Perth Mint — Australia: Silver one-ounce 2024-dated Kookaburras released, featuring new reverse design

The Perth Mint has released its 2024-dated silver one-ounce Silver Kookaburras, a favourite theme and design with collectors and investors alike. Designed by Sean Rogers, the reverse side of the coin portrays a beady-eyed kookaburra in flight over a gorge with a snake in its talons. As well as the inscription KOOKABURRA, the design includes […]

Closure of the Pobjoy Mint: the end of an innovative and extraordinary era in modern numismatics

Almost two weeks ago, you likely heard the surprising news of the retirement of the Pobjoy Mint’s current director, Taya Pobjoy, and subsequently the closure of the Pobjoy Mint. Anyone who has been an active collector of modern coins during the last half century would probably have at least one or more coins produced from […]

Perth Mint — Tuvalu: New silver one-ounce replica Casino Royale poker chip coins mark James Bond Day

The Treasury of Tuvalu has released new silver one-ounce bullion and collector coins which salute one of the most successful film franchises in the world. The Blockbuster Casino Royale tells the story of how Bond’s actions cause Le Chiffre, a terrorist financier whose damaged left eye weeps blood, to lose $100 million belonging to a rebel […]

Perth Mint — Australia: New reverse design features on latest koala silver bullion coins

The Perth Mint has released its latest silver bullion coins, which feature one of the country’s best-known wildlife ambassadors, the koala. The series was first launched in 2007 with new reverse designs, increasing its appeal for investors and collectors alike. For 2023, the superb artistry and design capture the essence of these often-drowsy marsupials, the […]

Perth Mint — Australia: Latest wedge-tailed eagle silver coins designed by John Mercanti released 

The Perth Mint has released its latest silver bullion coins, which are part of the wedge-tailed series featuring designs of this majestic predator raptor indigenous to Australia. This is the eighth wedge-tailed eagle design by renowned American medallist John M. Mercanti, 12th Chief Engraver of the U.S. Mint (retired), and features a spectacular image of […]

Perth Mint — Australia: Silver Proof “Opal Lunar” coin series continues with 2023’s Year of the Rabbit 

The Perth Mint has released its latest silver Proof coins with a custom inlaid opal reverse design which is part of their current “Opal Lunar” series launched in 2016. Now in its eighth year, the latest coin features the fourth lunar zodiac sign of the rabbit, which begins with the Lunar New Year occurring on […]

Perth Mint — Australia: 2023-dated silver range of Kookaburra coins released

The Perth Mint has released the 2023-dated Australian Kookaburra one-ounce silver bullion coins. First issued in 1990, the Australian Kookaburra has become a favourite series with both collectors and investors featuring imagery of the iconic bird that draws its name from the Wiradjuri word “gugubarra.”   The 2023-dated Kookaburra is the 34th design in the annual […]

Retrospective: Collecting world coins during the reign of Queen Elizabeth II, part 6 

2000s  The new millennium began officially in 2001, but a lot of Mints decided to issue coins dated 2000 and with commemorative designs mostly to accommodate collectors who wanted something special to mark the event. One year earlier, a British £5 crown with a dual year date of 1999 and 2000 was one of many […]

The coins and banknotes of Queen Elizabeth II — an insight into changeover plans for King Charles III 

On the afternoon of the 8th September, an official protocol entitled Operation London Bridge was put into motion which was a plan of events agreed to by various departments of the British government some years ago to be enacted in the event of the death of the sovereign. Sadly, the day most of us dreaded, […]

Perth Mint — Australia: Celebrated nugget design returns on gold and silver bullion ounce coins

The Perth Mint has released its range of Nugget gold and silver bullion coins for 2022, which features the famed Little Hero gold nugget. Discovered in 1890 by a prospecting party near Marble Bar in Western Australia’s arid northwest, the once-in-a-lifetime prize weighed in at a staggering 333 ounces. The giant nugget, which at the […]