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October, 2017

A striking portrait of reformer Martin Luther is the latest demonstration of smartminting prowess

By |2017-10-08T18:46:55+01:00October 10th, 2017|Categories: CIT Coin Invest|

A striking portratit of reformer Martin Luther is the latest demonstration of smartminting prowess It's become clear to collectors that the smartminting process developed by Coin Invest Trust (CIT) and B.H. Mayer has brought new levels of relief and/or detail to the numismatic world. There are a growing range of coins garnering much admiration for their sheer quality. Some lean more towards detail, but there's a small [...]

August, 2017

Smartminting pushed hard with Mount Everest, the second 7 Summits silver coin

By |2017-08-08T14:52:35+01:00August 8th, 2017|Categories: Coloured, Nature, Silver, CIT Coin Invest, Cook Islands|

Smartminting pushed hard with Mount Everest, the second 7 Summits silver coin One of the biggest modern commemorative coin programs has been Coin Invest Trust's attractive Mountains and Flora series. One of their basic series, a simple coloured sterling silver coin, it nevertheless proved popular enough to run for 61 issues between 2009 and 2016, only recently wrapping up. A fascinating subject, CIT weren't finished with it [...]

January, 2017

Movie classic The Wizard of Oz gets a Swarovski adorned silver coin with smartminting

By |2017-01-05T17:57:34+00:00January 5th, 2017|Categories: Coloured, Movies & TV, Inserts, Silver, CIT Coin Invest, Cook Islands|

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 [...]

November, 2016

Quilling is back with CIT’s second coin, this time super-sized with smartminting

By |2016-11-05T06:30:11+00:00November 4th, 2016|Categories: Art & Literature, Inserts, Silver, CIT Coin Invest, Cook Islands|

Quilling is back with CIT's second coin, this time super-sized with smartminting A quiet, extra release from Coin Invest Trust sees a new addition to its fledgling Quilling series of proof silver coins. The first in this new series debuted just last year with one depicting a pair of quilled flowers. This year its back with a jump from flora to fauna, featuring a [...]

August, 2016

Smartminting goes double-sided with Powercoins Eternal Sculptures debut

By |2016-11-05T06:30:32+00:00August 25th, 2016|Categories: Art & Literature, Silver, CIT Coin Invest, Cook Islands|

Smartminting goes double-sided with Powercoin's Eternal Sculptures debut The second and final of Powercoins two new CIT-produced designs is also out today and it's another impressive coin. The first to debut SmartMinting on both sides of the coin, it is again a fine demonstration of this new minting technology developed by Coin Invest Trust and BH Mayer Mint. The first coin we covered in [...]

CIT@ANA Smartminting goes extreme with the amazing Skull No1 coin

By |2016-11-05T06:30:37+00:00August 12th, 2016|Categories: Nature, Silver, CIT Coin Invest, Palau|

Skull No1 seems to be the coin that has most people interested. For good reason. Coin Invest Trust launched their new silver minting process called SmartMinting at the World Money Fair in Berlin. As with all taglines, the cynic in me immediately thought it was all about marketing, but sitting in a room with these guys and seeing what was possible quickly proved that wrong. It's all about relief. Have the [...]

CIT smartminting hugely impresses with Skull, Trilobite, and much, much more

By |2016-11-05T06:30:37+00:00August 10th, 2016|Categories: CIT Coin Invest|

Just a quick look at all the new coins from Coin Invest Trust to be launched at the ANA show. Traditionally, CIT kept all their best coins for the Berlin World Money Fair at the beginning of the year, like Tiffany and Mongolian Wildlife Protection. Last year however, saw a particularly strong showing at the ANA in August, and that's the case for 2016 as well. We'll have a better look [...]

July, 2016

Middle-Eastern Hamsa Hand of Fatima symbol showcases impressive SmartMinting

By |2016-11-05T06:30:45+00:00July 6th, 2016|Categories: Culture, Inserts, Silver, CIT Coin Invest, Palau|

Rome-based coin dealer Powercoin, has launched a few coins of its own in the past, as some dealers occasionally do. Instead of taking the easy route however, Powercoin released some impressive technology-filled numismatics in a series called Ceilings of Heaven. Oval-shaped, antique-finished silver coins, the three designs each depicted one of the impressive Rennaissance ceilings that adorn some of the worlds finest interiors. Inset into each one was a nanochip, a [...]

