A sci-fi horror movie that changed the genre provides fertile inspiration for Spectres new Alien Dagger silver coin "In space, no one can hear you scream." With that tagline, Alien burst onto movie screens in 1979 and forever changed science-fiction horror. Previously full of rubber-suited actors shuffling around what directors thought a spaceship would look like, [...]
Qin Shi Huang, the first Emperor of China, created the Heirloom Seal of the Realm to mark his power. Spectres reimagines it in silver. For centuries, what is now China was a mass of disparate fiefdoms controlled by warlords, and fighting between them was constant. Born in 259 BCE the son of King Zhuangxiang of Qin, [...]
The Axe of Ganesha is Spectres latest foray into weapon-shaped coins, and it's an extravagant one When you have lots of arms, you get to carry a lot of stuff, and that applies perfectly to the Hindu deity, Ganesha. The elephant-headed god is one of the most beloved in the Hindu pantheon, and known for his four [...]
Shaped weapon coins reach new levels of esoterica, with Spectres new Dragon Claw Blade Shaped, dimensional weapon coins have come from nowhere to being one of the more inventive, and popular genres in recent years. Several producers issue these, and some are quite extraordinary, encompassing historical weapons like Tutankhamun's blade, and mythological blades of various types. [...]
"It's the greatest coin, people say it's the best coin ever, and shiny, so very shiny". Trump is The Punisher on Spectres highly unusual issue It's fair to say that Donald J. Trump has appeared on more coins and medals than just about any US President, which given his talents for self-promotion, his cult of personality, [...]
Spectres releases a striking two-ounce, three-dimensional, silver baseball coin Today, the coin producer, Spectres, joins a small group who've released spherical coins. German producer, MDM, has issued several in the past, including planetary ones, and some sports coins, primarily football (the proper one) and cricket, and even hefty, solid, one-kilo offerings. Spectres coin is hollow, which [...]
Odin's legendary spear, Gungnir, is the latest mythological weapon of war to get the silver miniature treatment One of the richest, and most beloved of the ancient mythologies, is that of the Norse peoples. The pantheon of deities is both expansive, and full of fascinating characters, all under the watchful eye of Odin, the leader of [...]
Spectres heads to Ancient Rome, with Julius Caesar, the second in its Masters of War high-relief silver coin series Even by the standards of the ancient world, the name Julius Caesar is an iconic one, perhaps even more so than the legendary Alexander the Great, who Caesar so admired. Before he became the leader of [...]
After a fine debut with its Holy Lance dimensional coin, Spectres moves to the 20th-century United States with Teddy Roosevelt's hunting knife Just four months ago, Spectres surprised us with a fully dimensional coin shaped like the famous 'Holy Lance' held in the Imperial Regalia in Vienna. Purported to be, quite incorrectly, the spear that [...]
Here's our latest look at some of the standout new coin issues from various producers (Week 40 2024) As you know, we always try to cover as many new coins as we can, but the fact remains, the number of new releases every month is way more than we can handle. Moving forward on a [...]
