Music Day continues with CIT and MDM heading into heavier rock with Iron Maiden and Motorhead

By |2024-02-26T13:49:27+00:00February 26th, 2024|Categories: Art & Literature, Banknote / Foil, Coloured, Barbados, Silver, CIT Coin Invest, Cook Islands, MDM|

Music Day continues with CIT and MDM heading into heavier rock with Iron Maiden and Motorhead We started the day with a look at the Royal Mint's new George Michael coin, but the coin world is no stranger to music, with hard rock/heavy metal being the usual subject of choice. Bands like AC/DC, and Iron [...]

CIT showcases the latest evolution of their industry-defining smartminting. Iron Knight pushes high-relief detailing to new levels.

By |2024-02-13T12:42:01+00:00February 13th, 2024|Categories: History, Silver, CIT Coin Invest, Cook Islands|

CIT showcases the latest evolution of their industry-defining smartminting. Iron Knight pushes high-relief detailing to new levels. It was in 2016 that CIT, and German mint BH Mayer, debuted their jointly developed proprietary 'Smartminting' technology to the public. Its most impressive example back then was a gorgeous design called 'The Great Tea Race of 1886', one [...]

CIT wow with their first major launch of 2024, including the debut of Smartminting 4.0 with Iron Knight

By |2024-02-01T11:10:06+00:00February 1st, 2024|Categories: Coloured, Gold, Silver, CIT Coin Invest, Cook Islands, Palau|

CIT wow with their first major launch of 2024, including the debut of Smartminting 4.0 with Iron Knight The first seasonal release tranche of 2024, the Winter Launch, is timed to coincide with the industry's biggest event, the World Money Fair, held in Berlin for three days from tomorrow. It's usually CIT's flagship release, and with [...]

Numiscollect dips back into the Fairy Tale world with a fourth issue – Alice in Wonderland

By |2024-01-12T15:41:57+00:00January 12th, 2024|Categories: Art & Literature, Coloured, Silver, Cook Islands, Numiscollect|

Numiscollect dips back into the Fairy Tale world with a fourth issue - Alice in Wonderland That classic mind-bending tale of wonder in a mad world has returned to numismatics with the fourth in Numiscollect's 'Fairy Tales' series of three-ounce silver coins. Alice in Wonderland is a well known literary masterpiece, full of iconic scenes, and [...]

Holy Crusades: The Prussian Crusades silver coin (2023 Numiscollect)

By |2024-01-10T10:37:08+00:00January 10th, 2024|Categories: Quicklooks, History, Silver, Cook Islands, Numiscollect|

We've always had a soft spot for the crusades series from Dutch producer, Numiscollect. One of the first coins I ever purchased was the debut issue, and it was the subject of one of our earliest Coin Series Profiles. Initially, it comprised ten coins, following Christian Europe's attempts to retake the lands around Jerusalem, but a follow on [...]

Minigold’s biggest cheerleader, CIT Coin Invest, expands its already wide and varied range with five new coins

By |2023-11-24T21:04:23+00:00November 24th, 2023|Categories: History, Nature, Sport, CIT Coin Invest, Cook Islands, Palau|

Minigold's biggest cheerleader, CIT Coin Invest, expands its already wide and varied range with five new coins So what do we consider a minigold? Basically, gold coins under a gram in weight fall under this general classification, and it's become particularly associated with the 1/2 gram weight, as the majority of issues in this class tip [...]

MDM dives into multiple ancient cultures with Norse, Japanese, and Egyptian themes immortalised in silver and gold

By |2023-11-17T19:28:38+00:00November 17th, 2023|Categories: History, Gilded, Silver, Cook Islands, MDM, Samoa, Solomon Islands|

MDM dives into multiple ancient cultures with Norse, Japanese, and Egyptian themes immortalised in silver and gold Continuing our look at the new releases in MDM's Autumn release, and sticking with the unintentional theme of the week - the ancient world - we have three new releases here, all very different in style, and subject. [...]

The famous statue, the Lion of Lucerne, inspires two silver coins taking markedly different approaches to the subject

By |2023-11-09T16:28:17+00:00November 9th, 2023|Categories: Art & Literature, Silver, Cameroon, CGCM, Cook Islands, Powercoin|

The famous statue, the Lion of Lucerne, inspires two silver coins taking markedly different approaches to the subject Carved into a rock relief in Lucerne, Switzerland, the Lion Monument was designed by Bertel Thorvaldsen, and sculpted by Lukas Ahorn, in 1820-21. The subject was a strange and controversial one at the time, as it commemorated [...]

CIT Autumn Launch Day: The Armillary Sphere, the Dragonfly, and the Eiffel Tower demonstrate CIT’s technical and artistic ability in modern numismatics

By |2023-11-02T13:13:35+00:00November 2nd, 2023|Categories: Art & Literature, Coloured, Silver, CIT Coin Invest, Cook Islands, Palau|

CIT Autumn Launch Day: The Armillary Sphere, the Dragonfly, and the Eiffel Tower demonstrate CIT's technical and artistic ability in modern numismatics We've taken to picking out three noteworthy coins from CIT's quarterly seasonal releases to look at one launch day, and that's the case again for the last of the 2023 events - Autumn. [...]

CIT Autumn Launch Day: A riot of colour, high-relief, the natural world, history and science. And Cowboys…

By |2023-11-02T08:47:12+00:00November 2nd, 2023|Categories: Coloured, Gold, Silver, CIT Coin Invest, Cook Islands, Palau|

CIT Autumn Launch Day: A riot of colour, high-relief, the natural world, history and science. And Cowboys... Never ones to disappoint, CIT today launch their last seasonal batch of new releases for 2023, and as always, it's a varied, and very high quality mix of styles and designs for all budgets. Some of the old series [...]

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