Numiscollect expands its Pointillism-style ‘Dot-Art’ coin series with a clever look at India’s iconic Taj Mahal
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 viewers brain to form the image in a way that was more visually striking. It [...]
Deadly & Dangerous 19: Bluebottle proof silver coin (2024 Downies/Perth Mint)
One of the longest running series we've ever covered at AgAuNEWS, Deadly and Dangerous debuted in 2006 with the Red Back Spider, a coin that went on to garner enormous interest on the secondary market. It was a striking coin, but despite interest in the series reducing somewhat, no doubt due to the huge influx of competing designs, it remains a perennial part of the numismatic release schedule.This 19th issue features the Bluebottle, [...]
Le Grand Mint brings its esoteric sense of style to their debut selection of 2024 issues in bullion and proof ranges
Le Grand Mint brings its esoteric sense of style to their debut selection of 2024 issues in bullion and proof ranges Over the last few years, German producer, Le Grand Mint, has built itself a reputation for some quite unusual designs, full of detail, and quite different to almost everyone else. The silhouette 'Evolution' nature series, Liberty, Continents, and the long-running Algorithms, all bring a quirky sense of style to the [...]
The Gold Village brings the South American Greater Thornbird and its spiky nest to numismatic life
The Gold Village brings the South American Greater Thornbird and its spiky nest to numismatic life Found throughout South America, the Greater Thornbird is an unusual avian, freckle-breasted, around 20 cm in length, and with a loud song. It got its name from the habit of building its cone-shaped nest in amongst thorny branches, adding to the effect with more thorny twigs on top. The nest hangs several metres off [...]
Art Mint brings its crisp artistic style to a beautiful, traditional Chinese Dragon art coin in a choice of two finishes
Art Mint brings its crisp artistic style to a beautiful, traditional Chinese Dragon art coin in a choice of two finishes Just like the last time it came around in 2012, the Year of the Dragon in the Chinese Lunar Calendar has brought with it [...]
The Mint of Gdańsk debuts the third of its Sea Battles silver coins with Nelson’s victory at the Battle of Trafalgar
The Mint of Gdańsk debuts the third of its Sea Battles silver coins with Nelson's victory at the Battle of Trafalgar Polish producer, Mint of Gdańsk, is back with some new issues, and the one we'll be having a look at today is the third in their [...]
Coin’s Today the Armadillo Lizard, and the Eternal Flame to its swelling range of stackable silver bullion
Coin's Today the Armadillo Lizard, and the Eternal Flame to its swelling range of stackable silver bullion South Korean producer, Coin's Today, continues its accelerated release program for stackable silver bullion with the launch of another pair of designs. It's hard to keep up with them [...]
Grand Admiral Thrawn & Poison Ivy Chibi silver coins (2024 New Zealand Mint)
Our updating of various Coin Series Profiles continues today, with another pair of coins added to the New Zealand Mint's copious, and quirky range of pop-culture parodies. For those unaware, Chibi is based on the Japanese art-style called super-deformed, whereby a character is depicted with a huge, [...]
Enduring Soldiers 17: Zygmunt Szendzielarz ‘Lupaszka’ silver coin (2024 National Bank of Poland)
A long-running series from the National Bank of Poland, 'Enduring Soldiers Accursed by the Communists' is a celebration of the freedom fighters that gave their lives fighting the Soviet Union immediately after the end of the Second World War. Today sees the issue of the 17th coin [...]
Armoured Vehicles 09: The M26 Pershing gold and silver coins (2024 Czech Mint)
It's a favourite subject of mine, so it's fair to say the Czech Mint's three-year, twelve-coin look at the tanks of the Second World War, was always going to get a Coin Series Profile, and that is indeed the case. The coins have been released at the rate [...]
Music Day continues with CIT and MDM heading into heavier rock with Iron Maiden and Motorhead
Music Day continues with CIT and MDM heading into heavier rock with Iron Maiden and Motorhead We started the day with a look at the Royal Mint's new George Michael coin, but the coin world is no stranger to music, with hard rock/heavy metal being [...]
The Royal Mint’s Music Legends proof coin range continues its look at icons of British Music with George Michael
The Royal Mint's Music Legends proof coin range continues its look at icons of British Music with George Michael "One of the bestselling musicians of all time, George Michael transitioned from a teen heartthrob as part of pop duo WHAM! Into a global superstar as a [...]
Tudor Beast’s adds proof versions of the Tudor Dragon as its sixth release in a ten-coin program, with bullion to follow
Tudor Beast's adds proof versions of the Tudor Dragon as its sixth release in a ten-coin program, with bullion to follow The spiritual successor to the Royal Mint's 'Queen's Beasts' series, Tudor Beasts is back with a sixth entrant in this ten-coin series. Designed by David [...]
Giants of the Ice Age: Woolly Mammoth 2oz silver bullion (2024 MTB-PAMP/RCM)
The Royal Canadian Mint continues its long tradition of nature-themed bullion with the second in their Ice Age Giants series of two-ounce silver coins. Launching last year with a Smilodon design, for 2024 we're with another classic beast of the period, the Woolly Mammoth. It's a typical [...]
A round-up of impressive new issues from Mint of MK and The Gold Village, with dragons, Egypt, and chess themes
A round-up of impressive new issues from Mint of MK and The Gold Village, with dragons, Egypt, and chess themes We've often covered coins from Precious Metal Collectors over the last few years, representing the Singaporean take on modern numismatics as they did. However, late [...]
Benedetto Pistrucci’s numismatic icon, ‘St George & the Dragon’ is brought to stunning life for the Royal Mint’s sixth ‘Great Engravers’
Benedetto Pistrucci's numismatic icon, 'St George & the Dragon' is brought to stunning life for the Royal Mint's sixth 'Great Engravers' The Royal Mint continues its Great Engravers programme with what must be one of the most recognisable designs in numismatic history. St George and the [...]
Numiscollect’s ‘Time Flies’ silver coin series moves from trade and discovery, to humanities greatest love – Warfare
Numiscollect's 'Time Flies' silver coin series moves from trade and discovery, to humanities greatest love - Warfare Time Flies is a series of two-ounce silver coins from Dutch producer, Numiscollect, that takes an interesting look at the progress mankind has made through various fields of endeavours. [...]
Korean producer, Today, adds a new stackable with an unusual quirk, and expands two coin series with new issues
Korean producer, Today, adds a new stackable with an unusual quirk, and expands two coin series with new issues As we recover from the bug, and simultaneously start to chip away at a huge backlog from the World Money Fair, we're going to rely on this [...]