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Almost Scrapped: The Tasmanian Q5 That Was Saved Just in Time

Q5 came close to being cut up for scrap in the 1960s. The Tasmanian Transport Museum — still new at the time, short on resources, working against a deadline — moved to save it. They got it out. Tha...

End of the Line: V1220 Pulled the Last WAGR Steam Service — Now It's on a Coin

Some locomotives retire quietly. V1220 didn't. It hauled the very last Western Australian Government Railways steam service in 1972, handed over to diesel, and never ran again. That's a finish wort...

The Last of Its Kind: Queensland's No. 1009 Now on a 50c Coin

Not many locomotives can claim to be the most powerful steam engine ever to run in Queensland. No. 1009 can. This 2025 50c Coloured Uncirculated Coin from the Royal Australian Mint's Steam Giants –...

Why Silver Mint Coins Are Worth a Closer Look in 2026

Silver has had a remarkable eighteen months. The idea of it breaking its all-time nominal high would have seemed optimistic not long ago. Then it happened. Silver reached US$121.67 per ounce in Jan...

MLB Trading Coins — The Blind Box Concept That Works for Coin Collectors

Trading cards have dominated sports collecting for decades. The blind box format — sealed packaging, unknown contents, chase variants — has proven its pull time and again. These MLB Trading Coins b...

Seven Coins, One Nation: The 2026 Federation Collection

On 1 January 1901, six self-governing colonies became one country. Growing calls in the late 19th century for the colonies to unite culminated in a series of referendums, which eventually passed in...

A Three-Coin Set Worth Keeping: 1941 Service Amid Strife

Eighty-five years is a long time. Long enough that most Australians alive today have no direct memory of 1941 — yet that year sits near the centre of Australian military history. Three campaigns in...

A Wedge-Tailed Eagle on Silver: The 2026 Perth Mint Coloured Coin

There's something about the wedge-tailed eagle that makes it an obvious subject for a coin. It's Australia's largest bird of prey and one of the biggest eagles in the world. With a wingspan of up t...

Why Buy Mint Coins from Us?

Most online coin sellers offer a mix: second-hand stock, graded slabs, whatever they can source. We sell new product only. Every coin we stock comes from an official mint. The Royal Australian Mint...

Advice on How to Start Collecting Coins

Most people who collect coins started the same way. They saw one they liked and bought it. That's still the right way to begin. A lot of the advice online is written for collectors who've been at i...