After the successful launch of the Mandala Art series last year by Parisian coin producer the Art Mint, it was quite obvious that the set would expand this year with another of these epic 3oz antique-finish coins. The first in the new annual series was called Mandala Art 'Kalachakra', and as you'd expect from the name, [...]
Art-architectural coins continue riding their wave of popularity, with the genre invented by CIT and it's iconic Tiffany Art range now enjoying so many good entrants it's hard to pick favourites any more. Some series have spawned some quite amazingly good designs, a perrenial favourite being the Mineral Art Taj Mahal 2oz coin. Spanish producer Moneda [...]
One of the most impressive strikes to appear on the market over the last few months, Paris-based Art Mint launched the first in it's new annual series of Mandala coins with Kalachakra early in June. A big 3oz coin struck in high-relief, it's an extremely intricate design and despite the near €500 price, has proven extremely popular, with the [...]
The fourth coin in the Helvetic Mint's Endangered Wildlife series of antique silver coins has just been launched and features a animal with what can only be described as an epic nose, the Proboscis Monkey. This series of two-ounce coins kicked off in 2012 with a pretty Bird of Paradise coin, and was followed in 2013 with one highlighting [...]
We seem to be on a roll with art-architectural coins lately having seen a plethora of fine new releases in recent months. With Mesopotamia, Secrets of Pena, Alhambra, Taj Mahal 2oz, Taj Mahal 1kg, and Flinders Station being just some of the superb examples of the numismatic art hitting the market
It's becoming harder and harder to write about the continuing throng of new art-architectural coins coming on to the market, but it's worth it because the quality of entrants in this genre is just so high. With such brilliant releases as Mesopotamia, Secrets of Pena, Alhambra, and my own favourite, the Taj Mahal, collectors of these coins have never had it so good.
