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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
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. […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
“ '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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
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: […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]