The tale of the Greek hero Theseus, and the terrifying Minotaur, inspire Powercoin's third 'Evil Within' silver coin The 'Evil Within' is a perennial classic in the worlds of myth and legend, so Powercoin's use of the concept for its three-ounce silver coin series has opened up some interesting tales for representation in numismatics. We've already seen [...]
Powercoin's Bengal Tiger adds building blocks to join puzzles and mosaic as inspirations for eclectic coin designs We've always admired Powercoin's knack of finding unusual ways to feature popular objects on silver coins, especially their use of mosaic and puzzles to depict fine art, often from lesser-known artists. Those two series have leaned heavily on [...]
Powercoins 'Eternal Sculptures' series returns with 'Moses', and with a new style and increased weight Whatever your views on religion, it's inarguable it has inspired some great works of art. Biblical figures have always been the subject of choice for the great Renaissance Masters, and the legendary Michelangelo Buonarroti was no exception. One of his finest [...]
Powercoin channels the classic scene from The Seventh Seal. 'Dark Checkmate' is chess with Death itself Imagine sitting opposite the Grim Reaper with nothing but a table between you. On that table sits a chess board and pieces, and you have to win to live! It's the ultimate game of life and death, with only your [...]
Fear Tales returns in time for Halloween with the classic story of Hansel and Gretel Powercoin’s dark numismatic take on the fairy tales that emanated from medieval Europe continues with its third release in the Fear Tales series. It’s easy to forget just how disturbing many of these stories are, given how film studios like Disney [...]
Great Conspiracies continues its journey through the world of crank theories with New World Order Who doesn't love a good conspiracy theory? If there's one thing the Covid-19 pandemic has showcased, it's the often bewildering ideas that people come up with the describe and/or justify a paranoid reasoning of events. One of the older theories [...]
Powercoin's Micropuzzle Treasures returns with a vibrant work by Belarusian modern impressionist painter, Leonid Afremov Back with a second release this year, although this is a 2022 dated coin, Powercoin's much admired 'Micropuzzle Treasures' ditches the usual classics for a modern impressionist painter. Leonid Afremov was a Belarusian artist whoe migrated to Cancun in Mexico via [...]
The Cyborg Revolution is here! Powercoin land ‘The Alien’ to launch a new five issue series Oh well, a few days off turned into a few minutes as we almost immediately got a new coin to report on! As it's a cyborg, I'm taking a break from taking a break and here we are. We always [...]
Powercoin ties up its beautiful Eternal Sculptures series with an epic five ounce Bernini-themed special A nice surprise today sees Powercoin release one final 'tribute' piece in its extremely elegant 'Eternal Sculptures' series of fine art coins. Launched in 2016, the five-coin series showcased some of the world's greatest sculpted masterpieces in a unique way. Employing [...]
Reverie by Mucha is the latest in Powercoins hit Micropuzzle Treasures silver coin series Powercoins hugely popular Micropuzzle Treasure art-themed series is back with a third installment, and it's an artist I don't remember seeing on a coin before, Alfons Mucha. A member of the Art Nouveau movement, he has a unique style and makes a refreshing [...]
