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 [...]
Clockwork Evolution returns with the slow, precise movements of the turtle going mechanical on Powercoin's latest Our biomechanical overlords are back! Powercoin's stylish Clockwork Evolution series has just debuted its third issue, following the Bee design in late 2020, and a particularly nice Ladybird design earlier this year. That latter coin was the 2021 issue, delayed [...]
After failing to cheat Death at chess, Powercoin tries a game of poker, with their second 'You Can't Cheat Death' coin The battle with Death for the right to life has left the chessboard and headed to the gaming table for a deadly hand of poker. Last February, Powercoin launched a new series of three-ounce silver [...]
Powercoin extends its Micromosaic Passion, and Cyborg Revolution series with five classic ladies and an angry doggy Along with their Micropuzzle Treasure series, Micromosaic Passion was an interesting concept whereby finely struck lines, in conjunction with high-quality colour, gave the impression the image was built up of smaller pieces. The puzzle coins were very well done, [...]
