The Cretaceous extinction event that ended the reign of the dinosaurs is fertile inspiration for Numiscollect's latest silver coin Mass extinctions are short geological periods in which a large percentage of the Earth's biodiversity disappears, even down to microbial life. Our world has experienced at least five such events, the third of which, occurring at [...]
The Mint of Poland's long-running 'Treasures of World Painting' series of silver coin travels to a darker place with 'Dark Edition'. The series of square coins reproduces famous works of art, not just the iconic ones, but some of the more esoteric ones as well. Dark Edition kicks off with esoteric, and a piece of art that [...]
The Royal Mint continues in its quest to distil all of British history and culture down to its 50 pence coin range with the addition of a new coin featuring the most famous work of Australian-British author Pamela Lyndon Travers, 'Mary Poppins'. As always with the Royal Mint, this is all about the literary origins, and has [...]
Launched way back in 2003, to much acclaim, the Austrian Mint's innovative Niobium series was quite unlike anything else out there at the time. A silver ring, inset into which is a disc made of a metal called niobium. This is quite unusual in that it can be coloured using anodised oxidation, rather than requiring the application [...]
The signs of the zodiac, and goddesses from around the world feature on a new 5oz silver coin from Coins Australia, and the Perth Mint The signs of the zodiac are one of those perennial themes in the modern coin world, with one or two series in progress at any one time, but most of them [...]
The cast weapon genre welcomes Mint of MK to its ranks with a silver rocket propelled grenade coin issued for Cameroon A genre that seems to growing in popularity in recent years, the 'mini-weapon' silver miniature is usually a little out of our wheelhouse, given they're generally cast, not struck, and usually not denominated. However, Coin's [...]
The goddess Hera, and the fruits of her labour, are the subject of T&S Coins latest crystal-enhanced silver coin T & S Coin have issued their second silver coin of the year, following an eye-catching pirate issue in late January, and this time, we're back in the ever-popular world of Greek mythology. Hera is the goddess [...]
Numiscollect continues to showcase the planets ecosystems with a numismatic look at the vibrant world of the coral reef The natural wonders of our planet have been a fertile breeding ground for some fine coins over recent years featuring geological wonders, amazing creatures, and the surrounding solar system. One of those has been Numiscollect's 'Our [...]
Pik Coins returns to the awesome world of Peaky Blinders with the unbalanced Arthur as the latest in the Shelby clan to feature One of the best TV shows of all time, in my humble opinion, Peaky Blinders tells the story of a post First World War criminal enterprise in Birmingham, England. Named after the razor [...]
The Carpathian Mint adds Barbarians to its Woman Warriors series of 2 oz silver coins, the fifth to date. Despite the backlash to Hollywood's ridiculous creation of female heroes beating up men three times their size, over recent years, the fact remains that woman have made formidable warriors throughout historical lore, and even in reality. [...]
