The Cryptids series from the Lithuanian Mint continues along its path of weirdness with two new issues for March

By |2023-03-10T15:01:04+00:00March 10th, 2023|Categories: Art & Literature, Culture, Coloured, Silver, Lithuanian Mint, Niue Island|

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

By |2023-03-08T16:03:03+00:00March 8th, 2023|Categories: Culture, History, Gold, Silver, United Kingdom, Royal Mint|

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 [...]

Imprint of Words: Time Is Money silver coin (2023 Mint XXI)

By |2023-03-06T14:19:43+00:00March 6th, 2023|Categories: Quicklooks, Culture, Coloured, Silver, Cameroon, MintXXI|

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

By |2023-09-26T13:43:22+01:00March 3rd, 2023|Categories: Culture, History, Gold, Silver, Royal Mint, United Kingdom|

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, [...]

Bullion round-up 15: Batman, birds, dragons, scientists, monkeys, and a Slavic sea spirit, Does it get more varied than that!

By |2023-03-01T22:01:23+00:00March 1st, 2023|Categories: Culture, Bullion roundup, APMEX, Bullion, Coloured, Nature, Australia, Barbados, Gold, Silver, Cameroon, Mint of Gdansk, National Bank of Serbia, Samoa, Serbia, Perth Mint, Scottsdale Mint|

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 [...]

The Knight is the second in Coins Today’s journey through chess pieces in stackable silver bullion form

By |2023-02-28T11:20:49+00:00February 28th, 2023|Categories: Culture, Bullion Round, Sport, Coins Today KR|

The Knight is the second in Coins Today's journey through chess pieces in stackable silver bullion form Creators of some of the finest, and most imaginative bullion products around, Coins Today's 'Stackable' range is the South Korean producer at its best. Amongst their cultural and historical ranges sits this particularly unusual series based on the age-old [...]

Bullion round-up 14: Germania, Czechia, & Slovakia issue new coins and there’s the snake of your worst nightmares

By |2023-03-30T21:30:52+01:00February 27th, 2023|Categories: Bullion roundup, Culture, Bullion, Bullion Round, Coloured, Nature, Gold, Silver, Congo, Czech Republic, Czech Mint, Emporium Hamburg, Germania Mint, Slovakia, South Africa, South African Mint|

Bullion round-up 14: Germania, Czechia, Slovakia, & South Africa get fine new issues, and there's the snake of your worst nightmares Our latest bullion coin round-up is actually the first of two parts, as there are just so many of them to look at in a single post. The other part should be up either [...]

Mint XXI’s expansive look at the world of Greek Mythology continues with the third trilogy of new releases joining the pantheon

By |2023-02-22T17:32:45+00:00February 22nd, 2023|Categories: Art & Literature, Culture, Gilded, Silver, Cameroon, MintXXI|

Mint XXI's expansive look at the world of Greek Mythology continues with the third trilogy of new releases joining the pantheon Last September, Mint XXI launched its ambitious new 36 coin 'Greek Mythology' series with three issues, and followed it up in December with a second trio. Now, the third is here. The series will be [...]

The Royal Mint’s ‘Myths & Legends’ bullion series moves from Sherwood Forest to Camelot, and adds proof versions

By |2023-02-20T00:56:11+00:00February 20th, 2023|Categories: Culture, Bullion, Gold, Silver, Royal Mint, United Kingdom|

The Royal Mint's 'Myths & Legends' bullion series moves from Sherwood Forest to Camelot, and adds proof versions Myths's and Legends was a new Royal Mint bullion coin series that mined the legend of Robin Hood to produce three designs, ending last year. We'd heard early on that this would be a relatively big series, possibly [...]

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