The Roman Goddess Juno is showcased on new silver coins from the Mint of Poland, and the Mint of Gdańsk Juno, the ancient Roman goddess, holds a prominent place in mythology and religion. She's often depicted as the queen of the gods, the wife and sister of Jupiter, and the mother of Mars and Vulcan. With her [...]
We've had a period of a few years now, where video game themed coins have garnered no small amount of popularity, so much in fact, that we felt compelled to produce one of our comprehensive Thematic Guides to the genre. The New Zealand Mint (of course!), APMEX, and LPM Group have all issued multiple designs, some excellent, but [...]
Cult classic, The Matrix, plugs into gold for the first time with Neo being The One on two collectible coins The Matrix movies, a groundbreaking science fiction trilogy created by the Wachowski siblings, are some of the very best in science-fiction movie-making, especially the ground-breaking original. Set in a dystopian future, the series explores a complex [...]
Along with their Robert Lewandowski, and The Witcher series, both extensive in scope, the Mint of Gdańsk recently added the seminal Polish science-fiction author, Stanislaw Lem to its portfolio. A quartet of quite superb silver coins kicked off the programme, with the promise of a pair of gold coins, and a pair of silver coin statues to come. The [...]
From hunting Romans to stalking a silver coin, the Judean Sicarii are the third in the Assassin's series A cool theme for a coin series, the world of assassination has always drawn attention, not just from the usual conspiracy theorists, but from historians, who understand the sheer weight of impact a few can have on the [...]
The Mint of Gdańsk continues to work its way through the hugely popular fantasy 'The Witcher' novels of Polish author Andrzej Sapkowski with the launch of the fifth 2 oz silver coin of the eight that will make up the set. This format isn't the only one in the range, as there are one-kilo silver coins, and a proof [...]
Bullion round-up 15: Batman, birds, dragons, scientists, monkeys, and a Slavic sea spirit, Does it get more varied than that! Part two is here, although we called it round-up 15 for clarity, and there's another varied selection from around the world. The Komodo Dragon literally just came out, and barely scraped in, but it's a great [...]
Bullion round-up 13: Mint of Gdańsk enters the bullion market. Pobjoy, Germania, and the South African Mint expand choice. The thirteenth bullion coin round-up, and our first of 2023, has a fine selection, a mix of old favourites and new arrivals. The big surprise is the Mint of Gdańsk dipping its toes into the bullion waters [...]
Sisyphus, forever doomed to push a boulder up a hill, is the star of the second coin in Mint of Gdańsk's mythology series By most accounts, Sisyphus was a bit of an arrogant, cocky individual. The founder and king of what became Corinth, in Greece, he seems to have made it his business to annoy and antagonise [...]
The pivotal Second World War Battle of Midway is the second in the Sea Battles series of silver coins One of the Mint of Gdańsk's many ongoing antiqued coin series, 'Sea Battles' sees its second release, following the pivotal ancient Battle of Salamis with the equally pivotal Battle of Midway, arguably one of the most important [...]
