The tenth of twelve coins in the unusually styled ‘World of Cryptids’ series, based on the work of Lithuanian artist, Laimutė Varkalaitė, is now available to order, and features the Jinn. A popular series here, and seemingly with collectors, it encompasses 12 mythical creatures released one-per-month over a year. You can see all the released designs in [...]
The New Zealand Mint's 'trading coin' concept makes the jump from Star Wars to Marvel, with 51 new coins Just a couple of months ago, we reported on a new concept issued by the New Zealand Mint. Called Mint Trading Coins, they basically take the age-old swapping idea from baseball and bubblegum cards, and applies [...]
Yesterday saw the release of one of the considerably rarer, two-ounce silver Chibi coins, that the mint has dubbed Mega-Chibi. Despite the standard Chibi range now numbering over 130 releases, the number of the bigger variants is still in single figures. Thanos is the second in the Marvel subseries, following the Incredible Hulk coin, and depicts the big [...]
It was a decade ago that the hit television series Peaky Blinders had its debut, and PiK Coins celebrates in silver A wonderful television series, Peaky Blinders told the story of a criminal gang fighting for control of the streets of early 20th century Birmingham. Headlined by a brilliant Cillian Murphy, and with an outstanding [...]
A new series of two-ounce silver coins from talented producer, Mint XXI, has debuted with the ever-reliable natural world as its theme. The series is called 'Lifelong Journey', and will document some of the amazing endeavours, particularly migrations, that turtles sometimes go through as part of their natural lives. This series, as you would expect from Mint XXI, [...]
The New Zealand Mint has been busy this month. Here's a catch-up of their September pop-culture releases It's been a while since we did a round-up of New Zealand mint coins, so here we have the latest September issues. Moving forward, we'll get back to a more usual routine with them. There are plenty of the [...]
The Titans series from Numiartis gets a fourth release with the Greek god of the sun, Helios Numiartis is returning to its 'Gods' companion series, 'Titans', with a fourth issue. Previously, we've seen a terrific Cronus issue, followed by Atlas, and lastly, Rhea. For the 2023 coin, we have the Greek personification of the sun, [...]
Fortuna, the Roman goddess of good luck and prosperity, is brought to life on a beautiful new silver coin from T&S It appears from our first looks at their debut releases, that T&S Coin have hit the ground running. We've looked at the 'Behind the Mask' release, and the 'Samson' coin, and found both to be [...]
The Garden of Hesperides is a mythical paradise steeped in ancient Greek lore. Located at the western edge of the world, this garden was said to be home to the Hesperides, nymphs who tended to the exquisite golden apples on a sacred tree. These apples were believed to grant immortality to those who partook of their fruit. [...]
The ninth of twelve coins in the very quirky ‘World of Cryptids’ series, based on the work of Lithuanian artist, Laimutė Varkalaitė, debuts this month, carrying the same unusual distinctive artwork. The art is taken from a considerably larger body of work with creatures from almost all continents, included within it. More than enough for a 2024 [...]
