Mictlāntēcutli, the Aztec god of the dead, is brought to life as stackable silver using the mind of artist, Jorge Garza The Lord of Mictlan, Mictlāntēcutli, is the god of the dead in Aztec mythology, and one of the principal gods of the Aztecs. He was said to be 1.8 m tall (6'), and depicted as a [...]
Renaissance genius, Leonardo da Vinci, and his amazing works, are the subject of Mint XXI's latest silver coin for Cameroon Mint XXI has released its latest seasonal batch of coins, always eagerly awaited, and the first one we're looking at is the spiritual successor to a fine coin they released back in 2019. That one [...]
The Royal Mint dives into its historical collection with the launch of a stunning new series, 'The Great Seals of the Realm' Before we had cryptography, secure post, or electronic communications, we had seals. Carved into a solid material, originally stone, but later moving to semi-precious materials like jade and ivory, wood, or even gold and [...]
Top World Coins updates two of its most impressive releases with selective colouration - The Comanches, and the T. Rex Top World Coins have issued five new coins this week, and while we'll have a good look at the three all-new designs shortly, here we'll have a quick peek at two 'Special Edition' variants of [...]
Art Mint's look at '7 Groundbreaking Ancient Civilisations' continues with a journey to the Indus Valley cultures In November last year, Art Mint debuted a superb new coin showcasing the ancient Mesopotamian Sumerian civilisation, the first in a series of seven silver coins depicting some of the great cultures that pushed human society forwards. The [...]
Asturmint continue to expand their already diverse two-ounce silver cast bar range with the sixth of the Seven Deadly Sins in that series, and the debut release in a timely new one marking 4th of July, known in the United States as Independence Day.The Seven Deadly Sins visualises each sin in female form, and with a colour palette [...]
The Royal Mint brushes off the dies for the unstruck Waterloo Medal by Benedetto Pistrucci and produces an elegant new coin Back in 2015, for the 200th anniversary of the Battle of Waterloo, the Royal Mint refreshed the original tooling for the unstruck Battle of Waterloo medal and produced a 250 gram, antique-finished version with a [...]
The Royal Mint employs the talents of Jody Clark for its St George and the Dragon bullion coin range, the first in a new series Able to make a case for itself as being the single most iconic image in numismatics, Benedetto Pistrucci's St George and the Dragon has adorned the British Sovereign bullion coin for [...]
The legendary Spear of Destiny comes to numismatics with an extraordinary two-ounce dimensional coin from Spectres One of the most enduring legends from biblical times is that of the Holy Lance, also known as the Spear of Destiny, or the Lance of Longinus. The lance is said to be the spear that an unnamed Roman [...]
After Twelve Provinces, and Twelve Castles, the Royal Dutch Mint embarks on a silver Ducat look at Twelve Gates In 2015, the Royal Dutch Mint debuted its twelve-coin series of silver ducats themed around the same number of provinces that make up the Netherlands. Each one was struck in the classic ducat format of 28.25 [...]
