ANCIENT MYTHOLOGY: An overview of Mint of Poland struck 2oz high-relief coins

Ironically raised to popularity by the Perth Mint with its debut Gods of Olympus series, the ancient world coin genre has taken to the two-ounce, antique-finished, rimless, high-relief silver coin format like no other. Although employed by several producers, it is the Mint of Poland that has made, not only the most numerous, but also the best use of this excellent compromise between weight and cost with a range of, quite frankly, stunning issues.

There are numerous series currently in progress, with more appearing quite regularly. They’ve also stirred up quite the hornet’s nest on the aftermarket, with often rapidly rising prices and quick sell-outs. We’ve always concentrated solely on the physical product itself here at AgAuNEWS, and we rarely comment on investment potential, for the obvious reasons. Our articles are up for years, and the market is fleeting. Besides, one collector’s budget may be another collector’s dream, so any comments on value are quite subjective.

However, this is a much admired and discussed market at the moment, and while we do try our best to keep up with new releases, often with world debuts, we do recognise it’s becoming harder to keep track of all the various releases and to what series they belong. Hence, this guide. This isn’t meant to be a definitive look in detail at all the coins – our Coin Series Profiles and regular news articles will take care of that – but a handy compendium of everything released to date in one place. We’ll keep an eye out for any missing coins or mistakes, but this should cover all the Mint of Poland struck issues in this format and genre, from all the various producers that partner with them. We considered putting Imperial Art in here as well, but decided that was a series better suited to a round-up of Art Architectural coins of the Tiffany ilk, something the Mint of Poland also has a healthy presence in. Comments are enabled for this guide, so feel free to discuss below.

2020
12/08 : ADDED 2019 WOMAN WARRIOR AMAZONS
26/10 : ADDED 2018 GREAT COMMANDER LEONIDAS
06/11: ADDED 2020 LYU BU TO CHINA ROMANCE

2021
31/01: ADDED BLACK HORSEMAN TO FOUR HORSEMEN
08/02: ADDED HORUS TO GODS OF ANGER
11/02: ADDED FIRST CHINESE WARRIORS, AND FOUR HEAVENLY KINGS COINS
12/02: ADDED GUAN YU TO CHINESE HEROES
16/02: ADDED ATLANTIS TO LEGENDARY LANDS
21/02: ADDED CERYNEIAN HIND TO THE 12 TASKS OF HERCULES COINS
26/02: ADDED SEA BATTLES SERIES WITH BATTLE OF SALAMIS
25/03: ADDED 2020 APOLLO TO GODS
23/04: ADDED APHRODITE/VENUS TO GODDESSES
24/04: ADDED VIKINGS FIRST COIN, ERIC BLOODAXE
11/05: ADDED WARRIORS SERIES WITH SAMURAI AND MAYAN HOLCRON
12/05: ADDED STRIBOG TO SLAVIC GODS SERIES
13/05: ADDED SUN GODS SERIES
24/05: ADDED LEGENDS OF THE FAMOUS CHINESE EMPERORS
18/09: ADDED VALKYRIE TO WOMAN WARRIORS
04/12: ADDED QIAO SISTERS TO ROMANCE OF THE THREE KINGDOMS
20/06: ADDED FORTUNA/TYCHO TO GODDESSES. FIXED SOME TYPOS
23/06: ADDED HERCULES COINS 4+5
12/08: ADDED SKARBEK TO SLAVIC FOLKLORE SERIES
13/08: ADDED CHIGUOTIAN TO FOUR HEAVENLY KINGS SERIES, ADDED FREYDIS EIRIKSDOTTIR TO VIKINGS SERIES, ADDED ARES/MARS TO ANCIENT GODS SERIES
14/08: ADDED AZTEC DRAGON TO DRAGONS SERIES. ADDED NYAI RORO KUBAT TO IT GODDESSES SERIES: ADDED ZEUS TO GODS SERIES, ADDED HAKA TO WORLD CULTURES SERIES
15/08: ADDED ATLAS TO TITANS SERIES, ADDED LUCIFER TO ANGELS & DEMONS SERIES, ADDED ARTUR PENDRAGON TO CAMELOT SERIES, ADDED SKARBEK TO SLAVIC GODS SERIES
28/09: ADDED MARS & MULAN COINS
05/11: ADDED HERCULES TO DEMIGODS, ADDED GENGHIS KHAN TO GREAT COMMANDERS

