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Italy of the Arts series continues its look at this nations culture with a visit to the city of Matera The Italian Mint IPZS (Istituto Poligrafico e Zecca Dello Stato) continues their series of sterling silver coins peeking at the ancient and medieval culture of Italy. Called Italia delle Arte (Art of Italy), the series debuted in 2010 and has seen two coins are released annually; an [...]
Mexican Surrealist painter has his amazing work showcased on a new silver coin series Art has always been popular on coins and never more than now as new technologies aimed at modern numismatics have broadened just what is possible reproducing them. While most mints play safe and stick with the famous masters, this new collaborative issue from Coins Boutique and European Mint has brought something more esoteric [...]
Moneda Nueva debut their third silver kilo art-architectural coin, the Mayan city of Uxmal For the third time in four years, Spanish producer Moneda Nueva is releasing a coin in its kilogram weighted silver architectural series. Following the superb Taj Mahal coin in 2014 and last years equally fine Angkor Wat coin, the producer is launching Uxmal for 2017. The format is one familiar to collectors of [...]
The fourth in the Italian Mint's range of silver coins called Ville E Giardini Storici (Historical Villas and Gardens) is now available. The latest coin features a fine piece of Renaissance architecture called Villa Cicogna Mozzoni, located in Bisuschio, near Varese, in the region of Lombardy. The first in this series came out in 2013 and depicted the Villa Adriana in Tivoli. Subsequent releases were the 2014 Villa Lante in Bagnaia, [...]
One of the first precious metal coins to be launched by the Italian mint IPZS (Istituto Poligrafico E Zecca Dello Stato) has launched and it celebrates one of Italy's favourite sons, Enzo Ferrari. Born in 1898 and dying ninety years later, Enzo Ferrari was one of the greatest names to ever grace the automotive world. There are very few figures in motoring to hold the level of admiration captured by this [...]
The Istituto Poligrafico E Zecca Della Stato, fortunately known by its acronym IPZS, is responsible for the issuance of money in Italy, and that includes some superb commemoratives. Drawing on Italy's deep, fascinating art and history, the mint has struck some beautiful designs in recent years. This new release is from their Italy as Art series, each of which showcases one of this ancient countries historical towns, previous coins featuring such subjects [...]
We recently covered the Monnaie de Paris release of a coin commemorating a milestone event in European history, seventy years of continuous peace on the continent. Given the age of the European states, you'd think seventy years of peace wouldn't be that big a deal, but staggeringly, it's actually the longest period without war since the end of the Pax Romana in 180 A.D. Certainly worth commemorating then and both these coins, like the [...]
Kicking off four years ago, the Italian mint IPZS (Istituto Poligrafico e Zecca) launched a couple of series of coins closely linked by a common theme. Called Flora in Art Masterpieces and Fauna in Art Masterpieces, both take the same central theme of nature in classic art, the former botanical and the latter zoological. We covered the 2014 coins last year, but both series have been going since the debut of a pair [...]
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