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MANDALA ART (2015-2024) by Art Mint Launched in 2015, Art Mint's Mandala Art series has continued with a single annual release ever since, growing in sophistication and ambition as time has passed. The series has taken the concept of the mandala, a geometric pattern of squares and/or triangles in a concentric pattern, and applied it to a selection of world cultures, expanding it out from the Sanskrit origins it's most closely [...]
Mandala Art reaches new heights of relief and excellence with its Persian themed sixth annual issue Art Mint's Mandala series first appeared back in 2015 with a beautiful interpretation of a Kalachakra Mandala, replete with a crystal centre. Since then, they've issued a single piece every year in this series, although there was also a special and very limited design for Notre Dame, so sadly thrust into front page [...]
Karnak is the fourth subject in Moneda Nueva's heavyweight ancient architecture coin series The iconic Indian temple the Taj Mahal, the enigmatic Cambodian ruins at Angkor Wat, and the Mexican city of Uxmal have all been chosen as subjects for Moneda Nueva's flagship series of one-kilogram silver coins. Impressive pieces, with very exclusive mintages of just 100 pieces, they join CIT Coin Invest at the top of [...]
The ANA show in Denver is coming up and snippets of new releases are starting to appear The American Numismatic Association will be holding their showpiece event, the World's Fair of Money, in Denver for 2017. Taking place between the 1-5 August at the Colorado Convention Center, they're billing it as showcasing more than $1 billion of "historic rare coins and colorful currency including $100,000 bills and [...]
Republic of Chad debuts intriguing silver coin series 'Gargoyles and Grotesques' A new silver coin series has just debuted from Ibex Coins with a subject we've not seen done before, Gargoyles and Grotesques. Featuring designs based on the myriad, fantastical creatures that adorn many of the world's most iconic cathedrals and medieval buildings, the series will take a famous example as the basis for a unique design. [...]
The French mint, the Monnaie de Paris have produced some beautiful coins over the years, a favourite of ours being the superb From Clovis to Republic series, along with plenty of others. Like most of the big national issuers of coins such as the Royal Mint, The US Mint and the Central Bank of Russia, the mints output leans heavily towards the simple clean-struck coin devoid of colour or adornment. This [...]
It's a bit sudden after yesterday's Klimt coin reveal to be heading into art territory again, but we've had this one a while and it contains representations of art from one of hstory's all time great masters, Michaelangelo Buonarroti. It helps that it's also one of the finest sets of art coins we've seen to date, completely devoid of colour and especially, crystal insets. With seven coins, each weighing two-ounces, the set tops up [...]
2011-2018 SACRED ART by Numiscollect There have been many series of coins inspired by the Tiffany Art range from Liechtenstein producer, Coin-Invest Trust (CIT), but few reach the seven coin mark and this series from Dutch company, Numiscollect has not only accomplished that, but shows no signs of stopping. Kicking off with a three coin per year release schedule in 2011 that continued through 2012, the series then moved to [...]
CIT's new Summer Launch is here and it's one of the best we've seen from this groundbreaking producer We really like CIT's new seasonal release programmes, roughly analagous to the pre-Covid show scene, and it always brings with it a terrific selection of some of the best minting technology can provide, along with inventive and original themes. That hasn't changed for the new Summer Launch timed for the American ANA Show. [...]
French national mint the Monnaie de Paris, has released the latest set of coins in its UNESCO series and these are the second annual release in the new themed sub-range called 'Banks of the Seine', the river that runs through the heart of Paris, and a stretch of which is a designated UNESCO site. Following on from last years 'Eiffel Tower and Palais de Chaillot' coins, the range consists of the same five sizes, [...]