2022
11/03: ADDED KNIGHTS TEMPLAR TO ASSASSINS, ADDED HAIYANTAN ZODIAC FOUNTAIN
12/03: ADDED MULAN TO HEROINES, ADDED WAR ELEPHANT TO WARFARE
12/06: ADDED 5OZ APOCALYPSE, ADDED WATATSUMI DRAGON, ADDED RHEA, ADDED STYMPHALIAN BIRDS, ADDED THE DROWNER, ADDED SHAMBHALA

2023
30/09: COMPLETE REFORMAT OF ARTICLE, MANY ADDITIONS
31/10: ADDED SICARII, JUNO, HERA/JUNO,
03/12: ADDED HERMES TO GODS

TABLE OF CONTENTS

ANCIENT MYTHS (Magikos Coins)

2017 TROJAN HORSE

Mintage 500, Wood insert

2018 MINOTAUR

Mintage 500, Gilded insert

2019 PROMETHEUS

Mintage 500, Gilded insert

GODS (Numiartis)

2017 ARES

Mintage 500, Gilding

2018 POSEIDON

Mintage 500, Gilded insert

2019 HEPHAESTUS

Mintage 500, Gilded insert

2020 APOLLO

Mintage 500, Gilding

2021 ZEUS

Mintage 500, Gilding

2022 DIONYSUS

Mintage 500, Gilding

COMMON OBVERSE

Antiqued

WORLD CULTURES (Magikos Coins / Numiartis)

2018 KAPALA SKULL

Mintage 500, Turquoise insert

2019 GANESHA

Mintage 500, Agate insert

2020 HAKA

Mintage 500, Carnelian insert

TWELVE TASKS OF HERCULES (Coin Shoppe / Magikos Coins)

2018 NEMEAN LION

Mintage 500, Gilding

2019 LERNAEAN HYDRA

Mintage 500, Gilding

2020 CERYNEIAN HIND

Mintage 500, Gilding

2020 ERYMANTHIAN BOAR

Mintage 500, Gilding

2021 AUGEAN STABLES

Mintage 500, Gilding

2022 STYMPHALIAN BIRDS

Mintage 500, Gilding

2023 CRETAN BULL

Mintage 500, Gilding

FOUR HORSEMEN OF THE APOCALYPSE (Coin Shoppe)

2018 WHITE HORSEMAN

Mintage 500, Gilded insert

2019 RED HORSEMAN

Mintage 500, Gilded insert

2020 BLACK HORSEMAN

Mintage 500, Gilding

2021 PALE HORSEMAN

Mintage 500, Gilding

COMMON OBVERSE

Two-ounce variant

2022 FOUR HORSEMEN 5oz

Mintage 500, Gilding

SLAVIC GODS (Mint of Poland)

2018 PERUN

Mintage 500, Wood insert

2019 SWIETOWID

Mintage 500, Wood insert

2020 STRIBOG

Mintage 500, Gilding

COMMON OBVERSE

Antiqued

SLAVIC FOLKLORE (Mint of Poland)

2021 SKARBEK

Mintage 500, Amber insert

2022 THE DROWNER

Mintage 500, Resin insert

COMMON OBVERSE

Antiqued

DEMIGODS (Numiartis)

2017 ACHILLES

Mintage 650, Haematite insert

2018 PERSEUS

Mintage 650, Crystal silicon insert

2021 HERACLES

Mintage 650, Red garnet insert

COMMON OBVERSE

Antiqued

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