Numiartis returns to the Haiyuantang Zodiac Fountain with a second coin, this time featuring the tiger When this series debuted last year, we likened it to an Asian Queen's Beasts in concept, and with the addition of this second design, we stand by that more than ever. Just as the Queen's Beasts sat outside Hampton Court [...]
Pik Coins returns to the true crime genre with one of the world's most notorious criminals - Pablo Escobar True crime is a huge genre in popular culture, with a wide swathe of interest in film, television, magazines, books and novels, amongst other things. Pik Coins have embraced the subject, releasing a succession of silver issues [...]
The famous statue, the Lion of Lucerne, inspires two silver coins taking markedly different approaches to the subject Carved into a rock relief in Lucerne, Switzerland, the Lion Monument was designed by Bertel Thorvaldsen, and sculpted by Lukas Ahorn, in 1820-21. The subject was a strange and controversial one at the time, as it commemorated [...]
The Coin Village enters the numismatic world with a high-relief Zeus at Olympia, in three finishes Ancient mythology, along with wildlife, is a hugely popular subject in numismatic circles, and a few producers in particular, like CIT, Mint XXI, and Mint of Poland, all bring their distinct styles to the genre. Joining them today is The [...]
Spectres brings Hannibal Barca, the Roman Empire's greatest nemesis, to life in a high-relief silver coin It isn't many people that make their names fighting a behemoth, but Hannibal Barca, the renowned Carthaginian general, is remembered as one of history's greatest military strategists, particularly for his audacious and innovative tactics during the Second Punic War (218-201 [...]
MK's 9 Dragons collection of high-relief silver coins continues with its third issue - The Black Dragon MK continue their journey along the path of 9 Dragons with the launch of the third in the series to date. Last month saw the debut of the collection, starting with the Winged Dragon, and the Scaled Dragon. [...]
It's a snake. It lives in Australia. Those two facts should give you pause for thought, as it's highly likely a nip from it will have you meeting your maker. That is indeed the case, and the Tiger Snake (the name is a clue!), sports a venom consisting of, not just neurotoxins, but also coagulants, haemolysins, [...]
Singapore-based producer, Precious metal Collectors, has a heavy presence in the fine art coin genre, and by heavy presence, we don't just mean in the number of releases. Utilising their Bi-Metal minting technique, whereby silver is placed over a solid copper core, the end result was coins in the kilo weight class, but containing only 1–5 ounces [...]
The Perth Mints anticipated Lunar Series III bullion coin series returns with the most popular entry of them all - the dragon Back with a fifth release on their third journey through the twelve animals in the lunar calendar, the Perth Mint has today launched the much anticipated 2024 Dragon coin in their Lunar Series [...]
Mint XXI Autumn Launch: History's great female warriors, expansive empires and solar deities are showcased in silver After taking our first look over CIT's latest batch of release as part of their Autumn Launch, we're now doing the same for Mint XXI, a producer we have no problem putting on the same level of excellence. Mint [...]
