Edvard Munch's super-iconic painting, 'The Scream' is reimagined on Mint XXI's latest silver coin Art lives or dies on its ability to evoke emotion, and something that at first glance makes you think 'I could do better than that', suddenly has you entranced, drawn into the emotion that the artist had imparted into the work. A [...]
Powercoin's hit 'Micropuzzle Treasures' series concludes with the only finished panel painting by Michaelangelo, 'Doni Tondo' If aftermarket prices are any indicator, Powercoin's 'Micropuzzle Treasures' series has been something of a hit over the last few years. These three-ounce silver coins take a famous piece of art, and represent it as an incomplete jigsaw puzzle. [...]
A bit later in the year than usual, Scottsdale Mint has finally debuted the first of six 2022 issues in their long-running Biblical Series of two-ounce silver coins. This is the eighth year since the series kicked off, and it was always designed to be a decade long program, building into a sixty-coin set. We were a little [...]
Just a quick heads-up that the tenth in the Czech Mint's nice 'Mythical Creatures' twelve-coin series is now available to buy, and features the Sphinx, most famously known from the millennia old colossal statue that stands guard over the Giza Plateau in Egypt. However, the Greeks also had their own version of the Sphinx, this kind of overlap [...]
The Mint of Poland has been busy. Here's a round-up of the latest releases - Kitsune, Freya, Triton, and more. We've been through phases when it seems like we're covering one Mint of Poland struck coin after another, but after easing off a little, we've found an increasing number of good coins not getting covered, [...]
The most beautiful bullion issue of 2022? The glorious Shield of Henry II of France is Coins Today's latest shield stacker The Medieval period is one where pageantry and the design of arms and armour had great significance, but it was the advent of the Renaissance that saw it taken to the next level. The great [...]
Saint Helena and the East India Company extend their Una & the Lion bullion series with a third release Dating back to Edmund Spencer's 16th century epic poem, 'The Faerie Queen' the tale of Una and the Lion has woven itself into British history and culture ever since. Appearing on a now classic William Wyon coin [...]
World exclusive! The Carpathian Mint launches, with a fine Jules Verne inspired, "Around the World in 80 Days" silver coin Born of a collaboration between Silver Coins Europe, and Pela Coins, the Carpathian Mint launches today, with its first new coin release. There's certainly a great heritage between these two producers. Pela are responsible for many fine [...]
Legendary Lands coin series ascends from the bottom of the sea, to the roof of the world, with a journey to Shambhala It was two years ago that the Mint of Gdańsk debuted its first 'Legendary Lands' silver coin, struck in two-ounces of fine silver, and packed with high-relief. That one pictured the fabled ancient city [...]
The architectural style of the visionary Antoni Gaudi is highlighted on the Mint of Poland's new coin Born in 1852, Catalonian, Antoni Gaudí, is one of the most revered and individualistic architects in modern history. He morphed his passion for nature and religion into a unique style of architecture, one that has its ultimate expression in [...]
