The great numismatic experimenters, CIT, issued a hugely popular and very unusual coin at the 2018 World Money Fair in Berlin, called 'Trapped'. It's hard to describe the style, but I guess a face pushing up from below a fine mesh would be pretty accurate. However you want to describe it, it was a fantastically original piece of coin art, [...]
The second of Numiscollect's brilliant 'Titans' series of 3oz silver coins is now available to preorder, so we've decided to put together a guide to not just that series, but the three other ranges emanating from this Dutch producer. Some of our favourite coins issued today, there's sure to be something that impresses everyone in amongst them. LINKS: [...]
One of the best comedic actors of the last 40 years, Rowan Atkinson has brought many weird and hilarious characters to life in his long career, none more so than the brilliant Edmund Blackadder. However, it was his turn as the bumbling master of chaos and confusion, Mr Bean, that rocketed him to international superstardom. It remains as popular [...]
CIT applies its superb Smartminting technology to a 2500 year old classic of the ancient coin world In this virus infested world, coin producers are adapting their release schedules to suit. CIT have always issued at the big international shows like the World Money Fair, the ANA, Tokyo and Beijing, but all of those except the [...]
MDM's Norse Gods coins are back for a second time around, but this time they're gilded One of the first series of coins to capitalise on the unexpected success of the Perth Mint's 'Gods of Olympus' series, MDM's 'Norse Gods' was a nine-piece 2oz silver set of high-relief coins depicting the Norse gods of [...]
Fishing lure by 19th century innovator Julio T. Buel is celebrated by CIT in gold and silver Lake Bomoseen in Vermont is the birthplace of one of fishermen's greatest friends, the spoon lure. Dropping a silver spoon into the lake while eating lunch back in 1834, Julio T. Buel noticed a large fish grab [...]
Smartminting week: Striking view of a classic radial-engined aircraft is a showcase Anchor: Fair Winds was a very pretty coin launched last year by CIT Coin Invest at the World Money Fair. Utilising the high-relief ability inherent in smartminting, along with their relatively new Black Proof finish, it was a fine nautically-themed design (image [...]
WMF20: Captain Cooks epic voyages mapped on a extra large silver foil from Downies While the fledgling silver foil market has mainly focused on the ever increasing media franchise presence in the numismatic world, the early issues were more interesting and innovative in nature. First amongst these was a superb reproduction of a 1507-penned [...]
WMF20: Quirky mesh-finish 'Trapped' series from CIT returns with an eerie pair of hands A hugely original release from CIT Coin Invest last year was a coin called 'Trapped'. Depicting a human face screaming from behind some tightly stretched fabric, it raised in us that innate claustrophobic fear that almost all [...]
WMF20: Powercoin replicates humanities outreach to the stars with Voyagers Golden Record Powrcoin continue with their excellent knack of choosing cool subjects for their coins with a reproduction in miniature of the Sounds of Earth golden record. Placed on Voyager 1 and Voyager 2, it was a recording of music, speech, animal [...]
