The Royal Mint expands its Tudor Beasts, Shēngxiào Lunars, and Myths & Legends ranges with new proof quality additions Here, we're having a quick round-up of the latest issues from the Royal Mint, which are additions to three of their longer running series. The latest Tudor Beast design is shown, as is the next Shēngxiào [...]
Egyptian gods, fallen angels, a sorceress, a pair of eagles, and the strength within us, are all inspiring new coins. Mint of MK has been busy! The Mint of MK powers on with a packed release schedule, far too many for us to cover in full, so as we've done in the past, we've picked out [...]
Launched early this year, Germania Mint had a surprise hit on its hands with a new range of two-ounce cast silver bars. They were consistently sized and shaped, with the big differentiator being some sublime colour artwork on one side. In try Germania Mint style, they were themed around the numismatic world they've created based on the [...]
Art Mint's 'Four Elementals' silver coin series continues with water, and the Undine, a nymph whose fate is tied to loyalty Earth, air, fire and water, the four elements that have entered the popular consciousness as the building blocks of the natural world. Dating back to the Hellenistic period, it was the Greek philosopher Empedocles [...]
Christmas is coming, and Mint XXI debuts a pair of half-ounce silver coins featuring Santa, and his android doppelgänger We rarely cover coins themed for the holidays, like Christmas, Easter, and the like, as they tend to be heavily skewed towards the gift market, rather than for the collectors who frequent our establishment, It doesn't help that [...]
Coins Today continues its four-issue angelic bladed weapons series of silver miniatures with the Halberd of Raphael After the release of the Sword of the Archangel Michael, emblazoned with a famous prayer to him, and then a similarly decorated Sword of Saint Gabriel design, each formed in 2.5 ounces of fine silver, today sees the [...]
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, [...]
AgAuShoot: 2024 Ragnarök: Sköll & Hati: Germania Mint kicks off a high-relief coin series themed around the Norse apocalypse Ragnarök, the Norse vision of the destruction of the entire cosmos, right down to the gods themselves, remains a common them in modern culture, often replacing the word Armageddon. It's an epic tale, and a pillar of [...]
The Royal Mint's love of childrens classic tales continues with a new Gruffalo coin range It was back in February 2019 that the Royal Mint debuted a fifty-pence coin celebrating the 20th anniversary of the children's book, 'The Gruffalo'. It was the simple tale of a mouse's walk through the woods. In 2005, writer and playwright [...]
Sherlock Holmes ‘A Study in Scarlet’ reveals itself on a new pair of silver coins from Mint of Gdansk A literary legend, British author Arthur Conan Doyle's fictional detective, Sherlock Holmes, has captured the imagination of readers since he first appeared in 1887. Over the next four decades, a total of 4 novels, and 56 short [...]
