1 On the day of her 21st birthday, in April of 1947, the then Princess Elizabeth gave an address from Cape Town, South Africa, where the royal family was on tour. […]
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The New Zealand Mint continues it’s Classic Star Wars series with the first new coins in the series for 2017. This time it is the turn of Luke Skywalker to […]
Luke Skywalker Joins Classic Star Wars Coin Collection
During 2017 Queen Elizabeth II will celebrate her Sapphire Jubilee, making her not only the worlds oldest living monarch at 91, but Britain’s first ever monarch to have reigned for […]
Royal Mint Celebrates Queen Elizabeth II Sapphire Jubilee in Gold ...
A new year seems usher with it a renewed sense of optimism, that new opportunities might arise and bring with it undiscovered bounty. Well in numismatics at least we can […]
Commemorative Coins From Royal Mint for 2017
The French Mint has consistently delivered solid numismatic products over the past decade or so, their Women of France series is still one of my favourites of the last couple […]
New Liberty Gold and Silver Coins From France
Well the Presidential dollar series may have come to a close in 2016, but that doesn’t mean that you have no hope of seeing America’s 45th president on a coin […]
World’s 1st Legal Tender Donald Trump Coins
The Royal Canadian Mint has released it’s first numismatic catalogue of what is set to be a historic year in 2017, where Canadians will celebrate Canada’s 150th anniversary. First off […]
New Gold and Silver Coins From Canadian Mint for January ...
1 During 2017 the U.S. Mint will be celebrating it’s 225th anniversary, on January 12th the Department of the Treasury, in Washington DC, hosted a special media event and unveiling. Using […]
American Liberty 225th Anniversary Gold Coin Unveiled To Mixed Reactions
Finland this year celebrates one hundred years of independent rule, after it declared it’s independence from the Russian Empire in 1917. To mark this occasion the Mint of Finland is […]
Finland Celebrates a Century of Independence with Gold And Silver ...
The Royal Australian Mint has a wonderful standing tradition in the new year to allow members of the public and collectors to mint the first coins of that year, and […]
Trans Australian Railways Centenary Coins Ring in New Year
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
First look at the new 2017 Kangaroo, Kookaburra and Rooster bullion coins from the Perth Mint. I really do think that the Perth Mint knocked the proverbial ball out of […]
First Look at 2017 Kangaroo, Kookaburra and Rooster Coins
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 Perth Mint has just released details for the Australian bullion coin program for 2017. The 2017 program details the release of no less than 26 bullion coins across five […]
Perth Mint Releases Australian 2017 Bullion Coin Program Details
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. 2016 Star Wars […]
R2-D2 Joins Classic Star Wars Coin Collection
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
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
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 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
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 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 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
The Royal Canadian Mint continues to impress with a steady stream of well designed, beautiful and innovative coins. Their latest release is a trilogy of precious metal coins all themed […]
Platinum, Gold and Silver Maple Leaves From Canada
The final coin in Disney Princess collection by the New Zealand Mint has now been released and the auspicious honour of bringing the popular series to a close has fallen […]
Disney Princess Series Closes With Pocahontas
The Royal Canadian Mint has released two 1kg precious metal coins as a part of their June 2016 catalog, and they are stunningly beautiful coins that very nearly bring their […]
1 Kilogram Gold and Silver Maple Leaf Coins for 2016
The story of England’s 1966 FIFA World Cup victory has been told and re-told so many times that it has reached legendary status. 2016 marks the 50th anniversary of that […]
Royal Mint Celebrates 1966 Word Cup Victory
The final coins in the Great French Ships series, by Monnaie de Paris(The French Mint), have now been released. Completing the five year, forty five coin series that has served […]
France Closes Ships Series With Iconic Ocean Liner
The Mint of Poland is celebrating the 200th Anniversary of the Warsaw University of Life Sciences(SGGW) by issuing two new commemorative coins. The university was first founded in 1816 as […]