The fourth of twelve coins to be released this year in the Lithuanian Mint's 'World of Cryptids' series will be available to buy shortly, and features a South American creature - the Curupira. We're huge fans of this series, with its very distinctive artistic flair. So much so, in fact, that we've knocked up a Coin Series Profile [...]
The Cryptids series from the Lithuanian Mint continues along its path of weirdness with two new issues for March Last month saw the debut of the first in the Lithuanian Mint's new 'Cryptids' series, taking a look at some of the world's more fascinating mythological creatures. The difference here, is that they fall into that mysterious category [...]
Baba Yaga, the nickname of John Wick, is also the inspiration for the first of the Lithuanian Mint's Cryptid series For centuries, the weird and mysterious has often been attributed to unexplainable creatures of the night. Regular coin collectors will know they've been a rich source of inspiration for some quite superb issues, in recent years, [...]
Fourteenth century French alchemist, Nicolas Flamel, the star of Lithuanian Mints new Miroslav Hric penned coin One of the famous and most sought after mysteries of mankind, the ability to turn base metal into gold, has inspired a seemingly never ending bunch of cranks and weirdos to claim they've achieved the magical feat. Add a bit of [...]
Innovative "The 100th Anniversary of the Restoration of Lithuania’s Independence" multi-ring coin debuts One of the three Baltic states, Lithuania is situated in a region of the world with a tumultuous history. The Kingdom of Lithuania was created in 1253 and during he 14th century, the Grand Duchy of Lithuania was actually [...]
Of all the mints in Eastern Europe, perhaps none punches above its weight as much as Lietuvos Bankas, the Bank of Lithuania. For an organisation that issues under ten commemoratives a year, they garner plenty of award nominations for their output. In 2014 they were nominated three times for the Krause Coin of the Year Awards (COTY), and [...]
