Mans journey to the afterlife is immortalised in silver starting with the Vikings journey to Valhalla One look at our guide to Numiscollect's various myths and legends themed coin series will tell you they have an obvious talent when it comes to the genre, so it's always of interest when a new series debuts. The stories [...]
The Aztec Five Suns kick of Numiscollect's ambitious new coin series, 'Ages of Man - Creation of World' We've been very pleased to see the mythology genre turn away from an over reliance on the usual Greek, Roman and Egyptian legends, towards a more expansive look at the world's ancient tales. One of the benefits of [...]
A spliff a day keeps the doctor away! Or was that an apple? Who cares, the wacky baccy numismaty returns. Numicollect's new selection is now upon us and it includes a pair of old friends. Issued in 2016 as part of their long running Famous Plants range, and the last that we know of, it featured [...]
Cook Islands impressive 'Mythological Weapons' series wraps up with a fifth release, Nezha, the Third Lotus Prince Numiscollect are wrapping up their striking 'Mythological Weapons' antiqued, two-ounce silver coin series with a fifth and final release. The series oicks out some of the legendary weapons and artifcats used by the gods and heroes in the various [...]
Last November, Numiscollect debuted a new series called 'Thirst for Discovery' that contrasts the early explorers with what will ultimately come from their discoveries. It was a really nice design, depicting Christopher Columbus making landfall in the New World back in the 15th century on the reverse face, with the obverse showcasing what a future [...]
Numiscollect continues its numismatic journey through the Final Frontier with the Milky Way It was in November 2019 that Numiscollect debuted the first in its 'Space: The Final Frontier' series of astronomy coins. Starting out as big as they could, they went with 'The Universe' for the debut. This time around, we've dropped down to something [...]
Numiscollect's 'Archaeology & Symbolism' series continues with the Aztec artifact telling the story of Coyolxāuhqui There's been a renewed interest in numismatic circles for the striking art and archaeology of the old Aztec civilisation of Mesoamerica. The Aztec Empire wasn't actually that long-lived in the grand scheme of things, existing from circa 1345 to 1521, when [...]
Numiscollect released four fine new releases for the 2021 virtual Berlin World Money Fair and we've covered them in other articles. They've released videos of three of them, which you can see below. An excellent and varied selection. Previous articles are at; Growing Up: The Lion Whale Dot Art Titans: Cronus Our Earth Ecosystems: Rainforest YouTube [...]
Numiscollect @ WMF: The life cycle of the lion is explored in the first Growing Up, bi-finish coin That most magnificent of cats, the Lion, is the subject of Numiscollect's first foray into the life cycle of some of the world's truly impressive animals. It appears that each coin will depict a fully grown animal on [...]
Numiscollect @ WMF: Striking pointillism series returns with a whale for the second 'Dot Art' coin One of the most distinctive issues of last years World Money Fair was Numiscollect's first foray into the style of Pointillism. An art style that builds up images with coloured dots that blend together the further away you stand, [...]
