Powercoin extends its Micromosaic Passion, and Cyborg Revolution series with five classic ladies and an angry doggy
Along with their Micropuzzle Treasure series, Micromosaic Passion was an interesting concept whereby finely struck lines, in conjunction with high-quality colour, gave the impression the image was built up of smaller pieces. The puzzle coins were very well done, but we particularly liked the mosaic ones for the flowing pieces, expertly realised to form a greater whole.
Like the puzzle range, the mosaic series has effectively ended, but again, like the puzzle coins, Powercoin has issued a big special commemorative edition, to round it out. The five earlier issues each depicted a classic piece of art featuring a woman, and for this piece, they’ve cleverly taken the respective ladies and combined them into a single, multi-headed portrait.
All the old signature features return, just in 80 mm diameter, five-ounce form. A novel idea, it looks well done, and if you missed out on one or more of the originals, this is a neat way to catch-up. Probably a lot cheaper as well, given prices on the five prior issues have risen quite healthily. Boxed with a COA, and available to order now.
Also back, is Powercoin’s ‘Cyborg Revolution’, with the third of five coins in the series, the 2023 issue, now available to order. This is an altogether more original set of designs, with quite a bit of variety between each issue. Following Cyborg Alien, and Cyborg Baby, we have Cyborg Dog, an especially striking interpretation of an ‘enhanced’ canine.
The biomechanical look is well done, and flows well with the shape of the coin. Smartminted for detail, and enhanced with a subdued colour palette, this is turning into an eclectic ride, with Cyborg Total War due next year, before finishing in 2025 with Cyborg Earth. Will we win? Doesn’t look like it, but who can tell at this point. Presented in a themed ‘floating’ frame, this three-ounce silver coin has a mintage of 499 pieces.
| SPECIFICATION | ||
| COIN | 2020 MICROMOSAIC PASSION | 2023 CYBER DOG |
| DENOMINATION | $20 Palau | $20 Palau |
| COMPOSITION | 155.5 grams of 0.999 silver | 93.3 grams of 0.999 silver |
| DIMENSIONS | 80.0 mm | 55.0 mm |
| FINISH | Proof | Black Proof |
| MODIFICATIONS | Smartminting, Colour | Smartminting, Colour |
| MINTAGE | 499 | 499 |
Nice article! As always Italian company surprising in their great view of outstanding coins. The Dog is our favorite coin from the Cyborg Revolution series, so far. Combination of all 5 beautiful art-ladies from the different eras is the great move in the Mosaic series! Also, it’s a smart idea to place the Venus on the top of the coin’s pedestal. Yes, she’s the gorgeous one! 🙂 Great job!
I’d take Venus out for dinner, but I’d be pining for the lady in the green dress… 😉
Mik)) you have a great taste! 😉 But the dinner will be in Italy Lol
LOL-indeed Mik indeed. I’m with you on that! On another subject, you did stone work for 25 years?
Yes. I did, 30 years in fact. If you come to London and go to the Royal Festival Hall, or stay at the Savoy Hotel, you’ll see work I did, or managed (was MD of a big stone company for a decade). Country mansion on the Isle of Man, a Greg Norman golf course clubhouse and villas on the Caribbean island of Anguilla, and hundreds of other projects. Lots of murderers and other criminals have walked under stone arches I put in the Royal Courts of Justice, and they could stand there for centuries (or at least a few more months if WW3 kicks off in Ukraine…)
Wow! Just checked the interior of the ROYAL COURTS OF JUSTICE – Mik, you made so talented works on its huge floor! We should create a coin of it 🪙 Didn’t know where your artistic roots came from 😉
I wish I could claim credit for it, but we only did a small area in the interior at the back, but the whole building is quite stunning. Quite surreal wandering around the place at night, as we could only work when it was closed. It actually has its 140th anniversary in a couple of weeks time.
As for artistic roots, if you could see me trying to paint some miniature props for a coin shoot, the word ‘artistic’ isn’t the first one that springs to mind. I’m epically bad…
Very interesting Mik. Maybe you’re not artistic, but you were an artisan & explains I suspect your eye for the coin details & love of all these beautiful pieces wrought from blanks of silver & gold.