The latest high relief coin in the Cook Islands Legends of Camelot series, minted by the Choice Mint, is now available and features the often controversial Queen Guinevere on it's […]
2016
The Mint of Finland is maintaining it's brisk issuing pace with the latest coin in the Presidents of Finland Series. The coin series forms a part of the Finland 100 […]
Finland Issues 4th Coin In Presidents Series
The Reserve Bank of New Zealand has just made available the 2017 Kiwi gold and silver coins. This is the third year of issue for what I hope will become […]
New Zealand Releases 2017 Kiwi Gold and Silver Coins
In their nearly century long history the South African Mint has reliably remained one of the worlds best mints. Although prone to a tendency to "play things safe", they have […]
South Africa to Issue 1st Colour Finish Silver Coins
Slovakia has now released it's 5th collector's coin for 2016, and it continues the Kremnica Mint's longstanding track record of high quality designs featuring historical figures. Much in the vain […]
New Silver Coin from Slovakia
The Republic of San Marino continues it's numismatic celebration of the Catholic Jubilee of Mercy this month with the release of a special uncirculated 5 Euro coin. The coin is […]
San Marino Issues Jubilee of Mercy €5 Coin
Lithuania carries the distinction of being the first country to declare it's independence from the former Soviet Union in the early nineties, having first done so on March 11, 1990. […]
Lithuania Celebrates 25th anniversary of independence With Silver €20
The Pitcairn Islands, a group of four islands in the southern Pacific Ocean, have issued a set of four 1oz silver coins celebrating the magnificent Whales of the Southern Ocean.The […]
Whales Make a Splash on New Silver Coins from Pitcairn
The newest release from the New Zealand Mint's Classic Star Wars series pays tribute to Princess Leia Organa on three silver and gold pieces that fits in with the rest […]
Classic Star Wars Gold & Silver Collection Welcomes Princess Leia
The stated purpose of the New Zealand Mint's Warriors of History silver coin collection is to explore stories of legendary warrior people, who fought and conquered their enemies through the […]
Spartans Conquer Warriors Of History Silver Coin Series
Finland's second and final commemorative two Euro coin for 2016 has now been released and the coin is dedicated to honouring one of Finland's greatest philosophers - Georg Henrik von […]
Finland Remembers Philosopher With New €2 Coin
The complete Frozen – Magic of the Northern Lights Disney coin collection is now available following the release of the fifth and final coin in the series by the New […]
Complete Frozen “Northern Lights” Silver Coin Set Now Available
Art is a frequent theme on Italian coins, and when you have such a rich history to draw from – why not? The excellent Fauna and Flora in Art Masterpieces […]
New Italy of Art Silver Coin features Recanati
“ 'Tis the most wonderful time of the year!”.... well maybe not quite yet, but that that isn't stopping several world mints from issuing Christmas themed coins already for everyone […]
2016 Disney Season’s Greetings Silver Coins
Three new 2016 Australian Wedge-tailed Eagle coins were just released by the Perth Mint, and as expected the two 5oz coins were included in this. However, there was a surprise […]
New Gold & Silver Wedge-tailed Eagle coins from Australia
This year has seen a number of commemorative coins that celebrate the 50th anniversary of Star Trek: The Original Series. Most of these have found the approval of both collectors […]
1oz Silver Delta Coin for Star Trek 50th Anniversary
The Austrian Mint is releasing a new series of innovative animal themed coins that, apart from having the Austrian Mint's usually high design standards, have an interesting feature – they […]
The Bat 1st Coin In New Glow In The Dark ...
The Austrian Mint has released the final coin in the Federal Provinces series, that has also come to be known as the Austria Piece by Piece series or the Austria […]
Final Coin In Austrian Federal Provinces Series
New ReleasesThailand issued a special commemorative 500 Bhat banknote in celebration of the Queen's 7th cycle birthday. The banknotes started circulation on the 11th of Augusts 2016. A total run […]
Banknote News Roundup – August 2016
Fifty years ago on 18 August 1966, 108 Australian and New Zealand troops encountered a force of more than 2000 Vietnamese and Viet Cong soldiers in the rubber plantation of […]
Australia Remembers The Battle of Long Tan on 50th Anniversary
Last month the New Zealand Mint launched their new Warriors of History silver coin series with the Samurai coin. This month the series continues with the second installment, which is […]
Vikings Storm Warriors of History Silver Coin Series
The New Zealand Mint has released three new coins in their officially licensed Star Wars: The Force Awakens coin collection, doubling the number of coins in the new series.Star Wars: […]
Star Wars-The Force Awakens Coin Collection Adds 3 More Silver ...
The classic Star Wars coin collection from the New Zealand Mint is continuing this month with the release of the fourth design in the series : R2-D2.R2-D2 is the fourth […]
R2-D2 Joins Classic Star Wars Coin Collection
The third coin in third coin in the Presidents of Finland coin series has just been released by the Mint of Finland. The coin pays homage to the third President […]
Presidents of Finland Series Continues with 3rd Coin
The fifth coin in the Kings of the Continents series from the new Zealand Mint has just been released and it is the first coin that covers South America, and […]
Jaguar Pounces on Kings of the Continents Silver Series
It is an exiting time to be a numismatist, coin collectors are literally spoilt for choice these days. With so many technological advances being made in the minting and finishing […]
New High Relief 1oz Silver Skull Shaped Coin
The latest collector's coin from Latvia celebrates the countries cultural and artistic heritage in a new silver coin.The coin is in fact a reproduction of the renowned porcelain art from […]
Plate Shaped Coin Celebrates Latvian Artistic Heritage
The United States Mint has released the 2016 Presidential Dollars Three-Coin Sets. The two sets, one for the Denver Mint and one for the Philadelphia Mint, each contain the last […]
Final Presidential 3 Coin Set from US Mint
Hungary is celebrating 70 years since that nation's national currency, the Forint, was first introduced in 1946. To commemorate this milestone the Hungarian National Bank(Magyar Nemzeti Bank) has tasked the […]
Hungary Celebrates 70th Anniversary of National Currency
The Central Bank of the Russian Federation, better known as simply the Bank of Russia, has released a new series of circulating commemorative coins that has managed to spark quite […]