The heartbreaking life of Anne Frank is remembered on a limited mintage silver coin from Italian producer, Powercoin Annelies Marie Frank was a German-born Jewish girl whose diary became one of the most widely read firsthand accounts of the Holocaust. Born in Frankfurt in 1929, her family fled to Amsterdam in 1933, after the Nazi [...]
A paper boat joins the first paper aeroplane in Powercoin's highly innovative silver coin series, 'Folded Dreams' Released in April, Powercoin's Paper Airplane coin (pictured lower down this article) was a remarkably original piece of numismatic art, and now the Roman producer is adding another childhood classic to the range - the paper boat. This is done [...]
Powercoin taps into the ancient trading links between Egypt and India, with a cultural mix for five new coins It's a little discussed fact that Ancient Egypt had relatively well-developed links with India. Sailing via the Red Sea, and the Indian Ocean, vessels plied their trade for centuries, carrying silk, precious stones, and spices from [...]
Powercoin's quirky Techstalgic silver coin series continues with the ultra-iconic music cassette player, the Walkman Powercoin, known for its range of quirky coins, has dipped once again into our technological dark age for the fourth in its unique 'Techstalgic' series. This range brings, to modern numismatics, some of the earliest steps in mass-produced consumer electronics that [...]
Powercoin have spent almost a decade playing around with some of the finest works of art in the world, from Michelangelo to Vincent van Gogh. Turning iconic works into mosaic, puzzles, and embroidery on their coins, they've created something quite unique in a numismatic market often over-served with fine art reproductions, and it's been popular as a result.Their [...]
Powercoin, one of the most original coin producers working today, has done it again with the debut of a new series called 'B Different'. If you stand out in a crowd because of appearance or behaviour, or something just does things differently to everything else, it seems to be fair game for this series. You get the [...]
Man and machine are starting to merge on a fundamental level, and it's inspired Powercoin's latest in silver The world is changing faster than ever, with new innovations coming on an almost weekly basis. At the moment, the big thing is artificial intelligence (AI), and robotics, along with their integration into the human experience. Neuralink, one [...]
NASA's groundbreaking Pioneer 10 spacecraft and its incredible mission into the interstellar void are showcased on Powercoin's latest Launched on 3 March 1972, Pioneer 10 set off on a journey to explore the outer solar system, scheduled to last 21-months. In January 2003, some 30 years, and 12.23 billion kilometres later, it finally sent its last [...]
Powercoin launches a clever paper airplane shaped coin. Just don't throw it at someone! Continuing their penchant for very unusually shaped coins, and following such designs as The Unbreakable Phone, and the Calculator Watch, Powercoin have just debuted the first in their 'Folded Dreams' series, one that, certainly on the evidence of this first issue, will [...]
Art in all its forms are a popular theme at Powercoin. Their latest pair showcases ridiculous modern and nascent digital art Powercoin have had a long association with art as a theme for their coins, going back over a decade to their nanochip issues, and continuing with some of their terrific mosaic and puzzle offerings, so [...]
