World of Cryptids 07 Coco silver coin (2023 Lithuanian Mint)

By |2023-06-28T21:31:53+01:00June 28th, 2023|Categories: Quicklooks, Art & Literature, Culture, Coloured, Silver, Lithuanian Mint, Niue Island|

World of Cryptids from the Lithuanian Mint passes its midpoint, with July bringing the seventh issue in this terrific twelve-coin series. The series uses artwork produced by a talented Lithuanian artist named Laimutė Varkalaitė, and depicts mythological creatures and being from all corners of the globe. The original art portfolio of World of Cryptids is far larger than the [...]

The Royal Mint’s celebration of British Music Legends continues with Dame Shirley Bassey, the sixth in the series

By |2023-06-27T23:39:03+01:00June 27th, 2023|Categories: Art & Literature, Gold, Silver, Royal Mint, United Kingdom|

The Royal Mint's celebration of British Music Legends continues with Dame Shirley Bassey, the sixth in the series With a line-up to date that has included such luminaries as Queen, Elton John, David Bowie, The Rolling Stones, and The Who., the Royal Mint's 'Music Legends' series more than lives up to its name. The sixth coin [...]

The most varied range of stackable silver bullion in the world expands further with nature and art the inspiration

By |2023-06-26T06:34:56+01:00June 26th, 2023|Categories: Art & Literature, Nature, Bullion Round, News, Silver, Coins Today KR|

The most varied range of stackable silver bullion in the world expands further with nature and art the inspiration Adding to the wide-ranging and numerous stackable silver offerings from South Korean producer, Coins Today, are a new pair, again, bringing something quite different to an already unique range of designs. The world's of nature and of [...]

Dungeons & Dragons comes to the coin world with the first issue in the Dragonlance Chronicles

By |2023-11-04T14:56:32+00:00June 19th, 2023|Categories: Art & Literature, Coloured, Silver, Carpathian Mint, Niue Island|

Dungeons & Dragons comes to the coin world with the first issue in the Dragonlance Chronicles Is there anybody that hasn't at least heard of Dungeons and Dragons? Next year will see the 50th anniversary of the popular role-playing game, one so iconic it has penetrated almost every field of modern culture. It appears the [...]

After employing mosaics and jigsaw puzzles to impart texture to fine art, Powercoin are back with embroidery for their latest coin

By |2023-06-14T10:41:27+01:00June 14th, 2023|Categories: Art & Literature, Coloured, Silver, Palau, Powercoin|

After employing mosaics and jigsaw puzzles to impart texture to fine art, Powercoin are back with embroidery for their latest coin One of the more innovative producers of modern collectible coins operating today, Rome-based Powercoin have issued some clever coins over the last decade. Chief amongst them are their popular textured fine art coins, more [...]

The innovative Fender series from Swiss producer, MTB-PAMP, returns with a dual-coin set celebrating the Bassman

By |2023-06-07T23:38:10+01:00June 7th, 2023|Categories: Art & Literature, Culture, Coloured, Silver, Singapore, PAMP|

The innovative Fender series from Swiss producer, MTB-PAMP, returns with a dual-coin set celebrating the Bassman We've covered MTB/PAMP's cool range of Fender tribute coins for a couple of years now, and they've been universally appealing, both for the coin collector looking for something a little off the wall, to the Fender fan looking for quality [...]

1515 Rhinoceros by Albrecht Durer gilded silver coin (2023 World Coin Appreciation)

By |2023-06-07T14:01:46+01:00June 7th, 2023|Categories: Quicklooks, Art & Literature, Gilded, Silver, Palau, World Coin Appreciation|

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 [...]

A mermaid princess adorns the latest in Scottsdale Mint’s Pacific themed silver bullion coin range

By |2023-06-06T14:44:53+01:00June 6th, 2023|Categories: Art & Literature, Bullion, Coloured, Silver, Scottsdale Mint|

A mermaid princess adorns the latest in Scottsdale Mint's Pacific themed silver bullion coin rangets Continuing their efforts to add new coins to their numerous bullion series, Scottsdale Mint has released the 2022 Mermaid Princess of the Sea's bullion coin range, the second in the series, and it brings a new variant to the show. Launched [...]

Exclusive first look! Coin’s Today mines the rich religious culture of India for its latest stackable bullion – Ganesha

By |2024-04-19T16:42:03+01:00June 2nd, 2023|Categories: Art & Literature, Culture, Bullion Round, Silver, Coins Today KR|

Exclusive first look! Coin's Today mines the rich religious culture of India for its latest stackable bullion - Ganesha Back with another of their innovative stackable silver bullion releases, Coin's Today dives into the deep, and varied world of Indian mythology, more specifically, that of Hinduism. Revered as the remover of obstacles and the lord of [...]

Ukraine’s cultural identity, and its current turmoil, are used to aid the beleaguered country with charitable coins

By |2023-05-30T13:20:12+01:00May 30th, 2023|Categories: Art & Literature, History, Military, Coloured, Silver, Ghana, MintXXI, Niue Island|

Ukraine's cultural identity, and its current turmoil, are used to aid the beleaguered country with charitable coins The '3-day' invasion of Ukraine by Russia continues past its 460th day, continuing to be the most unnecessary and ill-advised conflict in Europe since the Second World War. This is a coin site, so I'm not going to espouse [...]

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