It's always great to see the debut issue in a new series from the Czech Mint, who, like the Mint of Poland, have quite an outward looking policy when it comes to subjects. This time we have quite a rarity in that it's a three-ounce silver range, bigger than the mints usual offerings. The series of six coins [...]
Mint of MK adds Bone Demons, Norse goddesses, witches, and a flat earth coin for those who like the make-believe worlds we create The Mint of MK continues to expand its broad range of low mintage coins, and in an effort to keep up, we've another round-up of four of the latest ones that caught our eye [...]
Coins Australia and the Perth Mint debut a beautiful five-ounce silver coin celebrating the Chinese classic Dragon & Phoenix The Perth Mint has a fine history of releasing coins celebrating Asian culture, not just through its ultra-iconic Lunar Series of bullion coins, but through a wide range of coins covering an equally wide range of styles [...]
Mythical Creatures form the basis of a new shaped silver series, starting with that most popular of them all - the Dragon Coins Today continues to push the envelope with their undenominated silver range, and are following up their outstanding sword series with an attractive look at mythical creatures. The first of these is this [...]
CIT Summer Launch: A cowboy hat and the return of the spinning top coin showcase the extreme end of smartminting's talents The CIT Summer Launch is upon us, and around two-dozen new issues have debuted as part of it. As always an eclectic mix, we usually do a preview using the CIT videos to kick off [...]
While it was the post-WW2 period that saw an explosion in the popularity of the Jukebox, they can trace their heritage back to 1889, when Louis Glass and William Arnold invented the nickel-in-the-slot phonograph. Progress from there was measured, but in 1946, Wurlitzer launched the 1015, that went on to sell a phenomenal 56,000 units in its [...]
The latest release from Coin's Today is another of those weird ones. We have an ice-cream shaped silver piece with an identical design on both faces (it isn't a denominated coin), and in three different colours. It really is as simple as that! Each cone weighs in at half an ounce, and is struck to a proof [...]
The Great Greek Mythology silver coin series continues with a ninth batch of three - Hera, Odysseus, and the winged horse Pegasus Coins 25, 26, and 27 in Mint XXI's epic 36-coin 'The Great Greek Mythology' series of mix-sized silver coins are now out, and there's one of each size -1oz, 2oz, and 3oz. Overall, [...]
Perseus, and his most powerful adversary, the Gorgon Medusa, are depicted on a shield-shaped silver coin from Mint of MK Our catching up on coverage of mint of MK's output of the last month continues apace from its start yesterday, and this time it's a return to ancient mythology, Greek to be more specific. This is [...]
The Royal Mint dives into its historical collection with the launch of a stunning new series, 'The Great Seals of the Realm' Before we had cryptography, secure post, or electronic communications, we had seals. Carved into a solid material, originally stone, but later moving to semi-precious materials like jade and ivory, wood, or even gold and [...]
