Scottsdale debuts their third Equatorial Guinea Giraffe bullion coin, and there's Jesus and a Unicorn as well One of the most innovative, and expansive bullion producers in the world today, Scottsdale Mint has a huge range of offerings, encompassing an equally huge range of themes. They continue to cram in as many releases as possible before [...]
Top World Coins debuts two impressive new silver coin series, and continues its biblical range with a second issue Top World Coins have just debuted the latest coins issued under their own banner, following a pair they released a few months ago. One of them, The Nativity, is a follow-on coin to their Garden of [...]
The fighting warriors of Ukraine, past and present, are celebrated in high-relief silver with 'Battle Hardened' On February 24th 2022, The Russian Federation invaded Ukraine. Expected to last just 3 days, apparently, the war (not a 'Special Military Operation'), has turned into a spectacular failure for Russia. The price they have, are, and will continue [...]
Mint XXI Summer '23: Animals in nature, mythology, and finance feature on new coins We're going to have a look at seven coins, about half the total number in Mint XXI's summer range, and spread them over three posts. This is the first of them, There's quite a varied selection, with the highlight for us [...]
Ukraine's cultural identity, and its current turmoil, are used to aid the beleaguered country with charitable coins The '3-day' invasion of Ukraine by Russia continues past its 460th day, continuing to be the most unnecessary and ill-advised conflict in Europe since the Second World War. This is a coin site, so I'm not going to espouse [...]
No sooner than covering 20 new bullion coins and looking forward to a break, another one comes out. Scottsdale Mint seems to be on a mission to get up to date on 2022 issues, and the Ghana-issued 'African Leopard' is the next in line. Launched in 2017 in silver form, there's been a new design every year since, [...]
Spring Launch Special: CIT, MDM and Mint XXI take different approaches to the popular Lunar Dragon coin market The lunar market continues to be a regular fixture on the numismatic calendar, although less important than it seemed a decade ago. We stopped our annual round-ups back in 2019 after limited feedback on their usefulness, but a [...]
WMF '23: The world of fine art is interpreted by the world of numismatics, and often with a unique twist. Always a staple of the modern collectible coin world, fine art seems to have grown in popularity in recent years, not just in the old style of just reproducing the original work, but in an ever [...]
The Aliens are back for round two! Scottsdale Ghanaian bullion series returns with a new design Producers of the industry's most wide-ranging selection of bullion coins on the market today, Scottsdale have coins for everything from ancient history, to the natural world. Issued for nations around the world, and in a wide range of formats, you [...]
Decorated in 530 BCE by the Euphiletos Painter, the Panathenaic Amphora is a terracotta amphora painted as a victory prize for that year's Panathenaic Games in Athens. The 622 mm tall vase has on one side a depiction of Athena Promachos, a common image on this type of pottery, and on the other side is a stadion (foot [...]
