Mint XXI jumps back to Dante’s ‘Purgatorio’ to finish up their outstanding ‘Divine Comedy’ trilogy of silver coins

By |2021-11-24T13:58:26+00:00November 24th, 2021|Categories: Art & Literature, Silver, Cameroon, MintXXI|

Mint XXI jumps back to Dante's 'Purgatorio' to finish up their outstanding 'Divine Comedy' trilogy of silver coins Undoubtedly one of the highlights of last year, Mint XXI's stunning Divine Comedy: Inferno, was a gorgeous interpretation of the classic Medieval Italian literary work by Dante Alighieri. The Divine Comedy is a three part work, so it [...]

Retrofuturism is the subject of MTB/PAMP’s latest shaped coin series, a stylish nod to the Golden Age of sci-fi

By |2021-11-22T14:54:39+00:00November 22nd, 2021|Categories: Art & Literature, Coloured, Silver, Solomon Islands, PAMP|

Retrofuturism is the subject of MTB/PAMP's latest shaped coin series, a stylish nod to the Golden Age of sci-fi Who doesn't long for a simpler time? The modern world bombards us on a daily basis with reams of information requiring attention, constant floods of news, often negative (because that's what a news media transitioned from [...]

Gibraltar rejoins the Scottsdale Mint’s bullion portfolio with its four-variant Perseus and Medusa’s Head by Cellini

By |2021-11-19T12:07:10+00:00November 19th, 2021|Categories: Art & Literature, Bullion, Gold, Silver, Gibraltar, Scottsdale Mint|

Gibraltar rejoins the Scottsdale Mint's bullion portfolio with its four-variant Perseus and Medusa's Head by Cellini Back with another bullion coin, just a week or so after the launch of its latest Eastern Caribbean 8 issue, is the Scottsdale Mint with a new one for Gibraltar. A prolific producer, Scottsdale has a mix of solo and series [...]

A round-up of new releases at the Mint of Poland – from ancient history to modern love

By |2021-11-10T17:31:18+00:00November 10th, 2021|Categories: Art & Literature, Culture, History, Military, Nature, Coloured, Gilded, Inserts, Silver, Cameroon, Niue Island, Mint of Poland|

A round-up of new releases at the Mint of Poland - from ancient history to modern love One of the most innovative and prolific mints out there, we've long admired the Mint of Poland for its great design and fine strikes. A huge player in the ultra-popular ancient world genre of coins, they actually cover a [...]

Hercules is the latest Demigod to join the high-relief silver coin series from Numiartis

By |2021-11-05T21:16:48+00:00November 5th, 2021|Categories: Art & Literature, History, Inserts, Silver, Niue Island, Numiartis|

Hercules is the latest Demigod to join the high-relief silver coin series from Numiartis Demigods returns! The two-ounce, high-relief silver coin series from German producer Numiartis first appeared in 2017 with a neat Achilles issue, followed up a year later by an even better Perseus one. It's been quiet on the demigod-front for the last couple [...]

Striking Achilles Shield bullion stacker is back, and it’s grown to a kilo in size

By |2021-11-05T11:19:34+00:00November 5th, 2021|Categories: Art & Literature, History, Bullion Round, Silver, Coins Today KR|

Striking Achilles Shield bullion stacker is back, and it's grown to a kilo in size Launching in July, Coins Today released what is easily one of the prettiest bullion coins of recent years - Achilles Shield. A stackable round (one that has an imprint of the reverse design on the obverse, so they can lock together), [...]

Italian renaissance writer, Dante Alighieri, is celebrated in gilded silver 700 years after his death

By |2021-11-02T21:38:58+00:00November 2nd, 2021|Categories: Art & Literature, People, Gilded, Silver, Palau|

Italian renaissance writer, Dante Alighieri, is celebrated in gilded silver 700 years after his death Considered by many to be one of the finest and most influential literary works in history, The Divine Comedy by Italian writer Dante Alighieri needs little introduction. It's inspired a few coin issues of late, especially a stunning pair from [...]

Biblical Series coins 39 and 40 (2021 Scottsdale Mint)

By |2021-11-02T00:06:24+00:00November 2nd, 2021|Categories: Quicklooks, Art & Literature, Silver, Niue Island, Scottsdale Mint|

We're sure that you've seen one of our previous news posts about Scottsdale Mint's Biblical Series if you've ever been here before, given the series has been running for seven years with six releases in every one of them. Always an epic endeavour, the series will eventually encompass sixty coins released over a ten-year period.Each coin is based [...]

Winnie the Pooh 6/9 – Tigger (2021 Royal Mint)

By |2021-10-31T20:29:51+00:00November 1st, 2021|Categories: Quicklooks, Art & Literature, Coloured, Silver, Royal Mint, United Kingdom|

Just a quick heads-up that the Royal Mint will be issuing the last of the second trio of coins in their three-year, nine-coin series of fifty pence proof coins celebrating Winnie the Pooh. We know the gold ones in particular are very quick sellers , hence the reminder. We've already covered this series in more detail for [...]

The tragic story of Daedalus and Icarus inspires a striking new ultra-high relief silver coin

By |2021-10-30T00:29:19+01:00October 29th, 2021|Categories: Art & Literature, History, Silver, Niue Island, Mint of Gdansk, Mint of Poland|

The tragic story of Daedalus and Icarus inspires a striking new ultra-high relief silver coin Mythology coins almost overwhelmingly focus on the major players, such as gods, demons and otherworldly creatures, so it's a pleasant surprise to see a new series simply called 'Mythology' that focuses its attention elsewhere. Amongst the stories of gods smiting and heroes [...]

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