The works of Caravaggio are reproduced on a silver coin series in the 450th anniversary of his birth A hugely influential artist, the late 16th century painter, Caravaggio, had an intense visual style, no doubt tied in with his intense and violent personality. His paintings are bold, often brutal, rarely sexual. On the 450th anniversary of [...]
Blood of Elves, the third book in The Witcher saga, hits the numismatic world with a silver coin pair Working their way through the literary works of Polish fantasy author, Andrzej Sapkowski, the Mint of Gdańsk has now debuted their third pair of coins, quite obviously for the third book of the eight published in the Witcher [...]
Turn base metal into gold? The Mint of Poland gets an alchemist as far as silver for its latest coin Turning base metal into gold, the quest for immortality, the cure for disease - each of these were goals that the alchemists of old struggled to achieve, for obvious reasons. Alchemy, a mix of philosophy and [...]
The Mint of Poland has a long-running and expansive portfolio of astronomy and space-based coin releases over the last few years, both directly, and from third-party issuers, including some particularly fine meteorite designs. It's been relatively quiet of late, with space giving way to ancient history as the theme of choice, but it's good to see an [...]
The annual Carnival of Venice was initially a celebration started from a victory of the Venice Republic against the Patriarch of Aquileia, Ulrico di Treven in the year 1162. Taking the form of a dance in San Marco Square, it grew in popularity and became a fixture of the calendar. However, Venice fell under the rule of [...]
A round-up of new releases at the Mint of Poland - from ancient history to modern love One of the most innovative and prolific mints out there, we've long admired the Mint of Poland for its great design and fine strikes. A huge player in the ultra-popular ancient world genre of coins, they actually cover a [...]
The tragic story of Daedalus and Icarus inspires a striking new ultra-high relief silver coin Mythology coins almost overwhelmingly focus on the major players, such as gods, demons and otherworldly creatures, so it's a pleasant surprise to see a new series simply called 'Mythology' that focuses its attention elsewhere. Amongst the stories of gods smiting and heroes [...]
The mysteries of Eastern European folklore are a fertile ground for the new Slavic Bestiary silver coin series Regular readers will know that the many mythologies of the world's cultures have been a huge part of the modern coin industry, just as they were in ancient times. The genre has attracted some of the best coin [...]
Roman Gods silver series returns after a hiatus with Mars, the God of War, doing what he does best One of the earlier entrants into the ancient mythology coin market, Jupiter was the first of the Mint of Poland struck 'Roman Gods' series. That was back in 2016, and there was a sequel release in 2018 which [...]
Women Warriors continue to hack their way through the patriarchy and this time it's a Disney-free Mulan We've seen a slowdown in the number of 2 oz high-relief mythology coins struck by the Mint of Poland this year, but we're glad to see a few of them are still making their way to market. The Pela-Coins [...]
