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November, 2023

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

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

By Mik Woodgate|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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The famous statue, the Lion of Lucerne, inspires two silver coins taking markedly different approaches to the subject
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The famous statue, the Lion of Lucerne, inspires two silver coins taking markedly different approaches to the subject

The famous statue, the Lion of Lucerne, inspires two silver coins taking markedly different approaches to the subject

By Mik Woodgate|2023-11-09T16:28:17+00:00November 9th, 2023|Categories: Art & Literature, Silver, Cameroon, CGCM, Cook Islands, Powercoin|

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 massacre of the Swiss Guards in the service of French King Louis XVI, almost [...]

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CIT Autumn Launch Day: The Armillary Sphere, the Dragonfly, and the Eiffel Tower demonstrate CIT’s technical and artistic ability in modern numismatics
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CIT Autumn Launch Day: The Armillary Sphere, the Dragonfly, and the Eiffel Tower demonstrate CIT’s technical and artistic ability in modern numismatics

CIT Autumn Launch Day: The Armillary Sphere, the Dragonfly, and the Eiffel Tower demonstrate CIT’s technical and artistic ability in modern numismatics

By Mik Woodgate|2023-11-02T13:13:35+00:00November 2nd, 2023|Categories: Art & Literature, Coloured, Silver, CIT Coin Invest, Cook Islands, Palau|

CIT Autumn Launch Day: The Armillary Sphere, the Dragonfly, and the Eiffel Tower demonstrate CIT's technical and artistic ability in modern numismatics We've taken to picking out three noteworthy coins from CIT's quarterly seasonal releases to look at one launch day, and that's the case again for the last of the 2023 events - Autumn. As is always the case, there's a mix of additions to existing series, new variants [...]

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October, 2023

Powercoin launches its latest silver coin series, Magical Creatures at Night, with the legendary Phoenix
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Powercoin launches its latest silver coin series, Magical Creatures at Night, with the legendary Phoenix

Powercoin launches its latest silver coin series, Magical Creatures at Night, with the legendary Phoenix

By Mik Woodgate|2023-10-09T14:17:51+01:00October 9th, 2023|Categories: Art & Literature, Coloured, Silver, Palau, Powercoin|

Powercoin launches its latest silver coin series, Magical Creatures at Night, with the legendary Phoenix The ancient civilisations all had at least one thing in common - mythological beasts. No matter what continent that society was located on, and no matter whether they had contact with others or not, they each had rich pantheons of fantastical creatures to scare the kids with, or more likely, to keep the peasants in [...]

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Egyptian Symbols II: The Scarab silver coin (2023 Numiartis)

By Mik Woodgate|2023-10-03T12:03:43+01:00October 3rd, 2023|Categories: Quicklooks, Coloured, Silver, Palau, Numiartis|

It was back in mid-2021 that Numiartis debuted a second series of Egyptian Symbols coins with Bastet, the cat god, featuring a black cat in full Ancient Egyptian garb on its reverse, itself following a first series that ran from 2014 to 2017. Beautifully detailed, and enhanced with CIT's proprietary Smartminting technology, it was an attractive look at a very popular numismatic subject. The second coin has finally arrived, and depicts a [...]

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August, 2023

CIT Summer ’23: The Vexed Man, Charon the Ferryman, and the Grand Canyon showcase CIT’s imagination
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CIT Summer ’23: The Vexed Man, Charon the Ferryman, and the Grand Canyon showcase CIT’s imagination<

CIT Summer ’23: The Vexed Man, Charon the Ferryman, and the Grand Canyon showcase CIT’s imagination<

By Mik Woodgate|2023-08-10T13:10:01+01:00August 10th, 2023|Categories: Art & Literature, Coloured, Silver, CIT Coin Invest, Cook Islands, Palau|

CIT Summer '23: The Vexed Man, Charon the Ferryman, and the Grand Canyon showcase CIT's imagination After a quick wander through many of this talented producer's new coins from the Summer Launch, we've chosen three of them for a closer look. These aren't necessarily our absolute favourites, but they are all excellent, and more importantly, original. A big variance in style and implementation is also in evidence, all traits we associate [...]

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June, 2023

TEXTURED FINE ART RANGES (2017) by Powercoin
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TEXTURED FINE ART RANGES (2017) by Powercoin

TEXTURED FINE ART RANGES (2017) by Powercoin

By Mik Woodgate|2023-06-15T12:58:14+01:00June 15th, 2023|Categories: Ongoing, PALAU|

TEXTURED FINE ART RANGES (2017) by Powercoin Much admired on its debut, especially by us here at AgAuNEWS, Powercoin's first Great Micromosaic Passion coin did something different with the generally conservative fine-art genre. The use of a cleanly defined texture to impart a unique look has lifted the often stale procession of masterpieces coins we usually get, and to great effect. They followed the success of the series with [...]

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After employing mosaics and jigsaw puzzles to impart texture to fine art, Powercoin are back with embroidery for their latest coin
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After employing mosaics and jigsaw puzzles to impart texture to fine art, Powercoin are back with embroidery for their latest coin

After employing mosaics and jigsaw puzzles to impart texture to fine art, Powercoin are back with embroidery for their latest coin

By Mik Woodgate|2023-06-14T10:41:27+01:00June 14th, 2023|Categories: Art & Literature, Coloured, Silver, Palau, Powercoin|

After employing mosaics and jigsaw puzzles to impart texture to fine art, Powercoin are back with embroidery for their latest coin One of the more innovative producers of modern collectible coins operating today, Rome-based Powercoin have issued some clever coins over the last decade. Chief amongst them are their popular textured fine art coins, more commonly known as Micropuzzle Treasures, and Micromosaic Passion, the former using a jigsaw puzzle texture, [...]

