Mint XXI's Great Greek Mythology series adds Athena, Dionysus, and Hermes for its seventh tranche of releases There's one of each size in the three coins that make up the seventh release tranche in Mint XXI's epic 'Great Greek Mythology' series. A collection of 36 issues, in a mix of 1oz, 2oz, and 3oz sizes, [...]
Tudor Beast's adds proof versions of the Tudor Dragon as its sixth release in a ten-coin program, with bullion to follow The spiritual successor to the Royal Mint's 'Queen's Beasts' series, Tudor Beasts is back with a sixth entrant in this ten-coin series. Designed by David Lawrence, the series is a look at the heraldic history [...]
The Royal Mint and the United States Mint debut their collaborative range of bullion and proof coins Just a quick heads up that today is the day the Royal Mint/US Mint collaborative 'Britannia and Liberty' coin is released. We did a tease of it with information about a month ago, but the full specs are listed [...]
Spectres gives us the choice between a punch in the face or soaring high with their latest pair of shaped silver coins Two new issues have launched today from Singaporean producer, Spectres, with wildly different themes, but utilising the same basic format. Both are antique-finished two-ounce silver coins, issued for Cameroon, shaped, high-relief, and with [...]
Another work from the artist Laimutė Varkalaitė, responsible for the superb World of Cryptids range, Pastel Circus is just as quirky, perhaps even more so. This is a four-coin series, following different incarnations of the red-nosed clown, all of them hinting at a symbolic transformation into a bird. Like we said, quirky... This third issue is called [...]
The Royal Mint and the United States Mint tease a new collaborative coin design from their Chief Engravers A quick heads-up for some interesting news concerning a new collaborative effort between The Royal Mint, and the United States Mint that will develop as the year goes on. The last time this happened was back in September [...]
National buildings, national institutions, heroes of history, and heroes of sport headline the Royal Mint's 2024 circulating designs Hers's a little detour from our break to take a traditional look at the new Royal Mint circulating designs which were unveiled today. Perhaps a less political mix this year, we have a pair of designs marking [...]
Numiartis continues its numismatic biography of the Five Tiger Generals, with the controversial Ma Chao Numiartis continues its run through the legendary Five Tiger Generals of Chinese lore with Ma Chao, the third in the series. The warlord, who died in 222 AD, was not well liked in his time, or by most historians since, [...]
Love and war in numismatics. Cupid and Sparta are the featured extremes on T&S Coins latest two issues. Nobody would argue that 2023 hasn't been a terrific year for new producer T&S Coins. That it's also their first year is something particularly noteworthy, although the pair behind the company, whose initials gave the company its name, [...]
The Royal Kraków Mint celebrates a legend of the Wawel Dragon from the medieval history of its home city Dating back to at least the 13th century, the legend of Smok Wawelski (the Wawel Dragon) tells of a giant dragon that terrorised the city of Kraków, known as a man-eater, but appeased with cattle provided by [...]