February, 2016

WMF 2016 CIT Week: Great Tea Race coin showcases SmartMinting talent for high relief

By |2016-11-05T06:31:14+00:00February 21st, 2016|Categories: History, Silver, CIT Coin Invest, Cook Islands|

Another of the pleasant surprises from Coin Invest Trust's huge 25-coin release run for the 2016 World Money Fair was this perfect example of just how impressive SmartMinting can be when applied to high relief on a relatively small coin, and to how a very small coin can still keep all the detail and size of a bigger one. The Great Tea Race of 1866 was one of those events that [...]

April, 2024

A striking lunar snake, a clever elephant, and Gryphon, a stunning homage to classic Greek numismatics, stand out in CIT’s Spring Launch

By |2024-04-25T21:56:08+01:00April 25th, 2024|Categories: Banknote / Foil, History, Lunar Calendar, Gold, Silver, CIT Coin Invest, Cook Islands, Mongolia|

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 overview of what's been released today, you can head over there. It includes videos of the three ranges below, which we won't include again to [...]

A mix of rock music, wild animals, Asian culture, heroism, and a stunning look at our numismatic past, feature in CIT’s Spring launch

By |2024-04-25T09:44:02+01:00April 25th, 2024|Categories: Coloured, Gold, Silver, CIT Coin Invest, Cook Islands, Palau|

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 a few of them later today. As we always do, here's a collation of the excellent videos CIT produce for launch day covering most of [...]

March, 2024

Numiscollect expands its Pointillism-style ‘Dot-Art’ coin series with a clever look at India’s iconic Taj Mahal

By |2024-03-06T17:20:57+00:00March 6th, 2024|Categories: Architecture, Art & Literature, Coloured, Silver, Palau, Numiscollect|

Numiscollect expands its Pointillism-style 'Dot-Art' coin series with a clever look at India's iconic Taj Mahal Developed by Post-Impressionist painter Georges Seurat and Neo-Impressionist painter Paul Signac, both Frenchmen working in Paris in the mid-1880’s, Pointillism was an artistic technique that built up an image using pure colours in small dots. This relied on the viewers brain to form the image in a way that was more visually striking. It [...]

February, 2024

Music Day continues with CIT and MDM heading into heavier rock with Iron Maiden and Motorhead

By |2024-04-24T23:51:28+01:00February 26th, 2024|Categories: Banknote / Foil, Art & Literature, Coloured, Barbados, Silver, CIT Coin Invest, Cook Islands, MDM|

Music Day continues with CIT and MDM heading into heavier rock with Iron Maiden and Motorhead We started the day with a look at the Royal Mint's new George Michael coin, but the coin world is no stranger to music, with hard rock/heavy metal being the usual subject of choice. Bands like AC/DC, and Iron Maiden, have wide selections of coins, and the latter of them gets a new addition [...]

Numiscollect’s ‘Time Flies’ silver coin series moves from trade and discovery, to humanities greatest love – Warfare

By |2024-02-14T15:33:58+00:00February 14th, 2024|Categories: History, Military, Silver, Gabon, Numiscollect|

Numiscollect's 'Time Flies' silver coin series moves from trade and discovery, to humanities greatest love - Warfare Time Flies is a series of two-ounce silver coins from Dutch producer, Numiscollect, that takes an interesting look at the progress mankind has made through various fields of endeavours. The first coin was a neat look at discovery and exploration, from Columbus to the space age, and that was succeeded last year with Trade, [...]

November, 2023

Minigold’s biggest cheerleader, CIT Coin Invest, expands its already wide and varied range with five new coins

By |2023-11-24T21:04:23+00:00November 24th, 2023|Categories: History, Nature, Sport, CIT Coin Invest, Cook Islands, Palau|

Minigold's biggest cheerleader, CIT Coin Invest, expands its already wide and varied range with five new coins So what do we consider a minigold? Basically, gold coins under a gram in weight fall under this general classification, and it's become particularly associated with the 1/2 gram weight, as the majority of issues in this class tip the scales at that number. Quite a few producers release coins in this category, and [...]

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