The Norse goddess Freya, and her amazingly obedient cats, storm out of Le Grand Mint’s latest silver coin

By |2025-10-17T20:18:25+01:00October 17th, 2025|Categories: Art & Literature, Gilded, Ruthenium / Rhodium, Silver, Equatorial Guinea, Liberia, Le Grand Mint|

The Norse goddess Freya, and her amazingly obedient cats, storm out of Le Grand Mint's latest silver coin With Norse mythology being so rich in imagery and lore, we're always excited to see what coin designers produce to bring them to life. Given how popular this pantheon has been over the last fifteen years, we guess [...]

Le Grand Mint’s insect themed ‘Èntoma’ silver coin series adds the Scarab Beetle, joining earlier Bee and Ladybird issues

By |2025-08-08T18:34:39+01:00August 8th, 2025|Categories: Nature, Gilded, Ruthenium / Rhodium, Silver, Liberia, Le Grand Mint|

Le Grand Mint's insect themed 'Èntoma' silver coin series adds the Scarab Beetle, joining earlier Bee and Ladybird issues Le Grand Mint (LGM) continues to bring its eclectic mix of nature and geometry to coins with the third in their impressive Èntoma series of silver coins. This series first debuted in 2023, with the bee [...]

Le Grand has been busy with more eclectic silver coins, including an addition to their popular Algorithm series

By |2025-07-16T21:52:23+01:00July 16th, 2025|Categories: Culture, Nature, Coloured, Gilded, Silver, Liberia, Le Grand Mint, Niue Island|

Le Grand has been busy with more eclectic silver coins, including an addition to their popular Algorithm series German producer, Le Grand, is one that doesn't follow the herd, choosing to go their own route with some very varied, and unusual designs. They employ some of the best coin designers working today, people like Miroslav Hric, [...]

Numiversum Herpeton, Le Grand Mint’s bold merging of reptiles and the dimensions of reality, is back with a chameleon coin

By |2025-06-03T16:29:18+01:00June 3rd, 2025|Categories: Nature, Gilded, Ruthenium / Rhodium, Silver, Cameroon, Le Grand Mint|

Numiversum Herpeton, Le Grand Mint's bold merging of reptiles and the dimensions of reality, is back with a chameleon coin Producers of some particularly striking designs, and with a distinctive style almost unique to their coins, Le Grand Mint have a range that eschews overused trends, and choosing to follow their own path. We admire them [...]

Mood: Anger one & two-ounce silver bars (2025 Le Grand Mint)

By |2025-04-22T23:09:39+01:00April 22nd, 2025|Categories: Quicklooks, Cast/Minted Bar, Culture, Coloured, Le Grand Mint|

Le Grand Mint has added to its range of minted silver bars with a coloured piece that is the first in a series called 'Mood'. The debut bar is called 'Anger' and depicts a female warrior standing in front of a flying dragon. The dragon is said to represent the impetuous, wrathful and ruthless side of anger, while [...]

The Dragon & Phoenix myth is a popular theme in numismatics. Le Grand Mint elevates it to a new level with a stunning new issue

By |2025-03-26T16:53:39+00:00March 26th, 2025|Categories: Art & Literature, Culture, Gilded, Ruthenium / Rhodium, Silver, Le Grand Mint, Niue Island|

The Dragon & Phoenix myth is a popular theme in numismatics. Le Grand Mint elevates it to a new level with a stunning new issue One of the most powerful relationships in Chinese mythology, the story of the Dragon & the Phoenix is one that, like most Asian myths, has many different incarnations, some involving a [...]

Le Grand Mint adds two new gold and silver minted bar designs – The Eagle and the Serpent, and Fors Fortuna

By |2025-03-07T12:43:27+00:00March 7th, 2025|Categories: Cast/Minted Bar, Art & Literature, Gold Bar, Culture, Silver Bar, Nature, Le Grand Mint|

Le Grand Mint adds two new gold and silver minted bar designs - The Eagle and the Serpent, and Fors Fortuna Along with a fine and uniquely designed range of proof and bullion coins, Le Grand Mint also produces some neat minted bars, something we haven't covered a lot of in the past, but we've been [...]

Two fine producers, the Lithuanian Mint, and Le Grand Mint, team up for a high-relief depiction of the four seasons

By |2025-02-03T16:08:06+00:00February 3rd, 2025|Categories: Art & Literature, Inserts, Silver, Liberia, Le Grand Mint, Lithuanian Mint|

Two fine producers, the Lithuanian Mint, and Le Grand Mint, team up for a high-relief depiction of the four seasons Spring, summer, autumn and winter - the four seasons that make up the cycle of our planet - have long been a popular trope in the artistic world, and numismatics are no different. The latest offering [...]

Le Grand Mint concludes its three-coin homage to the Hindu goddess, Durga, with a 2025 release in silver and gold

By |2025-01-10T13:57:52+00:00January 10th, 2025|Categories: Art & Literature, Culture, Gold, Silver, Cameroon, Le Grand Mint|

Le Grand Mint concludes its three-coin homage to the Hindu goddess, Durga, with a 2025 release in silver and gold A warrior goddess in the Hindu religion, Durga represents the triumph of good over evil, fighting demonic forces threatening peace and balance. She is usually depicted as a beautiful, many-armed woman, carrying many weapons, and [...]

Hollywood’s anamorphic lens concept comes to numismatics with a striking new 10th anniversary ten ounce silver coin from Le Grand Mint

By |2024-12-19T15:36:09+00:00December 19th, 2024|Categories: Art & Literature, Coloured, Inserts, Silver, Liberia, Le Grand Mint|

Hollywood's anamorphic lens concept comes to numismatics with a striking new 10th anniversary ten ounce silver coin from Le Grand Mint Our story starts, weirdly enough, on the Western Front during the First World War, when French inventor, Henri Jacques Chrétien, developed an optical system called Hypergonar, to allow tank crews to have a wider view [...]

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