The One Who Waits - the Grim Reaper - launches a chilling new six-coin series called 'Figures of Death' Throughout history, cultures, including the greatest civilisations, have held a fascination with death and the afterlife. Particularly famous examples are the Aztecs, whose gruesome sacrifices to the gods of war and death are the stuff of [...]
Apologies for the slow news week and lack of updates - I have Covid You might have noticed a dearth of new posts this week, but unfortunately, I have Covid again. I'd love to say it's burning itself out, but it's bad case, and haven't had a meal for four days (and I love my grub...). Hopefully, [...]
An interesting series of coins, and a very specifically themed one, World Coin Appreciation's' Mysteries of the World series is an archaeology series, but just featuring those civilisations that sit on the North Latitude at 30 degrees. The latest coin in this series is the third to date, following 2021's Chinese Shu culture, and 2022s Ancient [...]
KOMSCO arms the legendary Chiwoo Cheonwang with an exquisite dragon-head sword formed in 2.5 ounces of silver Purveyors of some of the most unusual silver pieces on the market today, Coin's Today, seem to have others to join them. They've long partnered with the Korean Mint, KOMSCO, and it's there that the inspiration seems to [...]
The most varied selection yet in our weekly look at some of the new coin releases (Week 47, 2024) A bit later than normal, here's our weekly round-up of some of the more interesting releases that have come to our attention over the last week. We should have been live on Friday, but we had a small [...]
Spectres heads to Ancient Rome, with Julius Caesar, the second in its Masters of War high-relief silver coin series Even by the standards of the ancient world, the name Julius Caesar is an iconic one, perhaps even more so than the legendary Alexander the Great, who Caesar so admired. Before he became the leader of [...]
The Fender Stratocaster guitar is 70 years old and a new mystery coin box offers the chance at one of five iconic colour schemes The latest, and possibly the ultimate example of Fender guitar-shaped coins is this new set, tapping into the randomised contents nature of the New Zealand Mint’s Trading Coin concept, although in a [...]
The Chinese contribution to mankinds scientific progress is showcased on The Coin Company's latest five-ounce silver coin The Coin Company have, with the Perth Mint, released their latest antique-finished high-relief coin, and it's another showcasing five-ounce issue showcasing Chinese history and culture. Previous issues have included the Five Auspicious Creatures, Dragon & Phoenix, and Fu [...]
Germania Mint rounds out its popular Goddesses range of cast bars with Nerthus, along with a beautiful Breast Cancer Awareness design Sadly, today sees the day we feature the last in Germania Mint's hugely attractive Goddesses series of two-ounce cast bars. The six-bar series debuted at the beginning of the year, and is ending right [...]
Louis Braille's amazing system of tactile writing helping the blind to read is celebrated on a UV-enhanced silver coin In 1809, at the age of just three years old, in a town just 35 km east of the Eiffel Tower, Louis Braille blinded himself in one eye in an accident involving a stitching awl. It [...]
