In a nice change from the tsunami of popular culture coins it produces, the New Zealand Mint debuted a series in May, of one-ounce coloured silver coins, called Women in History. The first of them was a literal giant of the scientific world - the double Nobel Prize winning physicist, Marie Curie. A great first subject, but women's [...]
PiK Coins returns to the world of classic gangsters with the legendary outlaw lovers, Bonnie & Clyde We all know about the coin market's near-obsession with the ancient world as a theme for new releases, but we're constantly surprised, and not a little dismayed, at just how much of history is relatively neglected in comparison. There's [...]
Germania Week: Arminius, the destroyer of three Roman Legions, is the third of Germania Mint's 'Warrior's' coin series As overwhelmingly efficient and successful as it was, the Roman Army was not beyond getting a bloody nose now and then. Hannibal's victory at the Battle of Cannae (216 BCE) almost led to the collapse of Rome, and [...]
Yale of Beaufort continues the Royal Mint’s journey through Henry VIII’s ‘Tudor Beasts’, a show of love to Jane Seymour It's time for the next in the Tudor Beasts series, the flagship sequel to the Royal Mint's much-loved 'Queen's Beasts' series, which debuted last year with the 'Seymour Panther' in proof form. This is to be a [...]
PMC add to their shaped coin range with an odd mix of ancient sportsmen, Serbian scientists, and the inside of a dinosaur...! Famed in numismatic circles for their innovative, and expansive 'Bi-Metal Max' silver over copper coins, Precious Metal Collector's also produce some quite unique pieces in more traditional formats. Not as traditional as the usual [...]
Auragentum moves from the Ice Age to the Viking Age for its new gold bullion coin series Having just wrapped up its 'Giants of the Ice Age' bullion series after a five-year, ten-coin run, we were eager to see what would come next, and we didn't have to wait very long at all. The Viking [...]
Coin's Today debuts their latest silver stackable bullion coin, featuring the intricacies of the Aztec Sun Stone The stackable bullion coins from South Korean producer, Coins Today, have rapidly become one of our favourite ranges on the market today, encompassing a mix of the modern, and the ancient, mainly centred around two series - Masks, [...]
Last year, World Coin Appreciation debuted the first in its new series with the title, 'Mysteries of the World Latitude 30 North'. It's unusually specific, and clever, showcasing some of the great ancient cultures that have existed along, or near, the 30th Parallel North. There are quite a few, and the first issue was a very striking mask [...]
Ancient Warriors dimensional coin series returns with a Crusader helmet. another from man's history of warfare The third of LPM's very cool 'Ancient Warriors' coins is here, and after the Samurai and the Spartan, comes the Crusader. Each release in this series showcases famous military headwear, and the producer has done a great job to date, [...]
The 'Imperial Art' historical architecture coin series continues it journey through time and place with a visit to Persia Similar in concept to CIT's seminal Tiffany Art series, Imperial Art is what we call an art-architecture coin, showcasing the aesthetic merits of some of the world's most admired forms of architecture. Imperial Art does it by showcasing [...]
