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 [...]
Mint XXI's expansive look at the world of Greek Mythology continues with the third trilogy of new releases joining the pantheon Last September, Mint XXI launched its ambitious new 36 coin 'Greek Mythology' series with three issues, and followed it up in December with a second trio. Now, the third is here. The series will be [...]
WMF '23: The world of fine art is interpreted by the world of numismatics, and often with a unique twist. Always a staple of the modern collectible coin world, fine art seems to have grown in popularity in recent years, not just in the old style of just reproducing the original work, but in an ever [...]
WMF '23: Mint XXI issues a dragon coin for a more elegant age - the Flaming Wyvern While dragons are nothing new on coins, we've noticed a huge swing towards the Asian form of the mythical beast - long bodied, delicate, and chasing a pearl. The Wyvern is a two-legged, winged version, popularised in Northern [...]
Decorated in 530 BCE by the Euphiletos Painter, the Panathenaic Amphora is a terracotta amphora painted as a victory prize for that year's Panathenaic Games in Athens. The 622 mm tall vase has on one side a depiction of Athena Promachos, a common image on this type of pottery, and on the other side is a stadion (foot [...]
