Coca Cola World Edition gold bottlecap coins (2021 Crown Mint)

By |2021-12-09T00:30:03+00:00December 9th, 2021|Categories: Quicklooks, Culture, Gold, Crown Mint, Fiji|

One of the more unusual coin series of recent years, the Crown Mint's bottle cap coin homage to Coca-Cola was a popular item in 2018, that reached new heights with an interesting ten coin series through 2020. Called 'World Edition', it reproduced caps from ten different and diverse nations around the world, all done in colour on [...]

Art Mint’s elegant ‘Mandala Art’ series returns for a seventh release with a striking Turkish inspired design

By |2021-12-07T14:06:18+00:00December 7th, 2021|Categories: Art & Literature, Culture, Art Mint, Inserts, Silver, Fiji|

Art Mint's elegant 'Mandala Art' series returns for a seventh release with a striking Turkish inspired design We've long admired Art Mint's flagship 'Mandala' series of coins, and it's been a pleasure to watch it grow in ambition and intricacy since it debuted in 2015. The last two issues in particular, the Gothic and the Persian, [...]

Teaser of Germania Mint’s Fafnir sequel, Fenrir, appears online. Nice.

By |2021-11-29T11:00:52+00:00November 29th, 2021|Categories: Quicklooks, Art & Literature, Culture, Bullion Round, Silver, Germania Mint|

One of the big bullion hits this year, the first Germania Beast's coin from Germania Mint was a striking double-coin spread design featuring Fafnir, a dragon from Norse and Germanic mythology. A clever idea, beautifully realised, it rightly became a hit, with the special Germinus versions changing hands for high prices. We're just prepping a look at [...]

Okay, this is where thing get really weird. MDM debut their silver coin celebration of a century of Haribo

By |2021-11-26T13:33:12+00:00November 26th, 2021|Categories: Culture, Coloured, Gilded, Silver, MDM, Samoa|

Okay, this is where thing get really weird. MDM debut their silver coin celebration of a century of Haribo Everyone knows the Haribo Goldbear, and now it joins that other perennial favourite of the confectionary world, PEZ, in having its long-running existence celebrated in silver. It was a hundred years ago that this mix of, sometimes [...]

Venetian Mask II (2022 Mint of Poland)

By |2021-11-25T21:33:37+00:00November 25th, 2021|Categories: Quicklooks, Culture, Coloured, Silver, Niue Island, Mint of Poland|

The annual Carnival of Venice was initially a celebration started from a victory of the Venice Republic against the Patriarch of Aquileia, Ulrico di Treven in the year 1162. Taking the form of a dance in San Marco Square, it grew in popularity and became a fixture of the calendar. However, Venice fell under the rule of [...]

LPM launches a new Street Fighter bullion coin series with an attractive Ryu debut release

By |2021-11-22T09:46:51+00:00November 22nd, 2021|Categories: Culture, Bullion, Movies & TV, Coloured, Gold, Silver, LPM HK, Tuvalu|

LPM launches a new Street Fighter bullion coin series with an attractive Ryu debut release We've already remarked about the big uptick in coins celebrating the videogame world, and that doesn't seem like abating anytime soon. Latest to appear in the numismatic arcades is the next in LPM's Street Fighter homage, following their Mini-Figure coins, and [...]

The ancient world’s relationship with the Equinox and the Solstice is explored on Numiscollect’s latest silver coin

By |2021-11-18T15:49:39+00:00November 18th, 2021|Categories: Culture, History, Coloured, Inserts, Silver, Palau, Numiscollect|

The ancient world's relationship with the Equinox and the Solstice is explored on Numiscollect's latest silver coin During the dawn of humanities great civilisations, the people looked to the stars when trying to make sense of the world around them. It makes sense when you think about it. You can directly link the heat of the [...]

The Royal Mint kicks off its epic ‘Queen’s Platinum Jubilee Collection’ with an all-new design for the classic Sovereign

By |2021-11-15T01:58:50+00:00November 15th, 2021|Categories: Culture, Gold, Royal Mint, United Kingdom|

The Royal Mint kicks off its epic 'Queen's Platinum Jubilee Collection' with an all-new design for the classic Sovereign We rarely get excited when a new Sovereign coin drops, just as we don't when the annual Maple Leaf, Philharmonic or American Eagle release comes around, but occasionally, the Royal Mint does something to commemorate a royal event, [...]

A round-up of new releases at the Mint of Poland – from ancient history to modern love

By |2021-11-10T17:31:18+00:00November 10th, 2021|Categories: Art & Literature, Culture, History, Military, Nature, Coloured, Gilded, Inserts, Silver, Cameroon, Niue Island, Mint of Poland|

A round-up of new releases at the Mint of Poland - from ancient history to modern love One of the most innovative and prolific mints out there, we've long admired the Mint of Poland for its great design and fine strikes. A huge player in the ultra-popular ancient world genre of coins, they actually cover a [...]

Go to Top