A stunning ‘The Oreads’ coin adds to Celestial Beauty, one of Mint XXI’s longest running silver series

By |2024-01-29T21:33:25+00:00January 29th, 2024|Categories: Art & Literature, Silver, Cameroon, MintXXI|

A stunning 'The Oreads' coin adds to Celestial Beauty, one of Mint XXI's longest running silver series Talented producer, Mint XXI, is one that has garnered a reputation for artistic excellence in the numismatic world, issuing some quite extraordinary designs over the last few years. One of their flagship series is also one of their oldest. [...]

Mint XXI launches ‘The Way to Valhalla’, a twelve-coin series featuring the legends of the Norse world

By |2024-01-25T13:06:53+00:00January 25th, 2024|Categories: History, Coloured, Silver, Cameroon, MintXXI|

Mint XXI launches 'The Way to Valhalla', a twelve-coin series featuring the legends of the Norse world Mint XXI currently have an ambitious series of coins, 36 of them, making up a collection called 'The Great Greek Mythology', and it employs all the producer's talents with high-relief to great effect. The size of that collection may [...]

Spectres gives us the choice between a punch in the face or soaring high with their latest pair of shaped silver coins

By |2024-01-23T13:55:48+00:00January 22nd, 2024|Categories: Culture, Coloured, Inserts, Silver, Cameroon, Spectres|

Spectres gives us the choice between a punch in the face or soaring high with their latest pair of shaped silver coins Two new issues have launched today from Singaporean producer, Spectres, with wildly different themes, but utilising the same basic format. Both are antique-finished two-ounce silver coins, issued for Cameroon, shaped, high-relief, and with [...]

The Gold Village debuts its numismatic look into the future with a striking AI design in three finishes

By |2024-01-19T23:03:53+00:00January 19th, 2024|Categories: Gilded, Science, Silver, Cameroon, The Gold Village|

The Gold Village debuts its numismatic look into the future with a striking AI design in three finishes With the biggest buzzword online undoubtedly being 'Artificial Intelligence', and the whole cyborg/cyberpunk genres, it's no surprise to see it garnering some attention in numismatic circles as well. We've seen a bullion coin, and several collectible designs from [...]

The Ukrainian War’s defiant Snake Island Incident is immortalised on Carpathian Mint’s latest silver coin

By |2024-01-15T09:30:22+00:00January 15th, 2024|Categories: History, Military, Silver, Cameroon, Carpathian Mint|

The Ukrainian War's defiant Snake Island Incident is immortalised on Carpathian Mint's latest silver coin The war in Ukraine rages on to the 700-day mark, with little movement by either side of late, but it remains the defenders of Ukraine that have captured the attention of the world. With initial talk of the country being [...]

Love and war in numismatics. Cupid and Sparta are the featured extremes on T&S Coins latest two issues.

By |2023-12-19T23:34:01+00:00December 19th, 2023|Categories: Culture, History, Gilded, Silver, Cameroon, Niue Island, T&S Coins|

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, [...]

You won’t lose Art Mints latest coin. A unique homage to Nikola Tesla brings added shine to silver

By |2023-12-05T14:52:48+00:00December 5th, 2023|Categories: Coloured, Art Mint, People, Science, Silver, Cameroon|

You won't lose Art Mints latest coin. A unique homage to Nikola Tesla brings added shine to silver Nikola Tesla, born on July 10, 1856, in Smiljan (now part of Croatia), was a Serbian-American inventor, electrical engineer, and physicist who significantly influenced the development of modern electrical systems and technology. Tesla's early career saw him working [...]

Art Mint immortalises the Mesopotamian Sumerians, on the first of its 7 Ancient Civilisations silver coin series

By |2023-11-29T18:37:00+00:00November 29th, 2023|Categories: Architecture, History, Coloured, Art Mint, Silver, Cameroon|

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 [...]

Amenhotep and Nefertiti, the love story that scandalised an ancient empire, star on a new coin from T&S

By |2023-11-21T17:24:09+00:00November 21st, 2023|Categories: History, Gilded, Silver, Cameroon, T&S Coins|

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 [...]

The epic 36-coin Greek Mythology series of silver coins from Mint XXI hits the half-way mark with three new issues

By |2023-11-13T09:35:52+00:00November 13th, 2023|Categories: Art & Literature, Culture, Gilded, Silver, Cameroon, MintXXI|

The epic 36-coin Greek Mythology series of silver coins from Mint XXI hits the half-way mark with three new issues It's time for the sixth tranche of issues in Mint XXI's 36 coin series of high-relief silver coins bringing to life the wild creations in the Ancient Greek pantheon. Each tranche consists of three coins, a [...]

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