Mint of Poland celebrates the Seven Gods of Fortune from Japanese mythology with a high-relief silver coin It's been a while since we took a look at one of the Mint of Poland's two-ounce silver mythology coins that it's issued itself, rather than in partnership with a third party. Their own issues tend to be a [...]
The story of how the Ancient Egyptians honoured their dead is explored in the second Rites of Passage silver coin After skipping 2022, Numiscollect's 'Rites of Passage' series returns with its second issue. A fascinating subject for a coin series, the way our ancestors celebrated the death of their leaders and important people could almost [...]
Art Mint's impeccable Mandala Art series draws cultural inspiration from the Indian subcontinent for its ninth issue We've made no secret of our admiration for Art Mint's long-running 'Mandala Art' series, and it's been great to see the series increase in detail over the years as modern minting technology has moved forward. Early issues had intricate [...]
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 [...]
The Gichukmyeong Amitabha Buddha Statue is reproduced in silver for Coins Today's latest bullion offering In late 2021, South Korean producer, Coin's Today, released a new bullion product in half a kilo of silver, reproducing an old Buddhist votive stele. These were stone tablets replete with carved scenes of Buddhist life and myth, and displayed in [...]
A look at the growing size of PMC's intricate 'Nine Sons of the Dragon King' coin, as a new video showcases the 10 kg variant Back in September 2021, Singaporean producer, Precious Metal Collectors, issued a visually striking design as part of their innovative copper-core 'Bi-Metal' range. Depicting the legend of the Nine Sons of the [...]
The Cryptids series from the Lithuanian Mint continues along its path of weirdness with two new issues for March Last month saw the debut of the first in the Lithuanian Mint's new 'Cryptids' series, taking a look at some of the world's more fascinating mythological creatures. The difference here, is that they fall into that mysterious category [...]
Without question, one of the more unusual coin ranges of recent years, Numiscollect's 'Dot Art' series brings Pointillism to numismatics. The concept of pointillism is fundamentally simple, using coloured dots to build up an image that becomes more cohesive as you move away from it. It's very effective. Indeed, before the advent of digital, newspapers used a dot [...]
Number 46 of the 60 coins in Scottsdale Mint's epic 'Biblical Series' is upon us, and it's Samson and the Gates of Gaza this time around. He's depicted coming home from Ikea after a trip with Delilah, and she obviously decided to buy the big gate, Bakbrayka. What man doesn't sympathise with him? Hopefully, Delilah bought him some [...]
Mint XXI's expansive look at the world of Greek Mythology continues with the third trilogy of new releases joining the pantheon Last September, Mint XXI launched its ambitious new 36 coin 'Greek Mythology' series with three issues, and followed it up in December with a second trio. Now, the third is here. The series will be [...]
