Along with their Robert Lewandowski, and The Witcher series, both extensive in scope, the Mint of Gdańsk recently added the seminal Polish science-fiction author, Stanislaw Lem to its portfolio. A quartet of quite superb silver coins kicked off the programme, with the promise of a pair of gold coins, and a pair of silver coin statues to come. The [...]
The fourth of twelve coins to be released this year in the Lithuanian Mint's 'World of Cryptids' series will be available to buy shortly, and features a South American creature - the Curupira. We're huge fans of this series, with its very distinctive artistic flair. So much so, in fact, that we've knocked up a Coin Series Profile [...]
The third coin in Numiscollect's 'Growing Up' series is available now, and after the lion and the stallion, we have the impressive Brown Bear. The series features an adult animal on the reverse face, struck in smartminted high-relief, and with a black proof finish. The obverse focuses more on the young animal in its natural habitat, as well [...]
Released last September, Powercoin's stunning Zebra coin, the first in its 'Camouflage of Nature' series, was a visually striking piece of numismatic art, and one of our favourite coins released in the whole of 2022. It was a three-ounce, proof finish coin, and you can see and read all about it in our original article HERE. As they [...]
The Mint of Gdańsk continues to work its way through the hugely popular fantasy 'The Witcher' novels of Polish author Andrzej Sapkowski with the launch of the fifth 2 oz silver coin of the eight that will make up the set. This format isn't the only one in the range, as there are one-kilo silver coins, and a proof [...]
Just as they did with their excellent Babylon two-ounce coin, the first in this 'Lost Civilisations' series, Numiscollect are releasing a bigger five-ounce version of the second, Phoenicia and Carthage. As before, there are no changes to the design or layout of the coin, it's simply bigger, and with a mintage of just 149 pieces, considerably rarer.An impressive series, [...]
A real icon in the numismatic world, the Royal Australian Mint's many kangaroo designs have garnered a big audience and several awards along the way. The beautiful 'Kangaroo At Sunset' is an object lesson is heavily stylised, but very simple design, and there have been numerous issues over the years with a similar theme. Indeed, 2023 will mark [...]
While tracing its roots back to the 1880s with its balloon forces, the Italian Air Force, Regia Aeronautica, was created as an independent force on 28 March 1923 by King Vittorio Emanuele III. From early operations in Ethiopia, it grew to fielding over 3,000 aircraft during the Second World War. Split when Italy changed sides in 1943, it [...]
One of the best flora coins on the market, Numiscollect's 'Flowers'series takes full advantage of smartminting to impart impressive high-relief depictions of popular flowers in silver, topped off with some fine quality colouration. The Forget-Me-Not is the fifth issue, following Pink Rose, Daisy, Poppy, and Lotus designs. The style is a simple one, with a flower, struck in [...]
King of the 0.5 gram minigold coin, CIT, recently added a 45th issue to their varied 'Golden Highlights' range. The tiny minigold format has carved out a decently sized niche in the modern numismatic market, and we think that's likely to continue if the price of gold rises again. A very affordable way to buy gold, even though [...]