Big Monday: CIT celebrates the legendary mountain, The Matterhorn, and smartmints a mountainous two-kilo silver coin One of the most legendary mountains in Europe, and one on which over 500 people have lost their lives, the Matterhorn isn't famous for its height - it's only the 12th highest peak in Western Europe - but its soaring [...]
Continuing its journey around the world's most iconic buildings, CIT's outstanding 'Historical Monuments' series showcases the Taj Mahal With the World Money Fair in Berlin having concluded, it's time for us to start having a look at some of the impressive offerings that make up CIT's Winter Launch, which debuted there. What better place to [...]
CIT's first big launch of 2025 impresses, with geology, nature, fantasy, and the cataclysm of Pompeii, adorning new coins One of the most anticipated launch tranches on the numismatic calendar, CIT's Winter Launch for the World Money Fair in Berlin, is now upon us. We expect a wide selection of different styles and themes, and [...]
CIT added another pair of shaped minigold coins to their Golden Highlights series as part of their Autumn Launch, which brings the range up to just shy of 50 issues to date, a landmark we expect them to hit by mid-2025. This little half-gram gold coins have been perpetually popular over the years, with many mints [...]
The most varied selection yet in our weekly look at some of the new coin releases (Week 47, 2024) A bit later than normal, here's our weekly round-up of some of the more interesting releases that have come to our attention over the last week. We should have been live on Friday, but we had a small [...]
The Great Wall of China continues to astound with CIT's topographical numismatic look at this legendary feat of construction When you think of the history of China, your mind likely wanders over to the Great Wall as its most iconic surviving structure. That history is considerably more interesting, and convoluted, than you might believe. Rather than [...]
A terrific mix of historical themes mark out this week's round-up, and there's a Hot Wheels coin for good measure! (Week 46, 2024) Five new coins this week, headlined by a fantastic collaborative effort between Germania Mint and the Croatian National Bank. In fact, three of the five releases we're looking at here today have [...]
The esoteric coins keep coming! Legendary phones, AI, blingy eggs, and inspiring women (Week 45, 2024) Here we are again with our Friday collation of new coins, and while there are only four this time, it's certainly a varied mix. There's a new addition to Powercoin's look back at early tech, a highly unusual Artificial Intelligence design [...]
It's another stonking week for new coin issues, showcasing imagination and minting tech (Week 44, 2024) With the Beijing International Coin Exposition kicking off today, we've seen the usual increased activity in its run-up, and some superb new issues as a result. Quite a few of the issues in our Week 44 collection are hot off the [...]
CIT's Autumn Launch is headlined by excellent Aztec Empire, and Great Wall of China designs. Here's the videos of the launch. The fourth and final release of 2024 for CIT is their Autumn Launch, which is traditionally one of the quietest of the year. There are 11 new issues in this batch, with 2 of them [...]
