New producer, MK, comes in hot, with an epic trimetallic silver Thousand-armed Bodhisattva coin of 188 mm diameter We've seen some impressive examples of copper-cored coins released over the last few years, primarily from Singapore-based Precious Metal Collectors. The concept is quite simple. A large chunk of cheaper metal is sandwiched between layers of silver, [...]
Mint XXI Summer '23: Animals in nature, mythology, and finance feature on new coins We're going to have a look at seven coins, about half the total number in Mint XXI's summer range, and spread them over three posts. This is the first of them, There's quite a varied selection, with the highlight for us [...]
The Perth Mint releases a stunning Asian-iinspired Koi fish silver coin crushing the scales at two kilograms An extremely rare format for the modern collectible coin market, two kilos is quite a beast compared to the usual 1–2 ounces, that make up the vast bulk of the market today. However, the Perth Mint likes to dabble, [...]
The biblical tale of Samson and the lion is the subject of a striking new silver coin We had a look at a new coin by Ukrainian coin designer Yuri Tikhonovsky, and issued by T & S Coin last week called 'Behind the Mask' and came away suitably impressed. It wasn't the only coin released last week, [...]
The Royal Canadian Mint has a history of issuing some extremely attractive kilo-class coins, not simply bigger versions of smaller coin designs, but one-offs meant to be seen at the typically circa-100 mm diameters common to this weight class. At 102.1 mm across, the RCM's latest chonker actually carries a design that would look equally at home on [...]
Evil can hide behind beauty, is the lesson imparted by T&S Coin's stunning new 'Behind the Mask' silver coin Formed earlier this year when Ukrainian coin designer Yuri Tikhonovsky, admired here for his outstanding portfolio, and Evaldas Stralkus, a former director at the Lithuanian Mint, joined forces, T & S Coin have hit the ground running with [...]
The LPM 'Gods of Olympus' bullion recreation of the Perth Mint originals ventures into new territory with Ares The seventh bullion version of the Perth Mint's iconic 'Gods' series of antiqued numismatics has launched, and has veered away from the original numismatic series for the first time. The bullion range has previously taken the designs from the [...]
The Lithuanian Mint showcases its broad talents with a selection of coins from ancient gods to the circus A mint we've covered many times before, but still underserved a little, the Lithuanian Mint has blossomed in recent years to a serious competitor to producers like the Mint of Poland, CIT and Mint XXI, for example. Their [...]
World of Cryptids from the Lithuanian Mint passes its midpoint, with July bringing the seventh issue in this terrific twelve-coin series. The series uses artwork produced by a talented Lithuanian artist named Laimutė Varkalaitė, and depicts mythological creatures and being from all corners of the globe. The original art portfolio of World of Cryptids is far larger than the [...]
A journey through mankind's fascination with dragons continues with the fifth coin in a series by Numiartis Of all the legendary creatures of mythology, the dragon is the one that has inserted itself into the cultures of so many ancient civilisations around the world with ruthless efficiency. Why that is has been a question for the [...]
