Numiscollect’s ‘Archaeology & Symbolism’ series returns to Buddhism with a three variant Manjushri Mandala coin
Numiscollect's 'Archaeology & Symbolism' series returns to Buddhism with a three variant Manjushri Mandala coin Continuing to power into double figures with an eleventh release, Dutch producer Numiscollect's Archaeology and Symbolism has always been one of the more impressive series around today. These three-ounce silver coins journey around the world reproducing cultural artifacts from a whole range of locations, and time periods. The 2024 coin is another dive into Buddhist [...]
City Views, the Royal Mint’s numismatic jorney through the world’s greatest cities, heads to France to showcase Paris.
City Views, the Royal Mint's numismatic jorney through the world's greatest cities, heads to France to showcase Paris. The third of the Royal Mint's interesting, but low profile 'City Views' series is now available, and after London, and Rome, they've headed over to another hugely important European city, Paris, the capital of France. Each coin in this range features a historic view of its subject. The London coin went back to [...]
Mint XXIs new silver coin series takes a trip through our solar system using the minerals of our own planet to visualise them
Mint XXIs new silver coin series takes a trip through our solar system using the minerals of our own planet to visualise them Astronomy coins are nothing new, and we've seen quite a wide selection over the years, so standing out in the crowd takes a little more than it does in other genres. Never one to walk away from a challenge, Mint XXI have debuted their new Solar System series [...]
Mint of Gdańsk adds to its ‘Chinese Heroes’, ‘Mankind’s Mistakes’, and ‘Human Tragedies’ ranges with new two-ounce silver coins
Mint of Gdańsk adds to its 'Chinese Heroes', 'Mankind's Mistakes', and 'Human Tragedies' ranges with new two-ounce silver coins It's been a great week for new issues, and we hope you've enjoyed the coverage so far. We've concentrated on one producer per day, which we will likely continue through at least some of next week, and today, it's the turn of the Mint of Gdańsk, who have issued quite a [...]
A striking lunar snake, a clever elephant, and Gryphon, a stunning homage to classic Greek numismatics, stand out in CIT’s Spring Launch
A striking lunar snake, a clever elephant, and Gryphon, a stunning homage to classic Greek numismatics, stand out in CIT's Spring Launch We posted a collation of all the videos that CIT produced for their latest Spring Launch earlier today, so if you want a complete [...]
A mix of rock music, wild animals, Asian culture, heroism, and a stunning look at our numismatic past, feature in CIT’s Spring launch
A mix of rock music, wild animals, Asian culture, heroism, and a stunning look at our numismatic past, feature in CIT's Spring launch The much anticipated Spring Launch from Liechtenstein-based producer CIT hits the market this morning, and we'll be having a closer look at [...]
Mint of MK continues its extravagant interpretation of the zodiac symbols with the addition of Taurus, Cancer, and Gemini
Mint of MK continues its extravagant interpretation of the zodiac symbols with the addition of Taurus, Cancer, and Gemini For our second daily look at new issues, we've alighted on Mint of MK, who have released quite a number of coins over the last few [...]
United States Map 2oz stackable silver bullion (2024 Coins Today)
We covered a pair of new kilogram versions of previous releases from Coins Today a few days ago, and we said we were waiting for images of a third one. We have them now, and it's a follow-on release of this producer's map of the Korean Peninsula [...]
Mint XXI opens up the Spring season with a stunning range of coin issues. Here are the first three that caught our attention.
Mint XXI opens up the Spring season with a stunning range of coin issues. Here are the first three that caught our attention. It's going to be a busy week with many producers releasing their Spring collections, and we'll do our best to chip away [...]
Big Five of Africa: Lion 2oz silver bar (2024 Royal Krakow Mint)
We've seen a huge uptick in interest for the humble cast silver bar of late, headlined by Germania Mints new Goddesses (and now Gods) ranges, and while it isn't usually our thing to cover here (we have to draw a line somewhere), these bars have much artistic [...]
T&S Coin follows Sparta with another great legend of the Ancient Greek world – the Trojan War
T&S Coin follows Sparta with another great legend of the Ancient Greek world - the Trojan War It was only last December that we covered the Sparta release from T&S Coin and came away impressed by it. Today, we're looking at the newly released second issue [...]
Stackable bullion continues to reach new heights of design with kilo versions of CTK’s Ganesha and Lucifer issues
Stackable bullion continues to reach new heights of design with kilo versions of CTK's Ganesha and Lucifer issues The prolific South Korean bullion producer, Coins Today, has three new issues, and while we wait for images of the all-new design, here's a gallery look at the [...]
Coins Today’s stackable silver bullion range grows a foot. A bear foot to be precise
Coins Today’s stackable silver bullion range grows a foot. A bear foot to be precise South Korean producer, Coin's Today (CTK), continues its drive to dominate the esoteric end of the bullion market with the latest in their long line of stackable silver bullion rounds. Covering a [...]
World Exclusive! JVP is back with Che Guevara, a highly inventive, ten-variant look at the pop-culture icon
World Exclusive! JVP is back with Che Guevara, a highly inventive, ten-variant look at the pop-culture icon Love him or hate him, and given his history, the latter would make more sense, Ernesto 'Che' Guevara has become one of the most iconic figures of the entire 20th [...]
Prehistoric Life Stegosaurus bullion coins (2023 Emporium Hamburg)
Our love affair with dinosaurs is well known, so it goes without saying that Emporium Hamburg's 'Prehistoric Life' range of bullion coins has been popular here, a bit of an understatement, in fact. A series of twelve coins issued over four years, the Stegosaurus pictured here is, sadly, [...]
Lunar Dragon dimensional, gilded silver coin (2023 CIT Coin Invest)
Probably our favourite lunar series of recent years, CIT's fully dimensional range has great design, a quirky attitude, and superb quality. For 2024, the lunar calendar has the dragon as its figurehead, the only mythological creature of the 12, and likely the most popular, if coin sales [...]
World of Cryptids 08 Sasquatch silver coin (2023 Lithuanian Mint)
Another series we have a very high regard for, the 12-coin (all to be released in 2023), 'World of Cryptids' series, based on the work of Lithuanian artist, Laimutė Varkalaitė, continues with its eighth release. These carry very distinctive artwork, and the artist has cast a [...]
Big 5 Africa Cape Buffalo bullion coin (2023 South African Mint)
The South African Mint's excellent 'Big 5' series of nature coins continues its journey through the five beasts for the second time, with the release of the last coin in Series II, and our favourite of them all, the Cape buffalo. Another fine designs, and each carries [...]