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 [...]
A drones eye view of Barcelona is the clever subject of the Mint of Poland's new domed silver coin The Mint of Poland's latest takes an unusual approach to the field of architecture-themed coins by combining it with the world of drone photography. These little insect-like devices are now capable of some quite phenomenal feats using [...]
As promised, here's the third coin in a row to feature the three-headed pooch, Cerberus, the guardian of the entrance to the underworld in Greek mythology. The Czech Mint coin was a simple proof coin that's part of their 'Mythical Beasts' series, and the second one was actually a Hades coin that happened to have [...]
German Renaissance artist, Albrecht Durer, is 550 years old and two fine producers issue impressive coins to celebrate One of the most famous artists to come out of the Northern Renaissance, Albrecht Durer has a varied body of work covering a wide range of subjects, including portraits, religious works, and landscapes, but he is perhaps most [...]
Fine art is always a solid choice for a coin series, if not a particularly adventurous one. There are examples of coins that employ some advanced numismatic design and minting, but the majority simply reproduce the original art. After all, why reinvent the wheel, as they say? The Mint of Polands ‘Treasures of World Art’ has fundamentally [...]
Silver Coins Europe debuts the launch coin in its new high-relief silver ‘Camelot’ series – Arthur Pendragon Despite the potency and ubiquitous nature of the Arthurian legends, there have been surprisingly few coins featuring them. We had a superb pair of coins from the Choice Mint around five years ago, a single piece in PMC's 'Nine Worthies' [...]
Mint of Poland's pretty 'Roman & Greek Goddess' coin series continues with the luck granting Fortuna & Tyche If you lived in a city in Ancient Greece and wanted it to be prosperous, you gave offering to the goddess Tyche. The daughter of Aphrodite and either Zeus or Hermes (we're not sure as the Greek [...]
