Albrecht Dürer's now iconic 'Rhinoceros' has appeared on coins a few times over the last decade, most notably with Art Mint's excellent antiqued issue from late 2021. One of the most famous artists to come out of the Northern Renaissance, Dürer was especially noted for his woodcuts, which often make the transition to coins really well. Scottsdale Mint's [...]
Continuing one of the few non-pop culture series the NZ Mint currently releases, Queen Cleopatra is the third in the 'Women of History' series of one-ounce silver coins. The series is casting a wide net, starting with the early 20th century Polish-French physicist, Marie Curie, then jumping back in time to feature the British warrior queen, Boudicca. With [...]
Despite our desire for a little break from covering bullion coins, after a swathe of them hit us over the last ten days, they continue to come, so I guess here we are. Fortunately, it's yet another good one, continuing what has been a golden age for limited mintage bullion going back over the last few years. One [...]
The Lithuanian Mint's super-cool 'World of Cryptids' series, complete with its esoteric art style, hits the half-way mark with the release of Bunyip. Depicting half-believed creatures across the globe, the 12 coins in the set are a subset of a considerably larger body of work of the same name, drawn by a single Lithuanian artist, Laimutė Varkalaitė.The coins will [...]
No sooner than covering 20 new bullion coins and looking forward to a break, another one comes out. Scottsdale Mint seems to be on a mission to get up to date on 2022 issues, and the Ghana-issued 'African Leopard' is the next in line. Launched in 2017 in silver form, there's been a new design every year since, [...]
More fine art today, this time in considerably more recognisable, with the release of the 18th (we think) in the Mint of Poland's 'Treasures of World Painting' series. Launching in 2019 with six coins, there were three more in 2020, and four each in 2021 and 2022. The release we're looking at here is the first in 2023, and [...]
Designed by Miroslav Schovanec, this 18 gram, 34 mm, 0.900 silver coin is issued to mark a centenary since Czechoslovak Radio started broadcasting on 18 May 1923. The Slovak Radio Building takes pride of place on the reverse, above which is a transmitter tower sending forth radio waves. Behind the waves is an outline map of Czechoslovakia. Impressively, [...]
Due to take place in Osaka, Japan over 184 days from April 13th 2025, EXPO 2025 will showcase technologies from around the world meant for the betterment of mankind, and a more harmonious balance between us, and nature. As cynics, we think it'll be more of a token showing by the world's biggest corporations, designed to placate opinion, while [...]
We've seen a few Beethoven coins over the last few years, most recently an impressive piece from Art Mint, but we haven't seen one done in such a unique way as this one. Wax seals have been a part of the government machine, mostly during the age of monarchy as the ultimate power, for literally hundreds of years. Once [...]
A couple of new bullion coins from Scottsdale Mint have debuted. The first of them is the second in their Shoebill Stork series issued for the Democratic Republic of Congo. This strange, prehistoric-looking bird is a great idea for a coin series, and for the 2022 coin, they've depicted the bird in flight, and with a more ornate [...]