It's been some three years since Numiscollect added to their History of the Crusades series of silver coins, but we've finally got a new issue, the fourteenth since it debuted in 2009. Each coin has depicted a scene from a specific crusade, the first ten focusing on what we consider the traditional campaigns, and the last four, [...]
Miguel de Cervantes Saavedra, widely regarded as the greatest writer in his native Spanish, wrote his hit novel in 1605. Called ‘The Ingenious Gentleman Don Quixote of La Mancha’, it tells the story of the title character and his many adventures with his horse Rocinante, and his squire, Sancho Panza, most of which are distortions of fantasies [...]
T & S Coin have issued a new coin in their expanding range of two-ounce, high-relief silver coins, and we're heading to that perennial favourite for the subject - Greek mythology. With one of the most varied and unusual pantheons in the ancient world, there are plenty of subjects to choose from, and the choice of the [...]
Le Grand Mint are one of those producers who have a certain style to their coins, and it's a very elegant one. Coins like the Durga range, and the Queen of Creativity issue, have a style all of their own, with the recent Freya being a particular favourite of mine. The quality of the artists that create [...]
In June 2024, Powercoin added the Databank Watch, an homage to all those Casio and Seiko calculator watches that blew people's minds back in the 70s, to their fledgling 'Techstalgic series'. It was the second issue, following the Floppy Disk coin, and was subsequently followed by an Unbreakable Phone, and a Walkman. Those other three coins had [...]
New issues have been added to the micro-coin profiles, specifically the ones for gold, platinum, and palladium. As always, we'll keep these up-to-date as they do come out at quite a fast rate.We've added five new designs to the gold guide, one to the platinum, and one to the palladium. DENOMINATION COMPOSITION DIMENSIONS FINISH MINTAGE [...]
Just a Quicklooks heads-up that the final pair of Scottsdale Mint 'Lucky Dragon' bars are now available to order, and will only be so until 20th April. The two designs this time are Hánshuāng (Winter Frost), and Yèqióng (Night Sky), and the final mintage will be determined by how many are ordered over the seven days they're available. [...]
Initially a three-coin series featuring the warrior goddess in the Hindu religion, Le Grand Mint's gorgeous trio has now been joined by an unexpected fourth issue in the same style. Durga symbolises the triumph of good over evil, and is portrayed as a multi-armed woman, carrying various weapons, and in the company of a big cat, usually [...]
In the final weeks on 2025, Powercoin, one of the more imaginative producers out there, released one of their unusual coins upon the collectors market. Called The Hidden Deck, it was shaped as if a playing card, but not just one fresh out of the deck, it was crumpled up. Enhanced with some perfectly placed antiquing that [...]
T&S Coin, in partnership with North Carolina based US dealer, Pinehurst Coins, have added the 13th issue in their 15-coin series 'Legendary Warriors'. These take famous historical warriors from around the world, and picture them in antiqued high-relief on a two-ounce silver coin, with gilded highlights. The series has maintained a good mix of subjects, and a [...]