Born in 1885, Lawren Stewart Harris was a key figure in Canadian art, and one of the Canadian landscape painters of the Algonquin School, more popularly known today as the Group of Seven. Their belief was that Canadian art could have a distinct character of its own through a direct link with the natural beauty of the country. [...]
Bloody Mary is the second 'Urban Legends' coin, and Noah's Ark wraps up Top World Coins 'Bible Stories' series Top World Coins have released two new coins today, one the continuation of a series that debuted with an awesome killer clown coin back in January. The other is the final release in their Bible Stories range [...]
After a hard day pillaging and decapitating, the Barbarian King is off on a date on T&S Coin's latest silver coin Headlined by such characters from literature by Conan the Cimmerian, and in history by such figures as Attila the Hun, and Odoacer, the barbarian conqueror of Rome, the legend of the barbarian ruler using visceral [...]
Thor's mighty hammer, Mjölnir, joins last year's Gjallarhorn to expand Germania Mint's 'Artefacts' series of silver coins The result of a bet between Loki, and the dwarves, Sindri and his brother Brokkr, Mjölnir was a hammer created to prove they could forge items as beautiful as those created by another group of dwarves, the Sons of [...]
Silver Pours adds a gorgeous copper-cored art coin, featuring Vincent van Gogh's 1888 work, Café Terrace at Night An absolute giant in the world of fine art, Vincent van Gogh had a unique grasp of colour and style that has remained unmatched. A Dutch Post-Impressionist painter, he produced an expansive body of works, including portraits, landscapes [...]
The Royal Mint's Tudor Beasts proof coin series heads toward the finish line with the ninth issue, a superb Queen's Lion Tudor Beasts heads towards the finish line with the release today of the ninth proof coin design in the ten-coin series. A spiritual successor to the mints earlier Queen's Beasts range, they're based on statues [...]
Manfra, Tordella & Brookes, a part of the Swiss MKS-PAMP group, are continuing their unusual PEZ program with the release of the 12th set since it debuted in 2019. The world-famous hard candy has long inspired a collector market, with plastic dispensers coming in hundreds of different designs since they first appeared in 1949. MTB-PAMP have cleverly tapped [...]
What started out as an AI animal art series, Pop Coin's range of coloured silver coins has expanded to encompass a wide range of themes. Currently in progress are series featuring Ancient Egypt, anime, dinosaurs, cultural holidays, travel, and more. All follow a similar path, being one-ounce fine silver coins, some with the option of a two-ounce [...]
One of the biggest producers of themed silver bullion bars operating today is undoubtedly US company, Scottsdale Mint. Even putting to one side their copious output of bullion coins, the bars range is both numerous, and covering a wide range of themes, from calendar events, national jingoism, and cultural tropes.The latest additions are a second annual wave of [...]
It's been a while since we wrote about a Swiss Mint release, but it was hard to ignore their latest issue given how little aviation seems to feature on modern coins. Switzerland itself had a presence in early aviation, mainly around the late 1800s, and centred around balloons, leading to the formation of a military balloon corps [...]
