PMC debuts a coin celebrating of one of history's greatest generals, Alexander the Great The Nine Worthies were one of the first major series that Singapore-based producer, Precious Metal Collectors, released to market. The Nine Worthies are nine historical, scriptural, and legendary personages (3 Jews, 3 Pagans, 3 Christians) who personify the ideals of chivalry established [...]
The Royal Mint launches new issues featuring Rome, Harry Potter, and childrens classic, The Snowman The Royal Mint has been very active of late, and we've covered most of the new issues, of course, but the market is busier than ever of late, so to aid a more complete coverage, we're going to be falling back [...]
Germania Mint's 'Knight of Malta' returns with a coin looking at the pivotal 16th-century Great Siege of Malta It what just last year that Germania Mint announced a deal to design and mint coins for the Mediterranean island of Malta. We don't see much in the way of precious metal numismatics from Malta, so going outside [...]
'The Vairochana Buddha coin is the latest issue in Numiscollect's journey though history's cultural artifacts One of the best coin series depicting mankind's cultural heritage, Numiscollect's 'Archaeology and Symbolism' showcases some of the fine artifacts and concepts from past centuries. To date, there have been eight releases, covering civilisations from multiple continents, and millennia. What we [...]
The Royal Mint celebrates Howard Carter's discovery of Tutankhamun's splendid tomb a century ago Despite being a minor Pharaoh, Tutankhamun is probably the most famous of them all today. His father, Akhenaten, was a maverick who sought to upend the whole Egyptian way of life, and failed. The result, his nine-year-old son, Tutankhamun, took the throne. [...]
The Royal Mint's 'British Monarchs' proof coin series jumps forward to King Edward VII for its fourth release The 'British Monarchs Collection' continues to power on at a brisk speed with the fourth issue in 2022, in what will be a 21-coin, 5-year programme. Focusing on the reproduction of classic coin designs from history, from the Tudor, [...]
Mint XXI marks the heroic Ukrainian stand against Russian forces around the Azovstal Steelworks with a charity silver coin Unless you've been hiding under a rock this year, you'll be well aware of what is happening in Ukraine. A full invasion by Russia was actually unexpected, but attack they did. It was a disaster, and the [...]
Slavic Bestiary moves from the water to the home, with a new silver coin featuring the household god, Domowik The Mint of Gdańsk continues to take us through the world of Slavic mythology using a series of three-ounce silver coins. The first coin in this series featured a water-born deity latterly associated with death, but for [...]
The Royal Mint unveils the new effigy of King Charles III and a pair of coins that will feature it The sad death of Queen Elizabeth II was an event that's been long planned for, it eventually comes to all of us, of course, and amongst those plans was the change in effigy used on the [...]
PMC adds three new major figures from history to its extraordinary series of shaped silver bust coins Shaped coins seem to be surging in popularity, especially as the commemorative coin industry increasingly moves towards acceptance this is a legitimate form of art, rather than just an offshoot of circulating currency. There are simple shaped coins, of [...]
