Numiscollect draws upon the fascinating subject of African rock art for its first in a new Prehistoric Art silver coin As far as the world of art goes, is there anything more fascinating and mysterious as prehistoric rock art? Away from the sheer pretentiousness of much of the art world, especially the often comically appalling [...]
WMF '23: The world of fine art is interpreted by the world of numismatics, and often with a unique twist. Always a staple of the modern collectible coin world, fine art seems to have grown in popularity in recent years, not just in the old style of just reproducing the original work, but in an ever [...]
The tenth issue in Numiscollect's fascinating 'Archaeology and Symbolism' series features one of the most fascinating objects from the ancient world - the Antikythera Mechanism. Described as possibly the oldest example of an analogue computer, it was designed to predict astronomical positions and eclipses, perhaps decades in advance. Work on exactly how it was designed is still the subject [...]
WMF '23: The epic destruction of Pompeii in 79 AD inspires Numiscollect's first Fury of Nature coin Numiscollect's latest series is simply called 'Fury of Nature', and as we're discovering to this very day (the NZ Mint's city of Auckland is currently flooded, for example), nothing shows fury like Mother Nature herself. It's a clever idea [...]
Numiscollect concludes its Japanese-inspired, four-coin series, 'Manga Seasons' with the coming of Winter and Spring Numiscollect's attractive Manga Seasons series wraps up with the launch of the second pair of coins, Winter and Spring. Taking the very distinctive artistic style that defines this Japanese art-form, each of the coins features an iconic big-eyed young woman and [...]
Numiscollect seek out candidates for the title of '8th Wonder of the World', with a coin featuring the Church of Saint George We're all very familiar with the Seven Wonders, including such iconic structures as the Great Pyramids of Giza, and the Hanging Gardens of Babylon, but fewer know that it's actually called the Seven Wonders [...]
The third issue in Dutch producer Numiscollect's 'Our Earth Ecosystems’ series is available to order now, and following Polar, and Rainforest issues, we move on to 'Deserts', likely something coming to a region near you in the next fifty years... The range features a look at the typical flora and fauna associated with one of the major ecosystem types [...]
'The Vairochana Buddha coin is the latest issue in Numiscollect's journey though history's cultural artifacts One of the best coin series depicting mankind's cultural heritage, Numiscollect's 'Archaeology and Symbolism' showcases some of the fine artifacts and concepts from past centuries. To date, there have been eight releases, covering civilisations from multiple continents, and millennia. What we [...]
The Greek god of the Sun, Helios, joins Numiscollect's superb Ancient Gods series of smartminted silver coins Helios was the Ancient Greek personification of the sun, and a deity that grew in prominence as Greek and Roman cultures began to merge in late antiquity. Like all the old gods, he also had quite a few side [...]
A new series that debuted at the 2021 World Money Fair in Berlin, 'Growing Up' was a neat concept, displaying an animal as a fully grown adult on the reverse face, and in younger form on the obverse. We've always preferred coins that employ both faces to their full potential, and this was one of those. That debut coin [...]
