The second pair of Mint of Gdansk's 'The Witcher' silver coins debut with scenes from 'Sword of Destiny' Continuing to make a pleasant change from the many silver coins featuring the ancient world, the Mint of Gdansk's 'The Witcher' series continues its eight-issue jaunt through the hugely popular world created by Polish author, Andrzej Sapkowski. Each [...]
CIT's gorgeous Evolution of Life: Sinoraptor coin joins the ammonite with a reincarnation in one-kilo form via AllCollect Although this is the opening line of this article, regular readers will already know we're going to love this one! Coins featuring prehistoric life have always been a firm favourite. Fantastic subjects with a strong visual impact [...]
Zheng He kicks off a new 'Famous Explorers' silver coin series complete with inset hand painted porcelain We're seeing an uptick in the Mint of Poland's impressive ancient world themed coins after months and months of Covid-induced interference, encompassing the old myths and legends of antiquity. Sometimes, amongst all the god s and fantastical beasts, we [...]
The Mint of Poland celebrates the life of Buddha on its latest high relief silver coin Not one of the mythology series that the Mint of Poland produces for various dealers around the world, their latest is one they're putting out themselves. We've seen a few Buddha coins over the years, from a series issued [...]
Mint XXI returns to its 'Warriors of Ancient China' series for a second historical legend, Zhang Fei What do you get when one of the best coin producers working today dives into one of the more popular subjects? When the producer is Mint XXI and the subject is ancient myths and legends, you get a coin as [...]
A stunning, intricate, high-relief 'Nine Dragons' coin brings Art Mint's visual talent to the Far East Far East Asian history and culture has, despite the current unpopularity of the Chinese leadership, become a staple of the modern numismatic world. It's easy to see why. A rich and ancient culture filled with striking imagery and imaginative stories, there's [...]
The modern credit card is 70 years old. Celebrate by using your credit card to buy Art Mint's new credit card coin! UPDATED. Love them or hate them (I'm guessing that split is about 10:90!), credit cards have become an indelible part of modern culture. Indeed, the rush away from cash continues unabated. The cards [...]
The concepts of good and evil are given numismatic form with a new pair from the Mint of Poland The Mint of Poland's latest two-ounce antique-finished coin release is actually a pair of coins, sold seperately, but inextricably linked together. Good and Evil have been concepts for millennia , evolving over the centuries as beliefs [...]
Never mind ninja turtles, PMC goes full on hardcore with its latest Auspicious Beast coin, Black Tortoise of the North Our first look at Precious Metal Collector's latest copper-cored selection is the third in the 'Four Auspicious Beasts' series. Following 'Azure Dragon of the East' and 'White Tiger of the West', this third issue features [...]
Fairy Tales returns with the less than charming tale of Snow White and a poison apple, with Numiscollect's latest Torture, murder, sadism, revenge, child endangerment, spite and lashings of evil. These are all elements of what passed for a kids book back in 19th century Germany, and a blockbuster animated movie in the 20th. Like [...]
