Art Mint takes us through the four elements and their elementals with its new silver coin series, starting with the gnomes of Earth Earth, air, fire and water, the four elements that have entered the popular consciousness as the building blocks of the natural world. Dating back to the Hellenistic period, it was the Greek [...]
You don't have to take magic mushrooms to see the ones on Mint of MKs latest silver coin issue glow when the lights go out... Who hasn't heard of shrooms? Magic mushrooms have been an ever-present part of the popular culture movement since the 1960s, but their actual use goes back further - far, far, further. [...]
MK's two-ounce silver Buddha coin returns with almost 12 ounces of copper in tow, and an expanded diameter Back in March of this year, the Mint of MK launched a two-ounce silver coin depicting the Buddha in meditation. It was designed in the same ilk as the gigantic, copper-zinc-silver hybrid, 1,000 Armed Bodhisattva, which had a 188 [...]
Mint XXIs new silver coin series takes a trip through our solar system using the minerals of our own planet to visualise them Astronomy coins are nothing new, and we've seen quite a wide selection over the years, so standing out in the crowd takes a little more than it does in other genres. Never one [...]
Mint of Gdańsk adds to its 'Chinese Heroes', 'Mankind's Mistakes', and 'Human Tragedies' ranges with new two-ounce silver coins It's been a great week for new issues, and we hope you've enjoyed the coverage so far. We've concentrated on one producer per day, which we will likely continue through at least some of next week, [...]
Art Mint hits a decade with its iconic Mandala Art series, and there's a stunning 10th anniversary special edition coin to celebrate After a decade of impressing us with the elegance of the designs, Art Mints superb Mandala Art series gets two releases for 2024, one is the expected tenth cultural issue, and a special one to [...]
Mint of MK and The Gold Village take their quirky sense of style to the culinary coin genre with this unusual instant noodle homage Food isn't one of the commoner themes in modern numismatics, but it does attract a higher proportion of unusual ideas than most others. Even the Monnaie de Paris got in on the trend [...]
The Mint of Gdańsk debuts the third of its Sea Battles silver coins with Nelson's victory at the Battle of Trafalgar Polish producer, Mint of Gdańsk, is back with some new issues, and the one we'll be having a look at today is the third in their biannual 'Sea Battles' range. The series debuted in 2020 with [...]
Spectres gives us the choice between a punch in the face or soaring high with their latest pair of shaped silver coins Two new issues have launched today from Singaporean producer, Spectres, with wildly different themes, but utilising the same basic format. Both are antique-finished two-ounce silver coins, issued for Cameroon, shaped, high-relief, and with [...]
Numiartis returns to the Haiyuantang Zodiac Fountain with a second coin, this time featuring the tiger When this series debuted last year, we likened it to an Asian Queen's Beasts in concept, and with the addition of this second design, we stand by that more than ever. Just as the Queen's Beasts sat outside Hampton Court [...]
