Benedetto Pistrucci's numismatic icon, 'St George & the Dragon' is brought to stunning life for the Royal Mint's sixth 'Great Engravers' The Royal Mint continues its Great Engravers programme with what must be one of the most recognisable designs in numismatic history. St George and the Dragon has been a staple of British coinage, including the [...]
Numiscollect's 'Time Flies' silver coin series moves from trade and discovery, to humanities greatest love - Warfare Time Flies is a series of two-ounce silver coins from Dutch producer, Numiscollect, that takes an interesting look at the progress mankind has made through various fields of endeavours. The first coin was a neat look at discovery and [...]
Korean producer, Today, adds a new stackable with an unusual quirk, and expands two coin series with new issues As we recover from the bug, and simultaneously start to chip away at a huge backlog from the World Money Fair, we're going to rely on this format to do the heavy lifting. We'll be sacrificing some [...]
CIT showcases the latest evolution of their industry-defining smartminting. Iron Knight pushes high-relief detailing to new levels. It was in 2016 that CIT, and German mint BH Mayer, debuted their jointly developed proprietary 'Smartminting' technology to the public. Its most impressive example back then was a gorgeous design called 'The Great Tea Race of 1886', one [...]
Mint XXI launches 'The Way to Valhalla', a twelve-coin series featuring the legends of the Norse world Mint XXI currently have an ambitious series of coins, 36 of them, making up a collection called 'The Great Greek Mythology', and it employs all the producer's talents with high-relief to great effect. The size of that collection may [...]
Numiscollect continues its trek through Lost Civilisations with a stop-over at the MesoAmerican Mayan Empire The third release in Numiscollect's interesting 'Lost Civilisations' series has debuted, and after Phoenicia, and Babylon, we've leap-frogged the Atlantic Ocean to land in South/Central America, for a look at the ancient Mayan culture. To say that Mayan civilisation was long-lived [...]
The Ukrainian War's defiant Snake Island Incident is immortalised on Carpathian Mint's latest silver coin The war in Ukraine rages on to the 700-day mark, with little movement by either side of late, but it remains the defenders of Ukraine that have captured the attention of the world. With initial talk of the country being [...]
Scottsdale Mint adds a second coin to its War Elephant series of gold and silver bullion coins We have a feeling it's going to be another bumper year for new releases at the Scottsdale Mint, and we're starting off our coverage with the second in a series that debuted in 2022 - War Elephant. This [...]
We've always had a soft spot for the crusades series from Dutch producer, Numiscollect. One of the first coins I ever purchased was the debut issue, and it was the subject of one of our earliest Coin Series Profiles. Initially, it comprised ten coins, following Christian Europe's attempts to retake the lands around Jerusalem, but a follow on [...]
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 [...]
