Numiartis continues its numismatic biography of the Five Tiger Generals, with the controversial Ma Chao Numiartis continues its run through the legendary Five Tiger Generals of Chinese lore with Ma Chao, the third in the series. The warlord, who died in 222 AD, was not well liked in his time, or by most historians since, [...]
Love and war in numismatics. Cupid and Sparta are the featured extremes on T&S Coins latest two issues. Nobody would argue that 2023 hasn't been a terrific year for new producer T&S Coins. That it's also their first year is something particularly noteworthy, although the pair behind the company, whose initials gave the company its name, [...]
The Royal Kraków Mint celebrates a legend of the Wawel Dragon from the medieval history of its home city Dating back to at least the 13th century, the legend of Smok Wawelski (the Wawel Dragon) tells of a giant dragon that terrorised the city of Kraków, known as a man-eater, but appeased with cattle provided by [...]
Coins Today's epic stackable bullion range add beautiful shaped designs from Ancient Egypt, and from Norse mythology Coin's Today have a stackable range of silver bullion second to none. Designs ranging from medieval shields, through historical religious iconography, to scientific achievements, have all been given the stackable treatment. What puts these up on a pedestal, is [...]
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 [...]
Time for fish & chips! Coin's Today grows its quirky silver bullion offerings with the Silver Fish, and the Value Disk Coins Today are back with another pair of highly unusual offerings in their silver range, and they couldn't be any more different from each other than they are. We've had an extraordinarily diverse selection from [...]
The Czech Mint rounds out the second of three sets of four Second World War tank coins with the fearsome Panther In 2022, the Czech Mint debuted a new four-coin series featuring one of my favourite thing - tanks. This isn't a popular subject in numismatic circles, with military hardware seemingly less popular than ever, [...]
Minigold's biggest cheerleader, CIT Coin Invest, expands its already wide and varied range with five new coins So what do we consider a minigold? Basically, gold coins under a gram in weight fall under this general classification, and it's become particularly associated with the 1/2 gram weight, as the majority of issues in this class tip [...]
Amenhotep and Nefertiti, the love story that scandalised an ancient empire, star on a new coin from T&S Amenhotep IV, also known as Akhenaten, was one of the most polarising Pharaohs in the history of the Ancient Egyptian empire. Long the place where dozens of gods were worshipped, Akhenaten turned all that on its head, choosing [...]
MDM dives into multiple ancient cultures with Norse, Japanese, and Egyptian themes immortalised in silver and gold Continuing our look at the new releases in MDM's Autumn release, and sticking with the unintentional theme of the week - the ancient world - we have three new releases here, all very different in style, and subject. [...]
