August, 2026
Fors Fortuna gold and silver minted bar range (2026 Le Grand Mint)
Mik Woodgate2026-08-11T16:22:49+01:00August 11th, 2026|
Fors Fortuna gold and silver minted bar range (2026 Le Grand Mint)
After a fine debut last March, Le Grand Mint have launched the second of their Fors Fortuna bars with a new design by the same talented Italian artist, Carmen Testa. It features the Roman goddess of fortune, and the personification of luck, a popular deity in the civilisation centred around the modern Italian capital over 2,000 years ago. She was worshipped in a sacellum (a small, open-roof shrine) on the right bank of the Tiber river. She differed from other personifications of wealth, in not striving for balance, but rather representing the capriciousness of life.
The first bar depicted her naked, and traditionally blindfolded, while sitting on the coat-of-arms of Le Grand Mint, rather than the wheel, or ship’s rudder normally present. Coins tumbled from her hand, and the background was a repeating pattern forming LGM’s initials. This second bar keeps all of those elements, differing in the pose of the goddess, where she is standing with her back to us. The back of the bar carries over.
An attractive interpretation of good fortune, there are gold and silver bars available. Gold comes in 0.5g (999 mintage), and 1.0g (999), sizes, with no sign at present of the 20g bar. Silver is unchanged with 1oz (5,000), and 2oz (2,500) variants. We like this one a lot, combining a sensible choice of weights, with great-looking artwork. Available to order now, they come in blisterpacks with a COA.
| DENOMINATION | COMPOSITION | DIMENSIONS | FINISH | MINTAGE |
| Undenominated | 31.1 g of 0.9999 silver | mm | BU | 5,000 |
| Undenominated | 62.2 g of 0.9999 silver | mm | BU | 2,500 |
| Undenominated | 0.5 g of 0.9999 gold | mm | BU | 999 |
| Undenominated | 1.0 g of 0.9999 gold | mm | BU | 999 |
The Divine Comedy Inferno 9 gram silver medal (2026 Hobo Coin)
Mik Woodgate2026-08-10T13:25:46+01:00August 10th, 2026|
The Divine Comedy Inferno 9 gram silver medal (2026 Hobo Coin)
An Italian poet (1265-1321), Dante is widely lauded for his three part ‘Divine Comedy’ which is not only considered the greatest literary work in the Italian language, but also one of the most important of the Middle Ages. He eschewed the traditional use of Latin so that more people would have access to his writing, helping to set the local Tuscan dialect on its path to becoming the modern Italian language.
Inferno is the first part of Divine Comedy, followed by Purgatorio and Paradiso. It tells of the journey of Dante through Hell, guided by the ancient Roman poet Virgil. In the poem, Hell is depicted as nine concentric circles of torment located within the Earth; it is the “realm … of those who have rejected spiritual values by yielding to bestial appetites or violence, or by perverting their human intellect to fraud or malice against their fellowmen”. As an allegory, the Divine Comedy represents the journey of the soul toward God, with the Inferno describing the recognition and rejection of sin.
Inferno has been seen on modern numismatics several times before, including some quite sublime releases, but what Hobo Coin has here is a brilliant design, that incredibly is struck in just nine grams of fine silver. The reverse depicts Dante and Virgil gazing down on the circles of hell as they start their journey. The obverse depicts the pair witnessing the ferryman carrying souls across the river. Set on the Sixth Circle of Hell, the City of Dis sits ablaze in the background.
Both sides are gorgeous, even more so considering ther size and undenominated nature. They come with a COA. We’re very pleased that this level of design and execution is being targeted at the affordable end of the market, with no visual compromises over a simlar one-ounce coin. Hobo Coins are to be commended for their focus on the budget end of the market with their super range of copper, and now silver coins and medals. Available to order now.
| DENOMINATION | COMPOSITION | DIMENSIONS | FINISH | MINTAGE |
| Undenominated | 9.0 g of 0.999 silver | 25.0 mm | BU | 999 |
Tyrannosaurus Rex 1oz proof silver coin (2026 Royal Canadian Mint)
Mik Woodgate2026-08-05T14:56:52+01:00August 5th, 2026|
Tyrannosaurus Rex 1oz proof silver coin (2026 Royal Canadian Mint)
After releasing a superb, but expensive, dinosaur coin just a couple of weeks ago, the Royal Canadian Mint has issued a dino coin with a more affordable price tag, and it’s one that also employs the considerable talents of Canadian palaeoartist Julius Csotonyi. As you can see, the inimitable T. Rex is back in the spotlight, this time sporting a new colouration pattern.
