MDM issue an incredible 1630 map of the world by Hondius as a large one-ounce coloured silver foil One of the most famous maps of all was created in 1630 by Dutch cartographer, Henricus Hondius, and was published as part of the Mercator-Hondius Atlas. Henricus learned his trade from his father, Jodocus, who was also [...]
Powercoin revisits its 2020 homage to Voyager's Golden Record with a double-sized variant for 2026 Released back in 2020, Powercoin created a terrific homage to the famous 'Golden Record' that accompanied the pioneering spacecraft Voyager 1 and 2 on their journey beyond the Solar System. What we have here is a one-ounce variant of the half-ounce [...]
Who remembers the Blackberry phone and its copiers? Precious Metal Collectors does with its latest silver coin pair Retro themes are becoming more popular of late, not just in numismatics, because people are yearning for simpler times. Our world has layers upon layers of complexity and obligation, and we're seeing a growing interest in the refreshing [...]
In June 2024, Powercoin added the Databank Watch, an homage to all those Casio and Seiko calculator watches that blew people's minds back in the 70s, to their fledgling 'Techstalgic series'. It was the second issue, following the Floppy Disk coin, and was subsequently followed by an Unbreakable Phone, and a Walkman. Those other three coins had [...]
Isaac Newton, a genius of the highest order, is celebrated on the second of Numiscollect's Science Explained silver coins Widely recognized as one of the most influential scientists of all time, Isaac Newton was an English mathematician and physicist who lived from 1642 to 1727, and is credited with laying the foundations for classical mechanics, optics, [...]
Powercoin follows their Pioneer space coin with the fascinating 1977 WOW! Signal Following their interesting take on the plaque included in the Pioneer spacecraft that were destined to hurtle into the void, by Powercoin last year, the Rome-based producer has released another coin in a similar vein, this time based around the famous 1977 'WOW' [...]
The Austrian Mint issues Quantum Physics, the 24th issue in its award-winning bi-metal niobium and silver series At one time, the Austrian Mint's annual niobium coin was one of the most popular and eagerly awaited series in modern numismatics. Despite a mintage of around 65,000 pieces, they regularly sold out in short order. While those days [...]
The magnificent Concorde supersonic aircraft is celebrated 50 years later on a new coin from The Royal Mint One of the most beautiful aircraft to ever take to the skies, certainly the most elegant airliner ever built, Concorde was a joint Anglo-French project to create a supersonic passenger jet. Remarkably, work began just 17 years [...]
Last April, Powercoin started a new series to sit alongside its retro-themed techstalgic range, except this time, featuring software rather than hardware. The series, called 'Back to the Pixel', kicked off with the now legendary Microsoft Paint, a piece of art creation software that is still in use today, and an integral component of Windows.No such luck for [...]
Ants head out for an infinite walk on Le Grand Mint's M.C. Escher inspired Möbius strip silver coin It seems like insects have staked out a solid claim to numismatics at the start of 2026 with our second one of the day, and it's another quite unusual take on the subject. We've always liked Le Grand [...]
