Mars & Ares, Greek and Roman personifications of the same god, kick off a new Mint of Poland coin series

By |2021-03-04T23:12:00+00:00March 4th, 2021|Categories: Art & Literature, History, Gilded, Silver, Niue Island, Mint of Poland|

Mars & Ares, Greek and Roman personifications of the same god, kick off a new Mint of Poland coin series A new series from the Mint of Poland looks at the 'winners and heroes' of the ancient world, although this debut coin seems to concentrate on the duality of gods and how they're seen by the [...]

Stunning ‘Dantes Inferno’ coin followed up by the last book in the ‘Divine Comedy’ trilogy, ‘Paradiso’

By |2021-03-02T21:01:09+00:00March 2nd, 2021|Categories: Art & Literature, Silver, Cameroon, MintXXI|

Stunning 'Dantes Inferno' coin followed up by the last book in the 'Divine Comedy' trilogy, 'Paradiso' One of our highlights of 2020, Dante's Inferno by Mint XXI was a stunning five-ounce silver coin that managed to encapsulate the first of Alighieri Dante's 'Divine Comedy' trilogy, perfectly. Lashings of high-relief, packed with detail and with a terrific [...]

Pobjoy takes up the Queen’s Beasts challenge with the first in a new bi-metallic style proof coin series

By |2021-02-25T18:56:42+00:00February 25th, 2021|Categories: Art & Literature, History, Gilded, British Indian Ocean Territory, Silver, Pobjoy Mint|

Pobjoy takes up the Queen's Beasts challenge with the first in a new bi-metallic style proof coin series One of the best proof/bullion coin series in recent years, in our view, the Royal Mints 'Queen's Beasts' ten-issue series will no doubt go down as a modern numismatic classic. To follow so soon after with your own [...]

Reverie by Mucha is the latest in Powercoins hit Micropuzzle Treasures silver coin series

By |2021-02-24T18:54:36+00:00February 24th, 2021|Categories: Art & Literature, Coloured, Silver, CIT Coin Invest, Palau, Powercoin|

Reverie by Mucha is the latest in Powercoins hit Micropuzzle Treasures silver coin series Powercoins hugely popular Micropuzzle Treasure art-themed series is back with a third installment, and it's an artist I don't remember seeing on a coin before, Alfons Mucha. A member of the Art Nouveau movement, he has a unique style and makes a refreshing [...]

The Witcher is the world’s first silver statue legal-tender coin, and it’s a beauty

By |2022-06-08T15:58:28+01:00February 24th, 2021|Categories: Art & Literature, Miniatures, Niue Island, Mint of Gdansk|

The Witcher is the world's first silver statue legal-tender coin, and it's a beauty We've seen a small increase in the number of miniatures/statuettes over the last few years, mainly with a range from the New Zealand Mint related to its various entertainment franchises (Disney, Star Trek, DC), and from Heads or Tales with a fine dinosaur [...]

Smash hit Great Engravers coin series returns with William Wyons stunning Three Graces design

By |2021-02-24T17:13:58+00:00February 23rd, 2021|Categories: Art & Literature, History, Gold, Silver, Royal Mint, United Kingdom|

Smash hit Great Engravers coin series returns with William Wyons stunning Three Graces design: UPDATE A massive hit for the Royal Mint in 2019, 'Great Engravers' is a premium range of coins celebrating the work of the earlier Royal Mint master engravers. The debut coin was a gorgeous bringing to life of William Wyon's 'Una [...]

CIT Winter Launch: Ravana, the Hindu ‘Big Bad’, is the fourth in their dimensional deities series of gilded coins

By |2021-02-18T15:42:51+00:00February 18th, 2021|Categories: Art & Literature, Culture, Gilded, Silver, Cook Islands, CIT Coin Invest|

CIT Winter Launch: Ravana, the Hindu 'Big Bad', is the fourth in their dimensional deities series of gilded coins The fourth of CIT's dimensional deities coins is now upon us and in a break from past tradition, goes with one of the baddies in ancient lore. Ravana is an important presence in the rather large Hindu [...]

‘Icons of Innovation’ bullion coin series from APMEX launches with the ‘father of modern science’, Galileo

By |2021-02-17T23:05:39+00:00February 17th, 2021|Categories: Art & Literature, Bullion, Gold, Silver, Tokelau|

'Icons of Innovation' bullion coin series from APMEX launches with the 'father of modern science', Galileo It isn't just the fictional world of H.P. Lovecraft thats getting the bullion coin treatment at APMEX as the US-based mega-'dealer has also launched a very pretty new coin series based firmly in reality. 'Icons of Inspiration' will look at [...]

The Mr. Men celebrate 50 years with a new three-design coin range from the Royal Mint

By |2021-02-16T00:57:16+00:00February 16th, 2021|Categories: Art & Literature, Coloured, Gold, Silver, Royal Mint, United Kingdom|

The Mr. Men celebrate 50 years with a new three-design coin range from the Royal Mint Over 28 countries, the Mr. Men series of childrens books has sold over 100 million books since the first was published in 1971. Mr. Men expanded to Little Miss in 1981, and writing honours passed to creator Roger Hargreaves son, [...]

APMEX tiptoes through the dark imagination of H.P. Lovecraft with its first Cthulhu bullion coin release

By |2021-02-15T08:11:15+00:00February 15th, 2021|Categories: Art & Literature, Bullion, Gold, Silver, Tokelau|

APMEX tiptoes through the dark imagination of H.P. Lovecraft with its first Cthulhu bullion coin release The tortured mind of Howard Phillips Lovecraft brought forth one of the most vivid and unusual fictional universes in the history of literature. The Cthulhu Mythos spans billions of years and is populated by creatures of almost unimaginable size [...]

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