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EVOLUTION OF LIFE (2015) by CIT Coin Invest Back in 2007, the Liechtenstein-based coin producer Coin Invest Trust, issued a hit coin for the National Bank of Mongolia. The debut coin in a new series called Wildlife Protection, it went on to win the prestigious Coin of the Year award in 2010. That series went from strength to strength and every issue has been widely applauded for its quality [...]
Wish you were here. Postcard style silver foil bigs up the backwater Star Wars world of Tatooine Silver foils continue to prove resilient to the swings and roundabouts of the coin world, although with most themed around some truly massive popular culture licences, it's fair to say they have a helping hand in other areas. Huge surface areas for a given weight - over thirty times with ease [...]
Movie classic The Wizard of Oz gets a Swarovski adorned silver coin with smart minting and Swarovski. With the recent resurgence and expansion of choice in movie and television themed numismatics, it comes as no surprise to see this rich vein of subjects mined deeper with properties picked from further back in time. Classics don't come much bigger and well known than the movie version of [...]
After a quick look yesterday at the new range from Coin Invest Trust released for the ANA show in Anaheim, it's time to pick out some highlights in more detail. First up is the second coin in the Evolution of Life series, which debuted at last years ANA show with the quite superb Ammonite coin. A big hit, widely admired, there's been much anticipation since we revealed a few weeks ago [...]
With Star Wars very much in the ascendant at the moment, it remains the New Zealand Mints biggest licence. An old hand at licenced coin properties, the NZM has released entertainment tie-ins for years, like Doctor Who, Disney and Thunderbirds. With the big competitor Star Trek, being snapped up by the Perth and Royal Canadian Mints, it's a good time to be a sci-fi coin collector. The simultaneous release of the [...]
Ancient gods have spawned a healthy new selection of numismatics over the last couple of years, featuring deities worshipped in ancient times. Fortunately in those polytheistic times, there were no shortage of gods and thus no shortage of subjects for new coins. Equally fortunately, most of them are resplendent with striking imagery and fascinating stories of their origins and adventures. First choices are usually the Roman or Greek gods, but we think the Norse [...]
One of our highlights from 2015 was a coin from Liechtensteins Coin Invest Trust that came from nowhere and became an instant hit. Called Evolution of Life, it was struck in fine silver to a high-relief, partly antiqued, and depicted a rose-gold plated ammonite fossil protruding from rock. Issued for Mongolia, like many of CIT's best nature coins, it rapidly began to appreciate with many collectors, myself definitely included, eagerly awaiting the [...]
