human Tragedies' ranges with new two-ounce silver coins It's been a great week for new issues, and we hope you've enjoyed the coverage so far. We've concentrated on one producer per day, which we will likely continue through at least some of next week, and today, it's the turn of the Mint of Gdańsk, who have issued quite a [...]

October, 2023

MINT. TRADING COINS (2023-) by the New Zealand Mint

By |2024-08-12T23:23:09+01:00October 23rd, 2023|Categories: , |

MINT. TRADING COINS (2023-) by the New Zealand Mint Called Mint Trading Coins, they basically take the age-old swapping idea from baseball and bubblegum cards, and applies it to silver coins. Each range consists of 51 coins depicting characters from a specific media franchise. So far, we had Star Wars as the first series, and Marvel Comics as the second, with DC Comics dropping as the first of 2024, and [...]

The New Zealand Mint’s ‘trading coin’ concept makes the jump from Star Wars to Marvel, with 51 new coins

By |2023-10-13T13:45:55+01:00October 13th, 2023|Categories: Coloured, Movies & TV, Gold, Silver, Niue Island, NZ Mint/Agoro|

The New Zealand Mint's 'trading coin' concept makes the jump from Star Wars to Marvel, with 51 new coins Just a couple of months ago, we reported on a new concept issued by the New Zealand Mint. Called Mint Trading Coins, they basically take the age-old swapping idea from baseball and bubblegum cards, and applies it to silver coins. The first range featured 51 coins depicting characters from the Star [...]

September, 2023

The Courage To Be. UA. silver coin (2023 National Bank of Ukraine)

By |2023-09-11T18:01:55+01:00September 11th, 2023|Categories: Quicklooks, History, People, Silver, National Bank of Ukraine, Ukraine|

Despite everything currently going on in this vast European country, Ukraine is still producing numismatics. The theme has, quite understandably, veered towards the current conflict, with other issues this year featuring the Armed Forces, and events, such as the criminal destruction of the Mariupol Drama Theatre. Called 'The Courage To Be', it celebrates the bravery shown by the people of Ukraine during this appalling invasion. The reverse depicts a shattered stone, [...]

January, 2023

MARVEL COMICS: A guide to the Marvel World on silver and gold coins

By |2024-07-27T09:24:43+01:00January 9th, 2023|Categories: |

MARVEL COMICS: A guide to the Marvel World on coins With the popular culture world driving new collectors into our hobby, it's fair to say the volume of new issues has grown exponentially since the first of the modern wave dropped in 2013. The superhero genre was always going to be part of that, especially since the explosive growth of the two major cinematic universes The biggest of them, indeed [...]

April, 2022

Our early April round-up of the latest film/TV coins is here. Star Wars, Marvel, DC Comics, and Star Trek

By |2022-04-05T22:09:29+01:00April 5th, 2022|Categories: Film/TV roundup, Bullion, Coloured, Movies & TV, Gold, Silver, Crown Mint, NZ Mint/Agoro|

Our early April round-up of the latest film/TV coins is here. Star Wars, Marvel, DC Comics, and Star Trek Time for another of our attempts to stay on top of the ongoing tsunami of TV and film themed coin releases, and also to catch up with the prolific New Zealand Mint, who almost exclusively stick to this genre now. A tiring job, along with the companion bullion round-ups we do, but the [...]

March, 2022

It’s March, and time for one of our Film and Television themed coin round-ups

By |2022-04-01T14:49:53+01:00March 10th, 2022|Categories: Film/TV roundup, Bullion, Coloured, Movies & TV, Gold, Silver, Crown Mint, MDM, MintXXI, NZ Mint/Agoro, Perth Mint, Spain|

It's March, and time for one of our Film and Television themed coin round-ups We had a few weeks away from our film and television coin round-ups, but that doesn't mean they didn't just keep coming! The genre remains a hugely popular one, and it shows no signs of easing off anytime soon. To be fair, it has its fair share of excellent releases, and it is a healthy source of [...]

September, 2021

YouTube highlight: Numiscollect release a bevy of new coin videos, including Viking Afterlife, & the Wacky Baccy Numismaty!

By |2021-10-01T00:23:29+01:00September 28th, 2021|Categories: News Nuggets, Numiscollect|

A nice selection of new coin videos from Numiscollect, showcasing their latest releases, is now available. Nicely done, there are some super coins in this bunch, including the first in their new Afterlife series, and the latest in their spliffing Cannabis Sativa range. YouTube highlight: Numiscollect release a bevy of new videos, including Viking Afterlife, & the Wacky Baccy Numismaty! AgAuNEWS ARTICLE AgAuNEWS ARTICLE [...]

August, 2021

Sega classic ‘Sonic the Hedgehog’ joins the growing selection of videogame inspired silver bullion coins

By |2022-04-10T15:14:14+01:00August 30th, 2021|Categories: Bullion, Coloured, Movies & TV, Silver, Niue Island|

Sega classic 'Sonic the Hedgehog' joins the growing selection of videogame inspired silver bullion coins Now here's something that takes me back! I remember struggling to get an import Sega Megadrive when the importers first starting getting them in and was lucky enough to snag one. A wonderful piece of hardware with some fantastic games, much different to the over-complex and heavily monetised market we have now, it, and the [...]

OLD TOWN SQUARE EXECUTION (2021) by the Czech Mint

By |2021-09-19T01:31:55+01:00August 2nd, 2021|Categories: , |

2021 OLD TOWN SQUARE EXECUTION by the Czech Mint One thing the coin producers in Eastern Europe do very well showcase their history. Much of it is largely unknown in the West, but it's a rich, deep and often tragic one that is filled with themes and events ripe for numismatic attention. One such event happened 400 years ago in the capital of what is now the Czech Republic, Prague.Starting [...]

February, 2021

Sekhmet, daughter of Ra and the warrior goddess of healing is the third Gods of Anger coin

By |2021-02-12T16:39:04+00:00February 12th, 2021|Categories: Art & Literature, History, Gilded, Silver, Mint of Poland, Niue Island|

Sekhmet, daughter of Ra and the warrior goddess of healing is the third Gods of Anger coin Always a relatively early issue on the annual calendar, the Mint of Poland and Pela Coins have launched the third of their striking 'Gods of Anger' coins looking at the Ancient Egyptian pantheon of deities. The series debuted in 2019 with Anubis, and continued in 2020 with Horus. This time around, it's Sekhmet, the lion [...]

June, 2020

Micromosaic Passion coin series continues its unique look at masterpieces with Da Vinci’s Lady With an Ermine

By |2021-06-14T11:23:40+01:00June 29th, 2020|Categories: Art & Literature, Coloured, Silver, CIT Coin Invest, Palau|

Micromosaic Passion coin series continues its unique look at masterpieces with Da Vinci’s Lady With an Ermine A big hit over the last few years, both with collectors and award ceremonies, Powercoins innovative Micromosaic Passion series is back for a fourth time with a second interpretation of the work of Italian Renaissance master, Leonardo da Vinci. This time, it's the charming portrait of Cecilia Gallerani called Lady with an Ermine. Any [...]

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