The legendary literary masterpiece, Don Quixote, inspires a quirky, and amazing new coin over at T&S Coins. Miguel de Cervantes Saavedra was in September 1547 and, like Shakespeare, is widely regarded as the greatest writer in his native language, in his case Spanish. Cervantes had a far more interesting life outside of literature than Shakespeare [...]
Love or politics? Caesar and Cleopatra's relationship continues to garner numismatic attention two millennia later Possibly the most famous, and disruptive, relationship in history, were those between the Egyptian queen, Cleopatra VII, and the Roman generals, Julius Caesar, and Mark Anthony. Caesar was the first to succumb to her charms, bearing him a son they named [...]
T&S Coin start a journey through the land of Oz with a new coin series, and it's joined by the goddess Artemis, and a Bushido Samurai It seems that T&S Coin have been busy lately, with three new releases, two of them the launch coin in new series. We're great admirers of the work put [...]
The Archangel Michael's battle with the fallen angel, Lucifer, springs to life on T&S Coins latest silver coin One of the most powerful beings in the Abrahamic religions, the Archangel Michael was the highest of the angels, and the guardian prince of Israel. Like all figures in religion, there are many stories of his exploits, [...]
A culture and two legendary people from ancient and medieval history are the stars of three new coins from three different producers History, whether it be the great civilisations, epic battles, or pivotal individuals, has always been a choice subject for modern numismatics, which goes some way to explaining why we've covered so many of [...]
Ukraine continues to draw numismatic support for its defence, with issues from Mint XXI and T&S Coin The war in Ukraine rumbles on, with the Ukrainian people still fighting the good fight to get back their country from a completely unnecessary invasion by the Russian Federation. Rapidly heading toward 900 days since it started, the [...]
The Legend of Robin Hood returns to numismatics with a detail-packed, high-relief silver issue from T&S Coin Robin Hood has been a cultural legend in England for centuries, but has travelled far and wide since Victorian times. The story of a man giving up wealth to fight injustice, literally robbing the rich to feed the poor, [...]
T&S Coin follows Sparta with another great legend of the Ancient Greek world - the Trojan War It was only last December that we covered the Sparta release from T&S Coin and came away impressed by it. Today, we're looking at the newly released second issue themed around Ancient Greek history and mythology, Troy, more specifically, [...]
Beauty and the Beast, that classic tale of deep love over superficiality, is brought to life on T&S Coin's latest silver coin Last year, T&S Coin debuted a beautifully designed 'Behind the Mask' coin, built around the idea that evil may hide in plain sight behind a beautiful facade. Their latest coin flips that on [...]
Nymphs, the Ancient Greek personifications of the natural world, shine on a new silver coin from T&S While the gods and goddesses in the Greek Pantheon dealt with the affairs of man, it was left to the lesser deities to pick up the slack in other areas. Enter the Nymphs. Considered in Greek mythology to be [...]
