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 [...]
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. 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. [...]
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 [...]
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 [...]
