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Caribou Migrates Onto Silver Coin Series
The caribou is the subject of the latest Great Migrations coin from the New Zealand Mint. A series where previous coins have…
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2017 Year of the Rooster Lunar Coins from New Zealand Mint
Coins celebrating the Chinese zodiac have grown in popularity over the past several years from a minor niche in numismatics to a…
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2016 Disney Season’s Greetings Silver Coins
“ ‘Tis the most wonderful time of the year!”…. well maybe not quite yet, but that that isn’t stopping several world mints…
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Green and Golden Bell Frog Joins Endangered and Extinct Coin Series
The 2017 Endangered and Extinct coin has just been released and features the Green and Golden Bell Frog. This is the seventh…
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New Gold & Silver Wedge-tailed Eagle coins from Australia
Three new 2016 Australian Wedge-tailed Eagle coins were just released by the Perth Mint, and as expected the two 5oz coins were…
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1oz Silver Delta Coin for Star Trek 50th Anniversary
This year has seen a number of commemorative coins that celebrate the 50th anniversary of Star Trek: The Original Series. Most of…
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Perth Mint Releases Australian 2017 Bullion Coin Program Details
The Perth Mint has just released details for the Australian bullion coin program for 2017. The 2017 program details the release of…
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The Bat 1st Coin In New Glow In The Dark Animals Series
The Austrian Mint is releasing a new series of innovative animal themed coins that, apart from having the Austrian Mint’s usually high…
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Final Coin In Austrian Federal Provinces Series
The Austrian Mint has released the final coin in the Federal Provinces series, that has also come to be known as the…
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Banknote News Roundup – August 2016
New Releases Thailand issued a special commemorative 500 Bhat banknote in celebration of the Queen’s 7th cycle birthday. The banknotes started circulation…
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Australia Remembers The Battle of Long Tan on 50th Anniversary
Fifty years ago on 18 August 1966, 108 Australian and New Zealand troops encountered a force of more than 2000 Vietnamese and…
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Vikings Storm Warriors of History Silver Coin Series
Last month the New Zealand Mint launched their new Warriors of History silver coin series with the Samurai coin. This month the…
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Star Wars-The Force Awakens Coin Collection Adds 3 More Silver Coins
The New Zealand Mint has released three new coins in their officially licensed Star Wars: The Force Awakens coin collection, doubling the…
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R2-D2 Joins Classic Star Wars Coin Collection
The classic Star Wars coin collection from the New Zealand Mint is continuing this month with the release of the fourth design…
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Presidents of Finland Series Continues with 3rd Coin
The third coin in third coin in the Presidents of Finland coin series has just been released by the Mint of Finland.…
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Jaguar Pounces on Kings of the Continents Silver Series
The fifth coin in the Kings of the Continents series from the new Zealand Mint has just been released and it is…
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New High Relief 1oz Silver Skull Shaped Coin
It is an exiting time to be a numismatist, coin collectors are literally spoilt for choice these days. With so many technological…
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Plate Shaped Coin Celebrates Latvian Artistic Heritage
The latest collector’s coin from Latvia celebrates the countries cultural and artistic heritage in a new silver coin. The coin is in…
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Final Presidential 3 Coin Set from US Mint
The United States Mint has released the 2016 Presidential Dollars Three-Coin Sets. The two sets, one for the Denver Mint and one…
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Hungary Celebrates 70th Anniversary of National Currency
Hungary is celebrating 70 years since that nation’s national currency, the Forint, was first introduced in 1946. To commemorate this milestone the…
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New Russian Liberation Coin Series Sparks Controversy
The Central Bank of the Russian Federation, better known as simply the Bank of Russia, has released a new series of circulating…
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