Amazing Animals, a coin series showcasing spectacular fauna, returns with that most extravagant of birds, the Peacock
Amazing Animals, a coin series showcasing spectacular fauna, returns with that most extravagant of birds, the Peacock After an excellent debut last year with a beautifully realised chameleon design, Numiartis's 'Amazing Animals' series returns with a second issue, moving from the reptilian world, to the avian one. This is a series highlighting the vibrancy of the animal world, with a particular emphasis on colour, so it seems only fitting that they [...]
Lots on updates to our guides, including rewrites of some older ones
Lots on updates to our guides, including rewrites of some older ones Just a quick update to keep you informed of what we're doing outside the regular news articles. We've been updating some of our Coin Series Profiles (CSP) with new releases, and completely revamping others. It goes without saying that the infamous Chibi CSP has been updated, but it's the revamps we're most pleased with.Treasures of Stanislaw August has always [...]
Mint of Poland celebrates the Seven Gods of Fortune from Japanese mythology with a high-relief silver coin
Mint of Poland celebrates the Seven Gods of Fortune from Japanese mythology with a high-relief silver coin It's been a while since we took a look at one of the Mint of Poland's two-ounce silver mythology coins that it's issued itself, rather than in partnership with a third party. Their own issues tend to be a little less ambitious, with basic obverse designs, but some of them still sport some superb [...]
A 17th century Japanese warriors helmet is featured on the second ‘To Protect’ silver coin from Coin’s Today
A 17th century Japanese warriors helmet is featured on the second 'To Protect' silver coin from Coin's Today Showcasing some of the esoteric, but nevertheless impressive forms of headgear from throughout the history of war, 'To Protect' is a series of two-ounce, antique-finished silver coins, replete with high-relief and some gilding. The first issue, which debuted last June, featured an early 16th century helm called a Burgonet, worn by cavalry soldiers [...]
Art Mint’s impeccable Mandala Art series draws cultural inspiration from the Indian subcontinent for its ninth issue
Art Mint's impeccable Mandala Art series draws cultural inspiration from the Indian subcontinent for its ninth issue We've made no secret of our admiration for Art Mint's long-running 'Mandala Art' series, and it's been great to see the series increase in detail over the years as [...]
The Witcher: Baptism of Fire 2 oz silver coin (2023 Mint of Gdansk)
The Mint of Gdańsk continues to work its way through the hugely popular fantasy 'The Witcher' novels of Polish author Andrzej Sapkowski with the launch of the fifth 2 oz silver coin of the eight that will make up the set. This format isn't the only one in the [...]
Fun on the beach. A journey through our childhood memories inspires Powercoin’s latest silver coin series
Fun on the beach. A journey through our childhood memories inspires Powercoin's latest silver coin series Powercoin, the Rome-based producer, has carved itself out a great reputation for coins with more unusual styles and themes, going way back almost a decade to their nanochip adorned fine-art [...]
The Royal Mint’s ‘Great Engravers’ returns with a fifth issue, and it’s the Petition Crown, a real British numismatic rarity
The Royal Mint's 'Great Engravers' returns with a fifth issue, and it's the Petition Crown, a real British numismatic rarityt The fifth in the Royal Mint's hit 'Great Engravers' series features a reproduction of a coin with an almost mythical reputation. The Petition Crown, A [...]
The Gichukmyeong Amitabha Buddha Statue is reproduced in silver for Coins Today’s latest bullion offering
The Gichukmyeong Amitabha Buddha Statue is reproduced in silver for Coins Today's latest bullion offering In late 2021, South Korean producer, Coin's Today, released a new bullion product in half a kilo of silver, reproducing an old Buddhist votive stele. These were stone tablets replete with [...]
The 18th century world of Chinese Tangram puzzles come to numismatics with Art Mint’s playable silver coin
The 18th century world of Chinese Tangram puzzles come to numismatics with Art Mint's playable silver coin Consisting of seven flat polygonal pieces, tangram is what is called a 'dissection puzzle' - one whose pieces can be recombined in different ways to form new shapes. Popularised in [...]
King Charles I joins King Charles III on the sixth in the Royal Mint’s ‘British Monarchs’ proof coin series
King Charles I joins King Charles III on the sixth in the Royal Mint's 'British Monarchs' proof coin series The Royal Mint's 21-coin, 5-year 'British Monarchs Collection', bringing back to life classic coin designs from British history, returns with a sixth issue, and it's from the [...]
A look at the growing size of PMC’s intricate ‘Nine Sons of the Dragon King’ coin, as a new video showcases the 10 kg variant
A look at the growing size of PMC's intricate 'Nine Sons of the Dragon King' coin, as a new video showcases the 10 kg variant Back in September 2021, Singaporean producer, Precious Metal Collectors, issued a visually striking design as part of their innovative copper-core 'Bi-Metal' [...]
The Royal Mint’s flagship Britannia proof coin range for 2023 debuts in a full range of sizes and in silver, gold, and platinum
The Royal Mint's flagship Britannia proof coin range for 2023 debuts in a full range of sizes and in silver, gold, and platinum The 2023 proof Britannia range, arguably the Royal Mint's flagship product, has debuted today, with an all-new design by Jonathan Olliffe, and using [...]
Fighting Spirit Kangaroo 1/2 oz silver coin (2023 Royal Australian Mint)
A real icon in the numismatic world, the Royal Australian Mint's many kangaroo designs have garnered a big audience and several awards along the way. The beautiful 'Kangaroo At Sunset'Â is an object lesson is heavily stylised, but very simple design, and there have been numerous issues over [...]
100th Anniversary of the Aeronautica Militare (2023 IPZS Italian Mint)
While tracing its roots back to the 1880s with its balloon forces, the Italian Air Force, Regia Aeronautica, was created as an independent force on 28 March 1923 by King Vittorio Emanuele III. From early operations in Ethiopia, it grew to fielding over 3,000 aircraft during the Second [...]
Flowers: Forget-Me-Not silver coin (2023 Numiscollect)
One of the best flora coins on the market, Numiscollect's 'Flowers'series takes full advantage of smartminting to impart impressive high-relief depictions of popular flowers in silver, topped off with some fine quality colouration. The Forget-Me-Not is the fifth issue, following Pink Rose, Daisy, Poppy, and Lotus designs. The [...]
Golden Highlights: Golden Train 0.5 gram minigold shaped coin (2023 CIT)
King of the 0.5 gram minigold coin, CIT, recently added a 45th issue to their varied 'Golden Highlights' range. The tiny minigold format has carved out a decently sized niche in the modern numismatic market, and we think that's likely to continue if the price of gold rises [...]
Imprint of Words: Time Is Money silver coin (2023 Mint XXI)
Using high-relief typography is certainly an unusual technique in numismatics, but when your subjects are some of the more iconic sayings and metaphors from history, it becomes all the more appropriate. The subject of the first 'Imprint of Words' coin is a phrase we hear quite often these [...]