Numiartis continues its numismatic biography of the Five Tiger Generals, with the controversial Ma Chao

By |2023-12-20T16:39:19+00:00December 20th, 2023|Categories: Culture, History, Silver, Niue Island, Numiartis|

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.

By |2023-12-19T23:34:01+00:00December 19th, 2023|Categories: Culture, History, Gilded, Silver, Cameroon, Niue Island, T&S Coins|

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

By |2023-12-15T21:53:00+00:00December 15th, 2023|Categories: Culture, History, Coloured, Silver, Niue Island, Royal Krakow Mint|

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 [...]

MK Coins expands its ambitious The 9 Dragons series with the Azure and Torch dragons. Here is a gallery.

By |2024-06-07T13:12:40+01:00December 15th, 2023|Categories: Culture, Gilded, Silver, Chad, Mint of MK, The Gold Village|

MK Coins expands its ambitious The 9 Dragons series with the Azure and Torch dragons. Here is a gallery. We produced one of our Coin Series Profiles to this very ambitious range of dragon coins, to keep track of what has been an much faster rate of release than we originally expected. However, MK Coins [...]

MK’s 9 Dragons series reaches the half-way point with the Coiled Dragon. Here are some images.

By |2024-06-07T13:12:41+01:00December 9th, 2023|Categories: Culture, Gilded, Silver, Chad, Mint of MK, The Gold Village|

MK's 9 Dragons series reaches the half-way point with the Coiled Dragon. Here are some images. We've produced one of our Coin Series Profiles to this very ambitious range of dragon coins, with the idea being we'd cover every second or third new release in a news post, with the rest going straight into the profile. [...]

Britannia bullion variants and Platinum (2024 The Royal Mint)

By |2023-12-08T16:38:36+00:00December 8th, 2023|Categories: Quicklooks, Culture, Bullion, Platinum, Silver, United Kingdom, Royal Mint|

A giant in the bullion world, the Royal Mint Britannia, with its Philip Nathan designed depiction of the British female personification, has been a mainstay of the bullion world for over 35 years. Like most major bullion coins, the one-ounce weight class in gold and/or silver, is either the only size available, or by far the most [...]

Hot Wheels Twin Mill 1oz silver coin (2023 MTB / PAMP)

By |2023-12-06T23:18:59+00:00December 6th, 2023|Categories: Quicklooks, Culture, Coloured, Silver, Solomon Islands, PAMP|

It was 55 years ago that Elliot Handler, and his company, Mattel, introduced a new brand of model cars called 'Hot Wheels'. First off the line, and part of what is called the 'Sweet 16', was a dark blue custom Camaro, and it's probably an understatement to say that Hot Wheels became a success from this [...]

The lunar calendar year is more than just 12 animals, and Double Dragon God of Wealth is a striking numismatic reminder

By |2024-06-07T13:14:00+01:00December 4th, 2023|Categories: Culture, Gilded, Silver, Chad, Mint of MK, The Gold Village|

The lunar calendar year is more than just 12 animals, and Double Dragon God of Wealth is a striking numismatic reminder As we rapidly approach the new lunar calendar year, we can look back at a huge range of coin issues celebrating it. The numismatic world is unusual in that it's often a year before [...]

Scottsdale debuts their third Equatorial Guinea Giraffe bullion coin, and there’s Jesus and a Unicorn as well

By |2023-11-28T18:49:32+00:00November 28th, 2023|Categories: Art & Literature, Culture, Bullion, Nature, Gold, Silver, Equatorial Guinea, Ghana, Samoa, Scottsdale Mint|

Scottsdale debuts their third Equatorial Guinea Giraffe bullion coin, and there's Jesus and a Unicorn as well One of the most innovative, and expansive bullion producers in the world today, Scottsdale Mint has a huge range of offerings, encompassing an equally huge range of themes. They continue to cram in as many releases as possible before [...]

World of Cryptids Yeti & Wendigo silver coins (2023 Lithuanian Mint)

By |2023-11-15T21:48:09+00:00November 15th, 2023|Categories: Quicklooks, Culture, Coloured, Silver, Lithuanian Mint, Niue Island|

A quick, and final heads up that the in our view, outstanding ‘World of Cryptids’ series, based on the work of Lithuanian artist, Laimutė Varkalaitė, is drawing to a close. The Lithuanian Mint has released the final two coins for order. Released through 2023 at the rate of about one-per-month, it takes a left field look at [...]

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