MDM dives into multiple ancient cultures with Norse, Japanese, and Egyptian themes immortalised in silver and gold Continuing our look at the new releases in MDM's Autumn release, and sticking with the unintentional theme of the week - the ancient world - we have three new releases here, all very different in style, and subject. [...]
Spectres stays in the ancient historical world, following Hannibal Barca with another Roman nemesis - Cleopatra One of the most famous women in history, Cleopatra VII, the last Pharaoh of Ancient Egypt, was born in 69 BCE in Alexandria, the cultural and intellectual centre of the Hellenistic world. She belonged to the Ptolemaic dynasty, a Greek [...]
Emperor Qin Shi Huang's amazing Terracotta Army was discovered fifty years ago, and MDM celebrates in silver We're kicking off our coverage of MDM's new release batch for the 2023 Beijing Coin Expo with, appropriately enough, an icon of China - the famous Terracotta Army of Emperor Qin Shi Huang. It was fifty years ago, in [...]
Spectres brings Hannibal Barca, the Roman Empire's greatest nemesis, to life in a high-relief silver coin It isn't many people that make their names fighting a behemoth, but Hannibal Barca, the renowned Carthaginian general, is remembered as one of history's greatest military strategists, particularly for his audacious and innovative tactics during the Second Punic War (218-201 [...]
Mint XXI Autumn Launch: History's great female warriors, expansive empires and solar deities are showcased in silver After taking our first look over CIT's latest batch of release as part of their Autumn Launch, we're now doing the same for Mint XXI, a producer we have no problem putting on the same level of excellence. Mint [...]
Carpathian Mint kicks off two new silver coin series with Rebel Time, and Seven Seals of the Apocalypse After a quiet few months, the Carpathian Mint is back with not one, but two new releases, both of which start off a new series. Each of them keeps the classic high-relief, antique-finished silver coin format, beloved [...]
Coins Today's stackable lineup gains a kilo jousting shield, and a bas-relief from Milan Cathedral South Korean producer, Coin's Today, has a quite amazing range of stackable silver bullion designs, pushing the concept past limits previously not considered. They've done so with an equally wide and eclectic range of subjects, from genres like science, history, [...]
Top World Coins debuts two impressive new silver coin series, and continues its biblical range with a second issue Top World Coins have just debuted the latest coins issued under their own banner, following a pair they released a few months ago. One of them, The Nativity, is a follow-on coin to their Garden of [...]
We often wax lyrical about the stackable silver bullion range of South Korean producer, Coin's Today, and for good reason. Encompassing a massive breadth of subjects, and sizes ranging from half-ounce to a kilo, there's something for every taste, and with them being non-denominated bullion, they remain relatively affordable. One of them, released in August 2022, was [...]
The 2,600 year old Lydian Stater, possibly the world's first government issued coin, is reproduced for WCA's latest issue Introduced into the Lydian Empire by King Alyattes in the latter part of the 7th century BCE, the Lydian Stater is considered by most numismatic historians to be the first example of a state-issued coin in history, [...]
