The Mint of Poland has been busy. Here's a round-up of the latest releases - Kitsune, Freya, Triton, and more. We've been through phases when it seems like we're covering one Mint of Poland struck coin after another, but after easing off a little, we've found an increasing number of good coins not getting covered, [...]
The Titans series from Numiartis returns with Rhea, the mother of the gods After Cronus and Atlas, Numiartis are back in the world of Greek mythology with Rhea. As with virtually all the gods and goddesses in this pantheon, she has a dubious history. The daughter of Gaia and Uranus (mother and son), she is the [...]
Our Bullion Coin Profile of AllCollect's neat Predators: Extinct series was put together a couple of years ago, and covered the first seven coins in the series. This is not an easy series to follow, it isn't even featured on the producer's own site, and virtually no dealer (even APMEX, who have most of them), has them all. [...]
Saint Helena and the East India Company extend their Una & the Lion bullion series with a third release Dating back to Edmund Spencer's 16th century epic poem, 'The Faerie Queen' the tale of Una and the Lion has woven itself into British history and culture ever since. Appearing on a now classic William Wyon coin [...]
Sitting proudly on Liberty Island in New York Harbour, the Statue of Liberty is a 93 m tall neoclassical sculpture, donated by the people of France to the people of the United States. Dedicated on October 28, 1886 after over a decade in construction, the statue was designed by French sculptor Frédéric Auguste Bartholdi and built by the [...]
Legendary Lands coin series ascends from the bottom of the sea, to the roof of the world, with a journey to Shambhala It was two years ago that the Mint of Gdańsk debuted its first 'Legendary Lands' silver coin, struck in two-ounces of fine silver, and packed with high-relief. That one pictured the fabled ancient city [...]
A peek behind the curtains to see what's to come, with CIT's new retro-inspired Daydreamer: Future proof silver coin Robots, spaceships, flying cars, and buildings towering into the sky, have all been popular elements in science-fiction, dating back to the early 20th century, and in some forms, as far as Victorian times. Fritz Lang's seminal 1927 [...]
The Crane is the third of the legendary Shaolin kung-fu fighting styles in Mint XXI's silver coin series The origins of Shaolin Kung-fu are still debated today. Some say it appeared in the early 6th century, imported by an Indian monk, Bodhidarma, who had created a group of 18 exercises for the development of a strong [...]
Scottsdale Mint's hewn-edged Terracotta Warrior bullion coin series debuts a belated 2021 release Better late than never, as the old saying goes, Scottsdale Mint has debuted the fourth in its superb Terracotta Army range of five-ounce silver bullion coins. An offshoot of an earlier 'Ancient Egyptian' series, also still running, 'Terracotta Army' first appeared in [...]
Guan Yu makes the jump from a two dimensional coin, to a three dimensional ten-ounce silver miniature Along with the New Zealand Mint and Coins Today, the Mint of Gdansk has released some quite outstanding silver cast miniatures, but is unique in actually making them legal tender coins as well. The first of them was a [...]
