Mint of Poland celebrates the Seven Gods of Fortune from Japanese mythology with a high-relief silver coin It's been a while since we took a look at one of the Mint of Poland's two-ounce silver mythology coins that it's issued itself, rather than in partnership with a third party. Their own issues tend to be a [...]
Art Mint's impeccable Mandala Art series draws cultural inspiration from the Indian subcontinent for its ninth issue We've made no secret of our admiration for Art Mint's long-running 'Mandala Art' series, and it's been great to see the series increase in detail over the years as modern minting technology has moved forward. Early issues had intricate [...]
Fun on the beach. A journey through our childhood memories inspires Powercoin's latest silver coin series Powercoin, the Rome-based producer, has carved itself out a great reputation for coins with more unusual styles and themes, going way back almost a decade to their nanochip adorned fine-art issues. Their latest coin, released today, is the first in [...]
A look at the growing size of PMC's intricate 'Nine Sons of the Dragon King' coin, as a new video showcases the 10 kg variant Back in September 2021, Singaporean producer, Precious Metal Collectors, issued a visually striking design as part of their innovative copper-core 'Bi-Metal' range. Depicting the legend of the Nine Sons of the [...]
The Cryptids series from the Lithuanian Mint continues along its path of weirdness with two new issues for March Last month saw the debut of the first in the Lithuanian Mint's new 'Cryptids' series, taking a look at some of the world's more fascinating mythological creatures. The difference here, is that they fall into that mysterious category [...]
The Royal Mint's flagship Britannia proof coin range for 2023 debuts in a full range of sizes and in silver, gold, and platinum The 2023 proof Britannia range, arguably the Royal Mint's flagship product, has debuted today, with an all-new design by Jonathan Olliffe, and using the effigy of King Charles III by Martin Jennings. As [...]
Using high-relief typography is certainly an unusual technique in numismatics, but when your subjects are some of the more iconic sayings and metaphors from history, it becomes all the more appropriate. The subject of the first 'Imprint of Words' coin is a phrase we hear quite often these days, 'Time is Money'. Attributed to the American polymath, Benjamin [...]
The Royal Mint's Tudor Beasts welcomes the Bull of Clarence to its ranks, the fourth issue to date Tudor Beast's returns with the Bull of Clarence. The spiritual successor to the Royal Mint's 'Queen's Beasts' series, this is the fourth in a ten-coin, five-year series, made up of proof gold and silver coins in various formats, [...]
We weren't sure if PEZ would resonate with stackers when it first appeared, but it's fair to say, from the sell-out of every release to date, that it has a healthy fanbase. We've covered them all to date, and there's a full Coin Series Profile up, so you can see them all together. If you're unaware exactly what [...]
Bullion round-up 15: Batman, birds, dragons, scientists, monkeys, and a Slavic sea spirit, Does it get more varied than that! Part two is here, although we called it round-up 15 for clarity, and there's another varied selection from around the world. The Komodo Dragon literally just came out, and barely scraped in, but it's a great [...]