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Parthava Coin seeks to raise awareness of our impact on the natural world with Endangered Animals: Asiatic Cheetah
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Parthava Coin seeks to raise awareness of our impact on the natural world with Endangered Animals: Asiatic Cheetah

Parthava Coin seeks to raise awareness of our impact on the natural world with Endangered Animals: Asiatic Cheetah

By Mik Woodgate|2023-06-01T21:31:39+01:00June 1st, 2023|Categories: Coloured, Nature, Inserts, Silver, Palau, Parthava Coin|

Parthava Coin seeks to raise awareness of our impact on the natural world with Endangered Animals: Asiatic Cheetah We've had an obvious affinity for coins that raise awareness of mankind's deplorable impact on the natural world, from way back when we first went live in 2013 (also ironically a cheetah) and through dozens of coins since. It's heart-warming to see the subject still hold considerable interest in the coin world, and [...]

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May, 2023

Powercoin’s hit Micromosaic Passion series is back with a new look, and featuring the artist Frida Kahlo as the subject
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Powercoin’s hit Micromosaic Passion series is back with a new look, and featuring the artist Frida Kahlo as the subject

Powercoin’s hit Micromosaic Passion series is back with a new look, and featuring the artist Frida Kahlo as the subject

By Mik Woodgate|2023-06-14T10:35:49+01:00May 22nd, 2023|Categories: Art & Literature, Coloured, Silver, Palau, Powercoin|

Powercoin's hit Micromosaic Passion series is back with a new look, and featuring the artist Frida Kahlo as the subject After a hiatus, Powercoin are revisiting their hit Micromosaic Passion series of three ounce silver coins with an all-new second series. It kicks off with renowned Mexican artist, Frida Kahlo, but as the subject, not the painter. Born on July 6, 1907, in Coyoacán, Mexico City, Frida's life was marked by [...]

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April, 2023

Spring Launch Special: CIT releases a wide range of new issues, and here are three of our favourites
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Spring Launch Special: CIT releases a wide range of new issues, and here are three of our favourites

Spring Launch Special: CIT releases a wide range of new issues, and here are three of our favourites

By Mik Woodgate|2023-04-27T11:52:57+01:00April 27th, 2023|Categories: Art & Literature, History, Coloured, Gold, Science, Silver, CIT Coin Invest, Cook Islands, Palau|

Spring Launch Special: CIT releases a wide range of new issues, and here are three of our favourites It's Spring Launch time, and we're absolutely inundated with new coin issues from some of the industry's biggest producers, We obviously can't cover them all on release day (there are about 80 so far!), so we'll take three from three to kick off the coverage. Starting it off are three coins from the [...]

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Powercoin debuts their new industrial proof finish with a striking silver coin inspired by the Deaths-Head Moth
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Powercoin debuts their new industrial proof finish with a striking silver coin inspired by the Deaths-Head Moth

Powercoin debuts their new industrial proof finish with a striking silver coin inspired by the Deaths-Head Moth

By Mik Woodgate|2023-04-11T12:32:36+01:00April 11th, 2023|Categories: Art & Literature, Coloured, Silver, Palau, Powercoin|

Powercoin debuts their new industrial proof finish with a striking silver coin inspired by the Deaths-Head Moth A surprise new release from Powercoin, IN GIRUM IMUS NOCTE isn't part of a new series, but a one-off with a cool design and, we suspect, is more about the debut of the new finish used. Called 'Industrial Proof', it looks terrific, in our view, a kind of scorched, super-heated metal look. In addition, [...]

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March, 2023

The story of how the Ancient Egyptians honoured their dead is explored in the second Rites of Passage silver coin
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The story of how the Ancient Egyptians honoured their dead is explored in the second Rites of Passage silver coin

The story of how the Ancient Egyptians honoured their dead is explored in the second Rites of Passage silver coin

By Mik Woodgate|2023-03-20T13:32:18+00:00March 20th, 2023|Categories: Art & Literature, History, Coloured, Silver, Palau, Numiscollect|

The story of how the Ancient Egyptians honoured their dead is explored in the second Rites of Passage silver coin After skipping 2022, Numiscollect's 'Rites of Passage' series returns with its second issue. A fascinating subject for a coin series, the way our ancestors celebrated the death of their leaders and important people could almost be called the most important window into the past we have. From the Celtic ship [...]

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Flowers: Forget-Me-Not silver coin (2023 Numiscollect)

By Mik Woodgate|2023-03-06T20:13:30+00:00March 6th, 2023|Categories: Quicklooks, Coloured, Nature, Silver, Palau, Numiscollect|

One of the best flora coins on the market, Numiscollect's 'Flowers'series takes full advantage of smartminting to impart impressive high-relief depictions of popular flowers in silver, topped off with some fine quality colouration. The Forget-Me-Not is the fifth issue, following Pink Rose, Daisy, Poppy, and Lotus designs. The style is a simple one, with a flower, struck in high-relief, filling most of the reverse face of the coin. It's another beautiful design, the [...]

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Pointillism – Flower and Butterfly silver coin (2023 Numiscollect)

By Mik Woodgate|2023-03-02T20:52:26+00:00March 2nd, 2023|Categories: Quicklooks, Art & Literature, Coloured, Silver, Palau, Numiscollect|

Without question, one of the more unusual coin ranges of recent years, Numiscollect's 'Dot Art' series brings Pointillism to numismatics. The concept of pointillism is fundamentally simple, using coloured dots to build up an image that becomes more cohesive as you move away from it. It's very effective. Indeed, before the advent of digital, newspapers used a dot shading system to display photographs in their pages. They looked terrible up close, but quite [...]

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