Numiscollect expands its Pointillism-style 'Dot-Art' coin series with a clever look at India's iconic Taj Mahal Developed by Post-Impressionist painter Georges Seurat and Neo-Impressionist painter Paul Signac, both Frenchmen working in Paris in the mid-1880’s, Pointillism was an artistic technique that built up an image using pure colours in small dots. This relied on the [...]
Art Mint stuns with a five-ounce version of their homage to the Gothic magnificence of Notre Dame Cathedral Our love of Art Mint's 'Mandala Art' series is well documented here, but we also have a special affinity for it. It was only my second Berlin World Money Fair, back in 2015, and this site wasn't well [...]
National buildings, national institutions, heroes of history, and heroes of sport headline the Royal Mint's 2024 circulating designs Hers's a little detour from our break to take a traditional look at the new Royal Mint circulating designs which were unveiled today. Perhaps a less political mix this year, we have a pair of designs marking [...]
Art Mint immortalises the Mesopotamian Sumerians, on the first of its 7 Ancient Civilisations silver coin series Emerging in the early Bronze Age in what is now south-central Iraq (southern Mesopotamia), Sumer is one of the first civilisations in human history, certainly in the wider region. Situated in an immensely fertile region around the valleys of [...]
It's been a century since the death of pioneer, Gustave Eiffel, and the Monnaie de Paris remembers in gold and silver Gustave Eiffel (1832–1923) was a French engineer and architect renowned for designing the iconic Eiffel Tower in Paris, one of the world's most recognisable landmarks. Born in Dijon, France, Eiffel initially studied chemistry but [...]
The Buddhist statue in Seokguram Grotto provides inspiration for a limited mintage kilo silver bar Purveyors of some of the finest silver bullion releases of the last decade, South Korean producer, Coin's Today, also releases some fine numismatic issues as well. Best of all, their choice of subjects is often quite unique, and not covered [...]
MK's 9 Dragons collection of high-relief silver coins continues with its third issue - The Black Dragon MK continue their journey along the path of 9 Dragons with the launch of the third in the series to date. Last month saw the debut of the collection, starting with the Winged Dragon, and the Scaled Dragon. [...]
MK launches an ambitious new nine-issue, four variant, dragon coin series, packing dual-sided high-relief Although relatively new, producer MK have already made quite a splash with just their first two releases. The first was the size of a dinner plate, and the second actually was one, so we do expect ambitious design when we get [...]
Top World Coins debuts two impressive new silver coin series, and continues its biblical range with a second issue Top World Coins have just debuted the latest coins issued under their own banner, following a pair they released a few months ago. One of them, The Nativity, is a follow-on coin to their Garden of [...]
Born in 1852, Catalonian, Antoni GaudÃ, is one of those practitioners of his art, in this case architecture, that stands apart from almost everyone else within the same field. He did most of his work, an intoxicating blend of the natural and the spiritual, in Barcelona, combing flowing lines, bright mosaics, and soaring towers. His crowning achievement [...]
