The zodiac is always a popular theme, with several world mints regularly issuing coins adorned with this theme. Most of these coins however are precious metal or commemorative collector’s coins, […]
New Releases
3 Following on Britain’s ;landmark decision, last week, to exit the European Union, the Cook Islands issued a commemorative silver coin to mark the event. The coin was a resounding success […]
New Pair of Brexit Gold Coins
New Releases The Bank of England has unveiled the design of the new polymer five pound banknote. The banknote features Winston Churchill and is set for release on the 13th […]
Banknote News Roundup – June 2016
1 The battle of the Somme(sometimes referred to as the Somme Offensive) was contested between British, French and German troops between July 1 1916 and November 18th 1916, and is to […]
Royal Mint Remembers the Battle of the Somme
Following hot on the heels of yesterday’s release of the 2016 Platinum Eagles, the US Mint is today releasing the Nancy Reagan First Spouse Gold coins. The First Spouse Gold […]
Nancy Reagan First Spouse Gold Coin
The Kings of the Continents series from the New Zealand Mint has now released the fourth coin in the silver coin series. Featuring the largest animal for the series so […]
Roaring Grizzly Rules Latest Continents Silver Coin
The Frozen – Magic of the Northern Lights silver coin collection continues with the second of five planned coins from the New Zealand Mint. The latest installment in the series […]
Princess Anna Continues Disney Frozen Silver Coin Collection
The vote is in and it looks like Britain is out. On June 23rd, 2016, the United Kingdom held a historic referendum in which they chose to leave the European […]
New Coin Marks BREXIT Decision in Silver
History is filled with stories and legends of people who fought bravely to defend what they love, to conquer their enemies and bend the world around them to their will. […]
Samurai Launches New Warriors of History Silver Coin Series
The Athletics coin is the ninth and final coin in Finland’s Sports coins series and it is now available from the Mint of Finland. The series was initiated in 2015 […]
Athletics Closes Finland’s Sports Coins Series Just Ahead of Olympics
The First World War Battlefront series has now released the third silver coin in the relatively new series of commemorative coins. The subject of this coin is the Battle of […]
WWI Battlefronts Series Remebers The Battle of Battle of Beaumont-Hamel
Following on the resounding success of the Southern Skies series, that concluded in 2014, it is no surprise that the Royal Australian Mint last year decided to launch a companion […]
Ursa Major Becomes 2nd Domed Coin in Northern Skies Series
Forming part of their 2016 Australian Olympic Team Coin Program, the Royal Australian Mint has released a special Mob of Roos colourized one Dollar coin. Australia 2016 Olympics Mob of […]
2016 Olympic Mob of ‘Roos $1 Coin For Australia
The Royal Canadian Mint continues to be, not only one of the most prolific, but also one of the most innovative mints worldwide. From the Elizabeth Rose silver dollar coin(which […]
Innovative New Maple Leaf Shaped Coin From Canada
The Creatures of Greek Mythology series is now on it’s sixth issue from the New Zealand Mint, and this time around features the Sirens of ancient Greek mythology. Sirens were […]
Sirens added to Creatures of Greek Mythology Series
In 2016 the Bulgarian Railroads are officially a 150 years old. To mark this event the National Bank of Bulgaria is issuing a special silver commemorative 10 Lev coin. Bulgaria […]
150 Years Since 1st Bulgarian Railroad Coin
This year the Ukraine will celebrates 20 years since the adoption of the Ukrainian Constitution on the 28th of June 1996. The National Bank of the Ukraine is commemorating the […]
20 Years for Ukraine Constitution Coin
Canada pays tribute to her Olympic athletes that will attend the Rio 2016 Olympic and Paralympic Games with a new limited edition silver proof dollar. Canada 2016 Canadian Athletes Silver […]
Prepare for Olympics with Canadian Athletes Coin
The Lucky Loonie is a story that sees it’s origins in the 2002 Salt Lake City Winter Olympics. During the preparations a Canadian 1 Dollar, or loonie(so called for featuring […]
2016 Lucky Loonie Sports Fresh New Design
Ferdinand II of Aragon(1452 – 1516) was ruler of Sicily and Aragon and his marriage to Queen Isabella I of Castille(1451 – 1504), collectively known as the Catholic Monarchs, formed […]
Spain Remembers Ferdinand II of Aragon
The Ducat of Sigismund the Elder is the newest addition to the History of Polish Coins Series from the Mint of Poland. The series, which explores Poland’s valuable historic contribution […]
History of Polish Coins Series Explores the Ducat
The 2016 coin and currency set from the United States Mint are now available, with the theme for this year’s set being “Code Talkers” of World War I and II. […]
2016 USA Coin and Currency Set Honors Code Talkers of ...
Slovakia has issued a special silver collector’s coin to commemorate the first time that the Central European country will hold the presidency of the European Council. The Slovak Republic will […]
Slovakian Presidency of EU Council Silver Coin
The Canadian Blessings coin series has been running since 2009 and has now produce eight coins in total for the set. The bullion coins have over that time proven to […]
Good Health from Final Coin in Blessings Gold Coin Series
The interesting, and relatively new, Discover Poland circulating commemorative coin series from Poland is now in it’s third year of issue and has just added a fourth coin to the […]
Priest’s Mill Features on New Discover Poland Coin
The 2016 Summer Olympics, to be held in Rio, is steadily drawing closer and as a result we can expect to see more and more Olympic themed coins to roll […]
New Zealand Commemorates Road To Rio Olympics
Portugal has released the 2015 UNESCO Intangible Cultural Heritage coin for 2016. The coin celebrates the proud art-form of Cante Alentejano. Cante Alentejano is a particular style of singing, very […]