A terrific mix of historical themes mark out this week's round-up, and there's a Hot Wheels coin for good measure! (Week 46, 2024) Five new coins this week, headlined by a fantastic collaborative effort between Germania Mint and the Croatian National Bank. In fact, three of the five releases we're looking at here today have [...]
Love or politics? Caesar and Cleopatra's relationship continues to garner numismatic attention two millennia later Possibly the most famous, and disruptive, relationship in history, were those between the Egyptian queen, Cleopatra VII, and the Roman generals, Julius Caesar, and Mark Anthony. Caesar was the first to succumb to her charms, bearing him a son they named [...]
The esoteric coins keep coming! Legendary phones, AI, blingy eggs, and inspiring women (Week 45, 2024) Here we are again with our Friday collation of new coins, and while there are only four this time, it's certainly a varied mix. There's a new addition to Powercoin's look back at early tech, a highly unusual Artificial Intelligence design [...]
Mint XXI's Great Greek Mythology series enters its final year with the first of three trios of high-relief silver coins Mint XXI's terrific 'Great Greek Mythology' series today sees the debut of the tenth tranche of three coins, on its way to make a 36-coin set over four years. There's one of each size in this release, [...]
It's another stonking week for new coin issues, showcasing imagination and minting tech (Week 44, 2024) With the Beijing International Coin Exposition kicking off today, we've seen the usual increased activity in its run-up, and some superb new issues as a result. Quite a few of the issues in our Week 44 collection are hot off the [...]
Mint of MK demonstrates an adventurous streak with three quirky new coin releases in silver and copper While still relatively new on the scene, Mint of MK has quickly built itself a varied portfolio of sometimes quite extraordinary coins, over a broad range of themes, and utilising an equally broad selection of formats. The range does [...]
Our latest weekly look at some of the best new coin issues from different producers (Week 43, 2024) It's our fourth weekly look at some new coins, and some slightly older ones we haven't covered to date, and yet again, the market hasn't disappointed. It's another varied selection, covering many wildly different themes, and in wildly [...]
Mint XXI's stunning Femina Bellator silver coin series showcasing warrior woman from history, heads to the Celtic World It's fair to say that we consider Mint XXI's 'Femina Bellator' series to be one of our favourites, as we've certainly gushed enough praise over the first three releases in the series. These coins work off of four main [...]
The seminal Indian work on sex, The Kama Sutra (Principles of Love', is an ancient text, tracing its roots back well over 2,000 years, and sets out the ways to garner maximum pleasure from life, including the art of procreation, for which it's most famous. The work, spread over seven volumes, is actually much wider than that in [...]
Adam and Eve in the Garden of Eden is the story adorning the Lithuanian Mint's apple-shaped coin The Lithuanian Mint continues to surprise with its use of some quite unique artistic styles with this very unusual new biblical coin. We all know the story of the first people, Adam and Eve, and their expulsion from the [...]
