Mint XXI's epic 36-coin Greek Mythology series releases its fifth wave with Hephaestus, Themis, and the Centaur After the launch of four phases from when Mint XXI launched its ambitious new 36 coin 'Greek Mythology' in late 2022, we now get our fifth. Each phase is a mix of the three weights that make up [...]
Mint XXI's United Crypto States series of silver coins returns with a 7th issue, featuring the Statue of Liberty The United Crypto States coin series debuted in early 2022, with a Walking Liberty inspired design, and just 18-months later, is enjoying its seventh issue. The series is unusual in not having a country of issue, but [...]
Mint XXI Summer '23: Big Brother has an eye on Lucifer Morningstar, and a dragon watches over an angelic woman Our last post of the day on Mint XXI's summer releases covers another trio of some of their finest coins. These three, while having different themes, share common features. All are composed of two-ounces of silver, [...]
Mint XXI Summer ’23: A superb portrayal of Nicolaus Copernicus and his work kicks off the Futurists of the Past series Our look at Mint XXI's summer range continues with a coin we felt deserved a closer look. The first in their new 'Futurists of the Past' series, it features a superb rendition of the [...]
Mint XXI Summer '23: Animals in nature, mythology, and finance feature on new coins We're going to have a look at seven coins, about half the total number in Mint XXI's summer range, and spread them over three posts. This is the first of them, There's quite a varied selection, with the highlight for us [...]
Ukraine's cultural identity, and its current turmoil, are used to aid the beleaguered country with charitable coins The '3-day' invasion of Ukraine by Russia continues past its 460th day, continuing to be the most unnecessary and ill-advised conflict in Europe since the Second World War. This is a coin site, so I'm not going to espouse [...]
Mint XXI issues the fourth tranche of three coins in its comprehensive look at Greek mythology through numismatics In the last quarter of 2022, Mint XXI launched its ambitious new 36 coin 'Greek Mythology' series with three issues, and have since added six more. It's now time for the fourth tranche of three coins, and we [...]
Spring Launch Special: CIT, MDM and Mint XXI take different approaches to the popular Lunar Dragon coin market The lunar market continues to be a regular fixture on the numismatic calendar, although less important than it seemed a decade ago. We stopped our annual round-ups back in 2019 after limited feedback on their usefulness, but a [...]
Spring Launch Special: Mint XXI debuts new ranges to its existing line-up, and these are our favourite three Our third and last post of the day for Spring Launch, and after a selective look at the new issues from CIT and MDM, we come to another favourite of ours, Mint XXI. We expect some beautiful coins [...]
Using high-relief typography is certainly an unusual technique in numismatics, but when your subjects are some of the more iconic sayings and metaphors from history, it becomes all the more appropriate. The subject of the first 'Imprint of Words' coin is a phrase we hear quite often these days, 'Time is Money'. Attributed to the American polymath, Benjamin [...]