There’s considerable speculation on exactly what T. Rex looked like. It’s hard to tell, given its lifestyle is also the subject of much debate, and it isn’t just the colour that’s in question. Did it have lips to cover its teeth, were there any feathers in certain places, etc. The scheme here looks credible, for sure, especially in the forested environment the coin places the behemoth in.
The world’s greatest terrestrial predator is not alone on the coin. In the sky is another giant, Quetzalcoatlus Northropi, the biggest pterosaur yet found, although Hatzegopteryx may have been heavier. I’m less convinced by the colour scheme here, although like T. Rex, nobody knows what colour it actually was. It’s also posed quite acrobatically, something I understand would also be less likely, but there’s so much speculation on these things, right and wrong are very subjective. What I do know is that T. Rex has nothing to fear from it, with the 250kg pterosaur having about as much chance of taking down an 8,000kg Rex, as I do of turning down a kebab…
Whatever the case, it’s a great-looking coin, and the UV colouring that shows the skeletal structure under black light, is a cool touch. The obverse is the basic one, featuring the RCM’s own, Steve Rosati penned effigy of King Charles III. It comes boxed with a COA, and is available to order right now.
| DENOMINATION | COMPOSITION | DIMENSIONS | FINISH | MINTAGE |
| $20 CAD (Canada) | 31.39 g of 0.9999 silver | 38.0 mm | Proof, UV colour | 8,500 |
Women Warriors 06: Gladiatrix 2oz silver coin (2026 Carpathian Mint)
Mik Woodgate2026-08-04T19:34:32+01:00August 4th, 2026|
Women Warriors 06: Gladiatrix 2oz silver coin (2026 Carpathian Mint)
At one time, the two-ounce, antiqued, high-relief silver, ancient mythology coin, was everywhere, with plenty of fine designs, but also with lots of unfinished series, which often frustrated collectors. Carpathian Mint’s ‘Women Warriors’ series is one that has some fine designs, but importantly, continues to add them to this day, with the debut of the sixth coin.
The premise here is simple. Showcase some of the legendary female individuals and groups that took to battle in the ancient world, some real historical figures, and some from the myths of old. Individuals have included Boudica and Mulan, with the Barbarians, Amazons, and Valkyrie representing the groups. The latest is another group, but one firmly in the real world, and they are the women who fought in the various gladiatorial amphitheatres throughout the Roman Empire in its heyday.
I’m pleased to say that, despite being the sixth design, this one is also my favourite to date, being very dynamic, action-packed, and with a better display of anatomy than earlier coins. The Gladiatrix is attired in Roman armour, and she wields the two series signature elements – a gilded weapon, and a shield formed from inset wood. A defeated opponent lies on the ground beneath her, with some big cats looking to join in the fun. It’s all set in the Colosseum. There’s a fine sense of depth to it, and while the weapons and armour aren’t exactly correct, the series is more about the emotion of the scene, not the history. The common obverse returns, and the coin, of which there will only be 333 struck, comes boxed with a
COA.
Avery nice addition to the series, one we’re pleased to see is getting stronger as time goes by. What next? Maybe Queen Zenobia who took Egypt from Rome, or Artemisia, who fought with Xerxes I against Greece at the sea battle of Salamis. Probably not Triệu Thị Trinh, the 3rd century Vietnamese warrior who kicked out the Chinese in the early 3rd century CE. She was said to be 9ft tall with 3ft breasts she tied behind her back, while riding an elephant into battle. That would be quite the coin… LOL
| DENOMINATION | COMPOSITION | DIMENSIONS | FINISH | MINTAGE |
| $5 NZD (Niue) | 62.2 g of 0.999 silver | 45.0 mm | Antique, Gilding, Wood insert | 333 |
Fender 80th Anniversary 1 gram gold bar (2026 MKS PAMP)
Mik Woodgate2026-08-04T16:32:22+01:00August 4th, 2026|
Fender 80th Anniversary 1 gram gold bar (2026 MKS PAMP)
PAMP has done a fine job with their Fender guitar licence, featuring a brilliant range of guitar-shaped coins in various historical styles and colours, and a range of guitar-picks, which are actually usable. To that, we can add gold bars, specifically this relatively affordable one-gram release that marks the 80th anniversary of the company.
Packaged in a nicely themed blistercard, the bar depicts a guitar and the Fender logo on the front, with a mix of guitars and musical notes in silhouette form on the back. The composition and serial number are also inscribed here, with the COA printed on the back of the blister.
