Emperor Qin Shi Huang's amazing Terracotta Army was discovered fifty years ago, and MDM celebrates in silver We're kicking off our coverage of MDM's new release batch for the 2023 Beijing Coin Expo with, appropriately enough, an icon of China - the famous Terracotta Army of Emperor Qin Shi Huang. It was fifty years ago, in [...]
Art Mint's impeccable Mandala Art series draws cultural inspiration from the Indian subcontinent for its ninth issue We've made no secret of our admiration for Art Mint's long-running 'Mandala Art' series, and it's been great to see the series increase in detail over the years as modern minting technology has moved forward. Early issues had intricate [...]
Blue Marble is the name given to one of the most iconic photographs in history. Taken on the Apollo 17 mission from an altitude of 29,000 km, the picture depicts our home in all its limitless beauty. It remains one of the most reproduced images of all time. Back in February, Hong Kong dealer, LPM, released a coin [...]
Ancient Warriors dimensional coin series returns with a Crusader helmet. another from man's history of warfare The third of LPM's very cool 'Ancient Warriors' coins is here, and after the Samurai and the Spartan, comes the Crusader. Each release in this series showcases famous military headwear, and the producer has done a great job to date, [...]
Art Mint's exquisite 'Mandala' series returns with an eighth issue, drawing from the Art Nouveau movement In amongst the increasing numbers of popular culture, and bullion coins released onto the market these days, there remains a core of classically designed, elegant numismatics that rely on historical roots (like CIT's awesome Numismatic Icons series), or their sheer artistic [...]
Scottsdale Mint's hewn-edged Terracotta Warrior bullion coin series debuts a belated 2021 release Better late than never, as the old saying goes, Scottsdale Mint has debuted the fourth in its superb Terracotta Army range of five-ounce silver bullion coins. An offshoot of an earlier 'Ancient Egyptian' series, also still running, 'Terracotta Army' first appeared in [...]
Gyeongbokgung, the Korean royal palace of the Joseon Dynasty, adorns a series of five-ounce silver coins New from Coins Today in Korea, is the third in their series of five-ounce silver coins showcasing one of Korea's most iconic locations, the Gyeongbokgung Palace Complex in Seoul. The series will systematically take a look at some of the striking [...]
The chaos on Earth disappears when you admire it from space. LPM coin, 'Blue Marble', features the iconic 1972 Apollo 17 image Apollo 17 was the final mission in the hugely successful Apollo program, which NASA initiated in 1968 to put a man on the moon. The final mission, Apollo 17, took off on 07 December [...]
The heroic work of firefighter's around the globe is showcased on a new shaped silver coin from Fiji One of the primary emergency services, the Fire Brigade is something we hope never to see, but will owe everything to when it's needed. Tasked with the control and extinguishing of fires, and the saving of those [...]
Mint XXI launch their first tranche of numismatics for 2022, and the quality is as high as ever. An early video look. Mint XXI are back with their first group of coins for 2022, and it's another fine mix of art, myth, and nature, with a little bit of modern cryptocurrency thrown in. As we did [...]
