2019+ ANIMAL CHAMPIONS by the Czech Mint A very nice series from the Czech Mint, Animal Champions has for its subject the record breaking creatures that push the envelopes of just what is possible in the natural world. The biggest, fastest, strongest of their types are represented, and done so in a striking style. Each coin is antique-finished and is struck in an ounce of fine silver. They're quite a standard format, eschewing colour, high-relief and inserts,and as a result are relatively affordable. The first year of release was 2019 and encompassed four issues, [...]

2004-2020 TIFFANY ART by CIT Coin Invest Every now and then a coin series flares brightly on the market for a couple of years, and then fades away. Sometimes, it's three or four releases before interest disappears, but rarely, a series of coins so captures the heart of the market that it can go on for years and stay at the top of it's game. Foremost in the last group is the Tiffany Art series of architecture coins released by the Liechtenstein based coin producer, CIT Coin Invest, known to most simply as, CIT. Without [...]

2016-2020 ETERNAL SCULPTURES by Powercoin Fine art has always been a popular subject on modern coins. Reproductions of some of the world's great paintings are popular, and even pottery has attracted an interesting series or two. Sculpture, because of its fundamentally three-dimensional nature, is a little harder to depict on a small coin, but Italian dealer Powercoin, along with super-producer CIT Coin Invest, decided they could do a good job of it. They were wrong. They did a fantastic job. Eternal Sculptures debuted in 2016 and sees just a single release annually. Each coin is [...]

2019 HARRY POTTER: HOGWARTS HOUSES by New Zealand Mint Following the Crown Mint's launch of its new eight-coin series of Harry Potter character coins, it came as a surprise to learn that the New Zealand Mint were also to debut a whole range of similarly themed issues. We've noticed the spread of media franchises in the numismatic world is often convoluted, so I guess we really shouldn't be so nonplussed. The NZ Mint has taken a clever approach to the licence with a beautifully artistic set of four, five-gram silver foils that feature the heraldry of the [...]

2019 INVENTIONS OF LEONARDO by the Czech Mint Renaissance genius Leonardo Da Vinci is no stranger to the coin world and it’s easy to see why. A huge body of incredible artwork and astounding inventions are a veritable visual feast and make splendid numismatics. To date, the vast majority of coins featuring the mans work have stayed firmly in the artistic sphere, but the Czech Mint have chosen to showcase Da Vinci’s engineering skills, especially in works that led to advances in warfighting. Designed by Asamat Baltaev, the medal maker responsible for the beautiful Jules [...]

2019 MAGIC THE GATHERING by New Zealand Mint The selection of subjects appearing on the relatively new silver foil format continues to increase with the arrival of cult card game Magic the Gathering. The New Zealand Mint has previously issued two 1oz silver coins, with a considerable gap between them, but neither seem to have set the market on fire with their popularity. Given the game is all about images on cards, perhaps the mint will have more success with the cheaper and more appealing banknote-style foils. Of the mints three main silver foil [...]

2019 STAR TREK NEXT GENERATION by New Zealand Mint Another of the New Zealand Mint's many silver foil series featuring their numerous licenced media franchises, Star Trek Next Generation has itself appeared previously on a pretty neat Juan Ortiz penned 'poster' set, but the set we're looking at here is a sequel to the Star Trek Original Series character foils released a last year.Each of the five-gram, 150 x 70 mm silver foils is in a banknote ratio format, and carries a common obverse (these are denominated as a coin, unlike some other foils, even from [...]

METEORITES (2016-2019) by Numiscollect One of the more popular genres in modern numismatics over the last decade or so, meteorite adorned coins depict an astronomical body or event, and incorporate a fragment of genuine meteorite. Three producers are the main players in this market - CIT Coin Invest, the Mint of Poland, and Numiscollect. The flagship series of the latter of those three is simply called 'Meteorites', and has been running since 2016. These are impressive coins. Each is struck in three ounces of fine 0.999 silver, and while there are some differences in final [...]

HISTORY OF POLISH COINS (2013+) by the National Bank of Poland There's little more interesting in modern coins than a series that showcases coins of old. While looking at all the latest and greatest issues from the high-tech mints of today, it's easy to forget what an integral part of history coins are, especially the further back in time you go. The National Bank of Poland started a series in 2013, called 'History of Polish Coin'. Each of the sterling 0.925 silver coins features a coin from Poland's past, going right back to the first such [...]

2017+ DC CLASSIC COMIC COVERS by the New Zealand Mint Part of the New Zealand Mint's premium foil range, DC Comic Covers reproduces some of the most iconic, and expensive, comic covers of all time. From the debuts of such modern day giants as Superman, Batman and the Flash, to a beautiful Batman: The Killing Joke issue, these are the perfect way to display some truly fine comic artwork, without the huge expense. As with the Star Wars and Star Trek movie poster series, these are 175 x 262 mm in size, with a [...]