The Kraken awakes! Mint of MK adds a very striking numismatic look at one of the mightest beasts in nautical mythology We thought we'd sneak in one more from our backlog of Mint of MK's recent releases, but in true MK style, another new one was released, and it really caught our eye. As we've [...]
An iconic artist, a chilly dragon of lore, and the most recognisable turtle on Earth feature in Mint XXI's portfolio With the Chicago ANA show coming up, some of the big producers like to release a tranche of coins at the same time, and Mint XXI did so a little earlier than usual last week. We've [...]
Perseus, and his most powerful adversary, the Gorgon Medusa, are depicted on a shield-shaped silver coin from Mint of MK Our catching up on coverage of mint of MK's output of the last month continues apace from its start yesterday, and this time it's a return to ancient mythology, Greek to be more specific. This is [...]
Mint of MK recreates the beauty of the butterfly in nature with their latest silver coin release Mint of MK has only been on our radar for around a year, but they've already carved out a niche for exquisite design, and a hugely varied range of subjects for their silver coin range. They've also become one of [...]
A culture and two legendary people from ancient and medieval history are the stars of three new coins from three different producers History, whether it be the great civilisations, epic battles, or pivotal individuals, has always been a choice subject for modern numismatics, which goes some way to explaining why we've covered so many of [...]
Renaissance genius, Leonardo da Vinci, and his amazing works, are the subject of Mint XXI's latest silver coin for Cameroon Mint XXI has released its latest seasonal batch of coins, always eagerly awaited, and the first one we're looking at is the spiritual successor to a fine coin they released back in 2019. That one [...]
Top World Coins updates two of its most impressive releases with selective colouration - The Comanches, and the T. Rex Top World Coins have issued five new coins this week, and while we'll have a good look at the three all-new designs shortly, here we'll have a quick peek at two 'Special Edition' variants of [...]
Art Mint's look at '7 Groundbreaking Ancient Civilisations' continues with a journey to the Indus Valley cultures In November last year, Art Mint debuted a superb new coin showcasing the ancient Mesopotamian Sumerian civilisation, the first in a series of seven silver coins depicting some of the great cultures that pushed human society forwards. The [...]
Artificial Intelligence returns to Numiscollect for a second series, and this time it's aliens Just a couple of months ago, we covered Numiscollect's first steps into AI-generated coin art with a humorous range of ten anthropomorphic cats and dogs coins. Depicting our favourite pets in human jobs, the ten coins had a mintage of just 199 [...]
Art Mint takes us through the four elements and their elementals with its new silver coin series, starting with the gnomes of Earth Earth, air, fire and water, the four elements that have entered the popular consciousness as the building blocks of the natural world. Dating back to the Hellenistic period, it was the Greek [...]
