The Coin Village enters the numismatic world with a high-relief Zeus at Olympia, in three finishes Ancient mythology, along with wildlife, is a hugely popular subject in numismatic circles, and a few producers in particular, like CIT, Mint XXI, and Mint of Poland, all bring their distinct styles to the genre. Joining them today is The [...]
Spectres brings Hannibal Barca, the Roman Empire's greatest nemesis, to life in a high-relief silver coin It isn't many people that make their names fighting a behemoth, but Hannibal Barca, the renowned Carthaginian general, is remembered as one of history's greatest military strategists, particularly for his audacious and innovative tactics during the Second Punic War (218-201 [...]
MK's 9 Dragons collection of high-relief silver coins continues with its third issue - The Black Dragon MK continue their journey along the path of 9 Dragons with the launch of the third in the series to date. Last month saw the debut of the collection, starting with the Winged Dragon, and the Scaled Dragon. [...]
Singapore-based producer, Precious metal Collectors, has a heavy presence in the fine art coin genre, and by heavy presence, we don't just mean in the number of releases. Utilising their Bi-Metal minting technique, whereby silver is placed over a solid copper core, the end result was coins in the kilo weight class, but containing only 1–5 ounces [...]
South Korean alcohol legends, HiteJinro, hit the century mark, and CTK issue a silver coin to mark the occasion Some of the most iconic brands in the world are alcohol based. That's just as true in South Korea as anywhere else, and one of the biggest is HiteJinro, the world's biggest producer of the classic rice-based [...]
High relief, antiquing, and a little splash of blood for PMC's ten-ounce silver Ares, the Greek god of war, coin The Greek god of punch-ups, Ares, is no stranger to the coin world, and became famous in numismatic circles with the debut of a two-ounce coin from Numiartis a few years ago, that heralded a [...]
MK launches an ambitious new nine-issue, four variant, dragon coin series, packing dual-sided high-relief Although relatively new, producer MK have already made quite a splash with just their first two releases. The first was the size of a dinner plate, and the second actually was one, so we do expect ambitious design when we get [...]
The 2,600 year old Lydian Stater, possibly the world's first government issued coin, is reproduced for WCA's latest issue Introduced into the Lydian Empire by King Alyattes in the latter part of the 7th century BCE, the Lydian Stater is considered by most numismatic historians to be the first example of a state-issued coin in history, [...]
Precious Metal Collector's taps into the Christian religion with an exquisite Jesus cross silver coin One of the most well-known and historically significant stories of the last two millennia, the tale of the crucifixion of Jesus, and the resurrection, has shaped the world's most popular religion to this day. Also a significant figure in Islam, [...]
The green tinted Celadon Porcelain is the backdrop for an extraordinary coin featuring Claude Monet's 'Water-Lily Pond' painting After the impressive debut release of a 3.6 kg, 188 mm diameter copper-cored coin last month, MK are back with what we can only describe as another extraordinary coin. This one is, however, completely different in just about [...]
