AgAuSHOOT: Germania Mint brings Renaissance astronomer, Nicolaus Copernicus to Maltese coins with a new range

By |2023-10-05T11:17:45+01:00September 29th, 2023|Categories: Gold, People, Science, Silver, Germania Mint, Malta|

AgAuSHOOT: Germania Mint brings Renaissance astronomer, Nicolaus Copernicus to Maltese coins with a new range After a successful run of coins in their 'Knights of the Past' series, Germania Mint continues its partnership with the Mediterranean island of Malta with a new coin depicting Nicolaus Copernicus. The Polish polymath, astronomer, and mathematician, came to prominence [...]

AgAuShoot: Germania Mint to launch a new bullion coin for Malta. We have our images, and a coin to give away

By |2023-06-05T15:27:47+01:00June 5th, 2023|Categories: Culture, Bullion, History, Silver, Germania Mint, Malta|

AgAuShoot: Germania Mint to launch a new bullion coin for Malta. We have our images, and a coin to give away Having built up a world based around the ancient historical provinces of Germania using multiple interwoven series of bullion coins, it now seems Germania Mint has set its sights on enhancing its collaboration with the [...]

” I am the Great Cornholio, I need T.P. for my bunghole”. Beavis & Butthead Do Numismatics…

By |2023-05-31T14:10:45+01:00May 31st, 2023|Categories: Culture, Bullion, History, Silver, Malta, The Coin Company|

" I am the Great Cornholio, I need T.P. for my bunghole". Beavis & Butthead Do Numismatics... South Park, Family Guy, Archer, and Rick & Morty, are all proof it isn't just kids that can have some fun with animated TV shows. Crude, crass, and often very cutting with current affairs, and societal issues, they're brilliantly [...]

Stanislaw Lem: Master of Science Fiction gold coins (2023 Mint of Gdańsk)

By |2023-04-12T10:51:04+01:00April 12th, 2023|Categories: Quicklooks, Art & Literature, Gold, Malta, Mint of Gdansk|

Along with their Robert Lewandowski, and The Witcher series, both extensive in scope, the Mint of Gdańsk recently added the seminal Polish science-fiction author, Stanislaw Lem to its portfolio. A quartet of quite superb silver coins kicked off the programme, with the promise of a pair of gold coins, and a pair of silver coin statues to come. The [...]

Polish science-fiction legend, Stanislaw Lem, embarks on a multi-year, multi-format coin program, starting with his opus, ‘Solaris’

By |2022-12-13T09:24:28+00:00December 12th, 2022|Categories: Art & Literature, Coloured, Silver, Malta, Mint of Poland|

Polish science-fiction legend, Stanislaw Lem, embarks on a multi-year, multi-format coin program, starting with his opus, 'Solaris' On any list of the greatest science-fiction authors of all time, you'll probably find Polish writer, Stanislaw Lem. Many of his works, including Solaris, the most well-known, dealt with a human failure to communicate with alien intelligence, and [...]

Germania Mint’s ‘Knight of Malta’ returns with a coin looking at the pivotal 16th-century Great Siege of Malta

By |2022-10-27T14:23:37+01:00October 27th, 2022|Categories: Bullion, History, Gilded, Silver, Central Bank of Malta, Germania Mint, Malta|

Germania Mint's 'Knight of Malta' returns with a coin looking at the pivotal 16th-century Great Siege of Malta It what just last year that Germania Mint announced a deal to design and mint coins for the Mediterranean island of Malta. We don't see much in the way of precious metal numismatics from Malta, so going outside [...]

Germania Mint and the Bank of Malta join forces for their new Knights of the Past silver bullion series

By |2021-04-14T16:14:46+01:00April 14th, 2021|Categories: Bullion, History, Gilded, Silver, Central Bank of Malta, Germania Mint, Malta|

Germania Mint and the Bank of Malta join forces for their new Knights of the Past silver bullion series We're admirers of what the Germania Mint has achieved over the last few years. They've built a cohesive coin range, running from bullion coins, to some beautiful numismatics, all themed around the semi-historical region of 'Germania'. They [...]

Said by some to be the first armoured warship, the carrack Sant’Anna is showcased on Maltese coins

By |2019-04-01T20:20:50+01:00April 1st, 2019|Categories: History, Gold, Silver, Central Bank of Malta, Malta|

Said by some to be the first armoured warship, the carrack Sant'Anna is showcased on Maltese coins Of all the world's large bodies of water, the Mediterranean Sea has probably had a more profound influence on humanity than any other. The backyard of such massively influential empires as the Greeks, Romans, Persians, Egyptians, [...]

Malta remembers the 75th anniversary of the crucial WWII Operation Pedestal convoy

By |2017-10-16T19:55:42+01:00October 16th, 2017|Categories: History, Quick Look, Silver, Malta|

Malta remembers the 75th anniversary of the crucial WWII Operation Pedestal convoy Unlike the constant grinds and stalemates that typified the First World War, WWII was a considerably wider placed and dynamic conflict, truly taking in most parts of the globe. Much of this in the early years of the war came [...]

Maltese coins celebrate Dangerous Sport, a work by renowned sculptor Antonio Sciortino

By |2016-11-05T06:31:02+00:00April 24th, 2016|Categories: Art & Literature, Gold, Silver, Central Bank of Malta, Malta|

Not what you would call a particularly prolific issuer of commemorative coins, this is in fact our first look at a new release from the island state and we're starting with a fine one. Part of the Europa Coin Programme, this new coin was designed and engraved by Noel Galea Bason, a Maltese coin sculptor and [...]

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