Numiscollect's wide ranging look at the worlds cultural artifacts continues with the Dendera Zodiac from Ancient Egypt Despite a debut only last year, Numiscollect's Archaeology & Symbolism series is already up to it's fourth pair of issues and it's shaping up to be an elegant set of coins. Eschewing the usual gods [...]
EC8 draws to a close with the penultimate bullion coin issues for the 2019 programme With eight issues per year, Scottsdale Mints Caribbean themed EC8 bullion coin programme has added plenty of variety to their selection of annual releases. Launched last year, 2019 is the second run through the eight island nations [...]
Germania Mint unveils the second annual issue in its flagship Germania bullion coin range It was just a year ago that the fledgling Germania Mint issued its first bullion round and they did so with a design neatly competing with the genre filled with designs showcasing national personifications. For those unfamiliar with the term, [...]
Sixteenth century classic Una & the Lion celebrates Queen Victoria's bicentenary with new gold coin First published in 1590 during the reign of Queen Elizabeth I, The Faerie Queene by Edmund Spenser is an English epic poem - especially epic in the sense of its length as it is one of the longest poems [...]
KOMSCO delve into Korea s rich cultural heritage for its new Gold Crown bullion coin series Coins have always been a great way to disseminate both the power and the culture of a country. It's more the latter these days, and modern coins from national mints often pick subjects that showcase their native country [...]
Coca-Cola bottlecap coins are back, and they've brought some other flavours with them It was CIT Coin Invest that first debuted the idea of a coin struck to replicate a bottlecap. Issued to celebrate the anniversary of the Bavarian Purity Law that makes German beer so good, it was a novel item, but [...]
The Japanese Geisha culture is brought to life by the Mint of Poland on a new silver coin There are few things that evoke Japan more than the iconic and distinctive Geisha. These finely decorated women have come to encapsulate Japanese Culture around the world and they inhabit a world of strict [...]
Celtic Animals is a new and very limited mintage silver bullion coin series from the Republic of Chad An interesting new series of silver bullion coins debuts at APMEX that features a look at the use of animal iconography by employing a Celtic style familiar to tattoo fans. First out is [...]
Queen’s Beasts is back with the White Lion of Mortimer returning to the big cats for heraldic inspiration The Royal Mint's beautiful Jody Clark-penned Queen's Beasts series of ten British heraldic coins continues its march towards conclusion with the seventh proof release to date - the 2020 White Lion of Mortimer. The bullion variant [...]
EC8 bullion coin programme adds Montserrat to its 2019 line-up The second of Scottsdale's EC8 bullion coins to be issued today is for the Caribbean Emerald Isle, one famous for its volcano, Montserrat. The mint has gone with the islands strong Irish connection and drawn a pretty representation of the emblem from the [...]
