Masterpieces in Stone is here with a Rhodonite inset coin celebrating the Venetian Doges Palace

By |2018-01-28T14:08:03+00:00January 28th, 2018|Categories: Architecture, Inserts, Silver, Fiji, Moneda Nueva|

Masterpieces in Stone is here with a Rhodonite inset coin celebrating the Venetian Doges Palace A notoriously tough genre of modern coins to stand out in, the general quality of art-architectural coins is second to none. CIT's much-admired trailblazing 2004 Tiffany Art coin has sprouted a whole range of competing series, one of [...]

An early peek at the Mint of Poland’s Amber Art Renaissance art-architectural coin

By |2018-01-25T19:08:20+00:00January 25th, 2018|Categories: Architecture, Art & Literature, Inserts, Silver, Niue Island, Mint of Poland|

An early peek at the Mint of Poland's Amber Art Renaissance art-architectural coin Back in November 2016, the Mint of Poland (Mennica Polska), launched a new art-architectrual coin, the first in a whole new series, called Amber Art Baroque. The series is called Amber Art because it uses a piece of polished, translucent [...]

Royal Dutch Mint showcases a UNESCO World Heritage Site, the Defence Line of Amsterdam

By |2017-11-23T14:33:48+00:00November 23rd, 2017|Categories: Architecture, History, Gold, Silver, Koninklijke Nederlandse, Netherlands|

Royal Dutch Mint showcases a UNESCO World Heritage Site, the Defence Line of Amsterdam The Stelling van Amsterdam (Defence Line of Amsterdam) is a complete ring of fortifications extending more than 135 km around the city of Amsterdam and is the only example of a fortification based on the principle of controlling [...]

Royal Mint four coin Landmarks of Britain silver bullion coin debuts its second, Tower Bridge

By |2017-11-10T11:18:10+00:00November 10th, 2017|Categories: Architecture, Bullion, Silver, Royal Mint, United Kingdom|

Royal Mint four coin Landmarks of Britain silver bullion coin debuts its second, Tower Bridge The Royal Mint debuted the first of a four-coin limited run silver bullion coin series last year called Landmarks of Britain. Based on a proof set released back in mid 2014, each coin features a street-level perspective [...]

Seventeenth century Lithuanian Radziwill Palace is celebrated with a new silver coin

By |2017-11-02T18:42:17+00:00November 3rd, 2017|Categories: Architecture, Quick Look, Silver, Lithuania, Lietuvos Bankas|

Seventeenth century Lithuanian Radziwill Palace is celebrated with a new silver coin The Bank of Lithuania has issued the first silver coin in its new series "Lithuanian Castles and Manors". With a new coin every year, the range will highlight some of the more impressive historical buildings in this Baltic state. The [...]

Trento and its Buonconsiglio Castle join Italy of Arts series of proof silver coins

By |2017-09-27T11:05:05+01:00September 27th, 2017|Categories: Architecture, Silver, Italy, IPZS Italy|

Trento and its Buonconsiglio Castle join Italy of Arts series of proof silver coins Just north of the stunning Lake Garda in Northern Italy sits Trento, the regional capital of Trentino. While a significant educational, scientific, financial and political centre in the region, it's to the picturesque Medieval and Renaissance historic centre [...]

Italy of the Arts series continues its look at this nations culture with a visit to the city of Matera

By |2017-09-22T01:37:19+01:00September 22nd, 2017|Categories: Architecture, Art & Literature, Silver, Italy, IPZS Italy|

Italy of the Arts series continues its look at this nations culture with a visit to the city of Matera The Italian Mint IPZS (Istituto Poligrafico e Zecca Dello Stato) continues their series of sterling silver coins peeking at the ancient and medieval culture of Italy. Called Italia delle Arte (Art of [...]

Gargoyles and Grotesques heads to Paris with ‘Spitter’ from the incredible Notre Dame cathedral

By |2017-09-09T22:20:08+01:00September 11th, 2017|Categories: Architecture, Silver, Chad, Ibex Coins|

Gargoyles and Grotesques heads to Paris with 'Spitter' from the incredible Notre Dame cathedral A new series from Ibex Coins called Gargoyles and Grotesques debuted just three months ago with a coin that garnered quite a bit of interest amongst collectors. Depicting the fantastical creatures that adorn many of the world's most [...]

Long-running Sacred Art architectural coin series arrives in Paris with the famous Notre Dame Cathedral

By |2017-08-29T15:02:02+01:00August 29th, 2017|Categories: Architecture, Inserts, Silver, Palau, Numiscollect|

Long-running Sacred Art architectural coin series arrives in Paris with the famous Notre Dame Cathedral One of the primary competitors to Coin Invest Trust's seminal Tiffany Art series, Sacred Art has been an annual fixture now since 2011, although the first two years saw three coins issued per year. Struck in 50 [...]

St Pauls Cathedral is the latest epic ceiling to get the four-layered silver coin treatment

By |2017-08-16T09:37:19+01:00August 16th, 2017|Categories: Architecture, Silver, MDM, Samoa|

St Pauls Cathedral is the latest epic ceiling to get the four-layered silver coin treatment The fourth in the well regarded 'four-layer' series of silver architecture coins produced for German dealer MDM has made a surprise entrance. What's the surprise? The series is in its third year and there has been a [...]

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