Powercoin launches a nostalgic look back at the tech that birthed our modern digital world, starting with the floppy disk We all have memories of the tech we grew up with, and the 70s to 90s were witness to a groundbreaking transformation from the analogue, to the digital age. It's hard to imagine just how [...]
The famous statue, the Lion of Lucerne, inspires two silver coins taking markedly different approaches to the subject Carved into a rock relief in Lucerne, Switzerland, the Lion Monument was designed by Bertel Thorvaldsen, and sculpted by Lukas Ahorn, in 1820-21. The subject was a strange and controversial one at the time, as it commemorated [...]
Powercoin launches its latest silver coin series, Magical Creatures at Night, with the legendary Phoenix The ancient civilisations all had at least one thing in common - mythological beasts. No matter what continent that society was located on, and no matter whether they had contact with others or not, they each had rich pantheons of [...]
Wife of Leofric, Earl of Mercia, Lady Godiva became an icon because of the legend that she rode naked on horseback through the streets of Coventry. With her modesty only maintained through the judicious placement of her long flowing hair, she rode her horse to get remission from the oppressive taxes her husband had placed upon his [...]
Powercoin's Camouflage of Nature moves from prey to predator with a leopard in hiding coin The first coin in this series, Camouflage of Nature', debuted last September, and was easily one of the best designs released in 2022. A striking merging of geometry and nature, it took an iconic image and perfectly translated it to a numismatic [...]
After employing mosaics and jigsaw puzzles to impart texture to fine art, Powercoin are back with embroidery for their latest coin One of the more innovative producers of modern collectible coins operating today, Rome-based Powercoin have issued some clever coins over the last decade. Chief amongst them are their popular textured fine art coins, more [...]
Powercoin's hit Micromosaic Passion series is back with a new look, and featuring the artist Frida Kahlo as the subject After a hiatus, Powercoin are revisiting their hit Micromosaic Passion series of three ounce silver coins with an all-new second series. It kicks off with renowned Mexican artist, Frida Kahlo, but as the subject, not the [...]
Powercoin debuts their new industrial proof finish with a striking silver coin inspired by the Deaths-Head Moth A surprise new release from Powercoin, IN GIRUM IMUS NOCTE isn't part of a new series, but a one-off with a cool design and, we suspect, is more about the debut of the new finish used. Called 'Industrial Proof', [...]
Released last September, Powercoin's stunning Zebra coin, the first in its 'Camouflage of Nature' series, was a visually striking piece of numismatic art, and one of our favourite coins released in the whole of 2022. It was a three-ounce, proof finish coin, and you can see and read all about it in our original article HERE. As they [...]
Fun on the beach. A journey through our childhood memories inspires Powercoin's latest silver coin series Powercoin, the Rome-based producer, has carved itself out a great reputation for coins with more unusual styles and themes, going way back almost a decade to their nanochip adorned fine-art issues. Their latest coin, released today, is the first in [...]
