PMC tap into the Asian belief in luck and good fortune with the Triple Infinity Dragons coin Our coverage of the increasingly prolific Singaporean producer, Precious Metal Collectors (PMC), eclectic range kicks off in 2023 with their latest issue, Triple Infinity Dragons. The coin is not one of their B-Metal range, employing a silver skin over a [...]
The NHS, Flying Scotsman, Windrush Generation, JRR Tolkein, and King Charles III headline the Royal Mint's 2023 circulating coins Time for the Royal Mint to reveal its base circulating coin designs for 2023, so we've popped back from our holiday break to post up the designs for your perusal. There's always been a huge selection of anniversaries [...]
Decorated in 530 BCE by the Euphiletos Painter, the Panathenaic Amphora is a terracotta amphora painted as a victory prize for that year's Panathenaic Games in Athens. The 622 mm tall vase has on one side a depiction of Athena Promachos, a common image on this type of pottery, and on the other side is a stadion (foot [...]
Followers of Scottsdale Mint's epic, decade-long Biblical Series of Gustave Dore inspired coins will be pleased to know it rumbles on. It was June before we saw the first of the six, rapidly followed by the second in July, but we haven't seen a new issue until now. This is the 45th of the 60 coins in the [...]
With art becoming ever more popular in the coin world, from Precious Metal Collector's extensive range, to the Mint of Poland's offerings, we're finally seeing a smattering of subjects a little more off the beaten track. The masters, like Klimt, Van Gogh, and Da Vinci, for example, have always been the golden boys, but the Helvetic Mint's latest offering [...]
Polish science-fiction legend, Stanislaw Lem, embarks on a multi-year, multi-format coin program, starting with his opus, 'Solaris' On any list of the greatest science-fiction authors of all time, you'll probably find Polish writer, Stanislaw Lem. Many of his works, including Solaris, the most well-known, dealt with a human failure to communicate with alien intelligence, and [...]
A video round-up of art-themed releases from the innovative Singapore producer, Precious Metal Collectors One of our favourite producers issuing coins today, Precious Metal Collectors, has been on a bit of a mission over the last couple of months, releasing quite a packed programme of new coins. The subjects vary quite a bit, but at their [...]
Greek mythology, a 36-coin series, continues with the second trio of releases, Achilles, Demeter, and Cerberus, the three-headed mutt Just a couple of months ago, Mint XXI launched its ambitious new 36 coin 'Greek Mythology' series, and we loved the first trio of coins. To be released over a four-year period in a mix of three [...]
Still rockin' after sixty years, the legendary Rolling Stones are celebrated on the Royal Mints new proof coin range One thing you can't accuse Britain of is being short of musical legends, so you can't criticise the Royal Mint for issuing a series of coins simply called 'Music Legends'. The choice of subjects seems endless, and [...]
The fourth and last of the Czech Mint's 'Jungle Book' coins is now available, and features the Wolf Pack and Akela. This has been, stylistically, a very distinctive series by artist, Asamat Baltaev, and is based on the classic Rudyard Kipling book, with not a sign of Disney nonsense anywhere to be seen. All the coins [...]
