Fantasy comes to the fore with the tale of Perseus & Medusa, plus Sinbad as the latest 'Fabulous Stories' coin T & S Coin is back with its favourite subject, which is fantasy and mythology. There's little dispute that the genre is probably the most popular in the modern coin market, and there seems to [...]
The Christmas Nativity is visualised in four silver coin figures from Italian producer, Powercoin We don't normally cover much in the way of Christmas coins, but religious themes do remain a popular part of the modern numismatic world, so here we are with Powercoin's latest offerings. The theme here is very much on the original biblical [...]
The Royal Mint expands its gold and silver bullion offerings with Frankenstein, Una & the Lion, and an anniversary Britannia The Royal Mint has had a busy year with its bullion range, and the last few weeks has seen plenty of activity, starting with an anniversary issue of the ultra-iconic Britannia. It's joined by a new addition [...]
Emporium Hamburg's Prehistoric Life II bullion coin series isues its penultimate 2026 coin, the Tupandactylus Discovered in Brazil and dating to the Early Cretaceous, Tupandactylus is a pterosaur known from two species, T. imperator and T. navigans. They vary in size, with Imperator having a wingspan of up to 4 m, while Navigans likely topped out [...]
William Marshall, the 'Greatest Knight who ever lived' inspires CIT's numismatic look at the chivalric arts William Marshall's career was a true rags to riches story. He was born in 1147, the fourth son of a minor Anglo-Norman nobleman, who made the mistake of supporting Empress Matilda in what became known as 'The Anarchy', a 15-year [...]
MDM and The Royal Mint release new coins topay homage to the literary legend that is The Lord of the Rings The Lord of the Rings, the 1950s literary masterpiece by English suthor J.R.R. Tolkein, is huge in the modern entertainment world, largely as a result of a trilogy of huge hit films by Peter Jackson. [...]
While the T. Rex coin we looked at yesterday had an unusual design for a coin, Melbourne Coin Company's latest goes with an unusual subject for its appeal. The crocodilians have always been a popular subject in the coin world, hardly a surprise given how incredible these animals are, but we don't see many that feature the [...]
If you're going to kick off a new series of dinosaur coins, it's a no-brainer to start with the beast of beasts. Tyrannosaurus Rex, the Cretaceous-era theropod killer, needs little introduction. Suffice to say, if you know the word dinosaur, you likely know what a T. Rex is, so here we are with the debut issue in [...]
The tomb of the Pharaoh Psusennes I in many ways surpassed that of Tutankhamun and Spectres issues his sarcophagus as a coin Anybody with even the remotest interest in ancient history will know of the discovery of the tomb of the pharaoh Tutankhuman. It was a landmark moment in Egyptology because of its contents, usually [...]
The Phoenix Valkyrie silver medallion from PF Coins bursts into reality with three striking finishes One of the staples of the numismatic world, not just in modern times, but throughout history, has been the female personification of a nation, or a myth, or a concept. Modern examples include Britannia, Liberty, Marianne, and Germania, amongst others, [...]
