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 [...]
Precious Metal Collectors are back after a hiatus with a new copper-cored coin, Eight Dragon Buddha It's been a few months since we covered a new release from Singaporean producer, Precious Metal Collectors, but they're back with a new coin in their signature copper/silver hybrid range. The company has been very successful since it debuted a [...]
It's been a while since we covered new releases from the Armageddon Mint, but they're getting busy again with some quite unusual new releases. One of them is this Bear Trap coin, issued for the Republic of Chad, and formed in an ounce of 0.999. Its shape is the first thing that stands out, and as Armageddon have [...]
The Nine-tailed Fox from Asian folklore is the latest coin issue from Coin's Today We just got this one in, and as I was doing some last minute site tidying before our two-week holiday, here we are with a quick look at it. Not one of their brilliant stackable bullion coins, this Nine-tailed Fox coin [...]
New producer, MK, comes in hot, with an epic trimetallic silver Thousand-armed Bodhisattva coin of 188 mm diameter We've seen some impressive examples of copper-cored coins released over the last few years, primarily from Singapore-based Precious Metal Collectors. The concept is quite simple. A large chunk of cheaper metal is sandwiched between layers of silver, [...]
An icon of the firearms world, the Mauser C96, comes to numismatics with a shaped, gilded silver coin The Mauser C96, also known as the "Broomhandle Mauser," is a highly distinctive semi-automatic pistol that gained iconic status in the early 20th century. Designed by Paul Mauser and introduced in 1896, it featured a unique broomhandle-shaped grip, [...]
