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 [...]
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 Czech Mint launches its four-coin look at the potent tanks that fought on both sides during the Second World War A new series from the prolific Czech Mint features a favourite subject of ours, historical military hardware. Sadly, the 20th century is a veritable goldmine for weapons of destruction, containing an almost endless parade of [...]
First deployed on 16 May 1991, the Polish Border Guard is tasks with securing the territorial integrity of this Central European nation. Few nations in Europe have had the tumultuous history that Poland has, not just through the 20th century, but for hundreds of years before that. The land and sea border of Poland is currently 3,511 km in [...]
The multi-billion dollar Spanish Galleon, 'San Jose' is the fourth of Mint XXI's 'Grand Shipwrecks' silver coins We've been finishing the week off with our favourite subjects, dinosaurs yesterday, and naval history today. Mint XXI's 'Grand Shipwrecks in a History' showcases some of the most famous rediscovered shipwrecks and has done a great job to date picking [...]
A round-up of new releases at the Mint of Poland - from ancient history to modern love One of the most innovative and prolific mints out there, we've long admired the Mint of Poland for its great design and fine strikes. A huge player in the ultra-popular ancient world genre of coins, they actually cover a [...]
Italian coin remembers their fallen in the First World War on the Tomb of the Unknown Soldier's centenary It's fair to say that the Italian Front in the First World War is one of those forgotten battlefields that just isn't well known outside of Italy. It was, however, an especially harsh one, often taking place [...]
The King Tiger joins the IS-2, the tank that was developed to fight it, in the striking coin series, 'Confrontation' Just three weeks ago we featured a brilliant new coin from a new producer in Russia that hit bang on with my love of tanks. Depicting the Soviet heavy tank, the Iosef Stalin 2, it [...]
Soviet heavy tank, the IS-2, is the first in a great new silver coin series called Confrontation It isn’t often that we get a new coin from a new series from a new producer, and from a mint we haven’t covered before, so clearly we’re intrigued. That the coin subject is one I have a passion [...]
'Grand Shipwrecks in a History' series returns with one of the biggest nautical cock-ups of all time - Vasa Naval history is always a solid subject for a coin, going hand in hand with numismatics long association with the rulers of empires and nations, and the large fleets many had under their control. It also [...]
