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 [...]
The Greek poet Homer's epic tale 'The Odyssey' is told in a new silver coin series from the Carpathian Mint Homer's Odyssey, an ancient Greek epic poem, chronicles the legendary journey of Odysseus as he strives to return home from the Trojan War. The epic explores themes of heroism, loyalty, temptation, and the struggle between fate [...]
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 [...]
Powercoin's hit Micromosaic Passion series is back with a new look, and featuring the artist Frida Kahlo as the subject After a hiatus, Powercoin are revisiting their hit Micromosaic Passion series of three ounce silver coins with an all-new second series. It kicks off with renowned Mexican artist, Frida Kahlo, but as the subject, not the [...]
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, [...]
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 [...]
Dionysus, the Greek god of a good booze-up, has a party on the sixth in Numiartis' iconic silver coin series There has been an absolute deluge of mythology coins over the last decade, which has eased off somewhat of late, which is a testament to the sheer breadth of subjects in the genre, and the fantastical [...]
The Carpathian Mint brings the warrior queen, Boudica, and the swashbuckling D'Artagnan to numismatic life Two new issues from the Carpathian Mint represent the start of a new series, and the continuation of an existing one. Both feature this producer's favourite format, the two-ounce, rimless, high-relief, antiqued one popularised by the Mint of Poland. It's a [...]
Mint XXI issues the fourth tranche of three coins in its comprehensive look at Greek mythology through numismatics In the last quarter of 2022, Mint XXI launched its ambitious new 36 coin 'Greek Mythology' series with three issues, and have since added six more. It's now time for the fourth tranche of three coins, and we [...]
Coin’s Today adds to its mask stackable silver bullion series, and brings along original sin for the ride Easily one of the best bullion ranges on offer today, the various stackable silver offerings from South Korean producer, Coins Today, are innovate in design, wide-ranging in concept, and outstanding in execution. We've been fortunate to see a [...]