It’s a one-gram piece, and with the recent softening in gold’s price, it shouldn’t be prohibitively expensive, as PAMP seem quite competitive, even with licensed items like this. A nice addition to the franchise, and a release that fits well into the current market popularity of sub-5g bars.
| DENOMINATION | COMPOSITION | DIMENSIONS | FINISH | MINTAGE |
| Undenominated | 1.0 g of 0.9999 gold | 8.9 x 14.7 mm | Proof-like | 15,000 |
July, 2026
Deadly & Dangerous Red Back Spider 20th Anniversary gold & silver coins (2026 Downies)
Mik Woodgate2026-07-16T16:37:13+01:00July 16th, 2026|
Deadly & Dangerous Red Back Spider 20th Anniversary gold & silver coins (2026 Downies)
Well here’s a real blast from the past! Back in 2006, the Perth Mint launched the first Deadly & Dangerous coin, and it was an instant hit, gaining popularity and acclaim in equal measure. Since then, and despite the odds as so few series hit the two-decade milestone, it’s continued on to this day, with the 2026 Giant Centipede coin launching earlier this year. As it’s such a big milestone, we’re also being treated to a special re-issue of the 2006 coin, one we still feel is the best in the series.
The Red Back Spider is an unfairly maligned creature, nowhere near as deadly as you’ve been made to believe, but its distinctive appearance has given it a notoriety of its own. Trust me when I say, you’d rather encounter five of these than a single Sydney Funnel Web Spider… The coin also has a distinctive appearance, and aside from the addition of a small 20th anniversary privy mark, is basically unchanged from the 2006 release, although King Charles II now adorns the obverse.
The main addition is the one-ounce gold variant, which wasn’t offered in 2006, with gold coins only joining the Deadly & dangerous line-up in 2021. It only has a mintage of 99 pieces, with the silver at 2,006 to match the debut year. It’s available to order now. Check out the whole range dating back twenty years in our Coin Series Profile.
| DENOMINATION | COMPOSITION | DIMENSIONS | FINISH | MINTAGE |
| $100 NZD (Niue) | 31.1 g of 0.9999 gold | 38.60 mm | Proof, Colour | 99 |
| $1 TVD (Tuvalu) | 31.1 g of 0.9999 silver | 40.90 mm | Proof, Colour | 2,006 |
Superman Shield 0.1 gram minigold coin (2026 Agoro)
Mik Woodgate2026-07-16T14:31:56+01:00July 16th, 2026|
Superman Shield 0.1 gram minigold coin (2026 Agoro)
Without question, one of the most recognisable symbols in comic book lore, the shield symbol that is emblazoned on the chest of Superman has appeared on numerous coins over the last decade, quite a few of them from Agoro, the numismatic brand of the New Zealand Mint. This time, however, it’s in a format this mint rarely uses, but one that has garnered a lot of popularity in recent years – the minigold.
Minigold coins range up to just a single gram in weight, but most sit below that, often as small as 1/1000th of an ounce. Agoro has kept things a little more impressive than that, choosing 0.1 grams for this neat reproduction of that most iconic of logos. As a result, despite the small amount of metal, this Niue-denominated coin still reaches an impressive 31 mm across.
As you’d expect from Agoro, the packaging is well realised, and the credit-card style blister drops into a more expansive sleeve themed to make a larger image. The mintage is capped at 5,000 pieces, so clearly Agoro have some faith in the format, and I wouldn’t be surprised to see Batman’s logo as a future release. A nice item with a sub-$90 price, that while not fantastic value, is still relatively affordable, and thus collectible.
| DENOMINATION | COMPOSITION | DIMENSIONS | FINISH | MINTAGE |
| $1 NZD (Niue) | 0.1 g of 0.999 gold | 27.5 x 31.0 mm | Proof | 5,000 |
June, 2026
250th Anniversary of the US Declaration of Independence proof coins (2026 Royal Mint)
Mik Woodgate2026-06-25T21:27:58+01:00June 25th, 2026|
250th Anniversary of the US Declaration of Independence proof coins (2026 Royal Mint)
As expected, the upcoming 250th anniversary of the US Declaration of Independence is creating a lot of numismatic interest, and one of the biggest players with intimate interest is Britain’s own Royal Mint. A new proof range dropped today, designed by Gordon Summers, the current Chief Engraver of the Royal Mint, in both gold and silver.
The design is genuinely excellent, with the eagle seemingly bursting free from the moment the quill touches the paper. The detail in the hand and feather are superb, and the eagle is done in a style the Americans seem to love so much on their coins. It’s all very symbolic and perfectly on point.
The range comprises two silver coins of one and two ounces, and gold in quarter and one ounces. Topping the range are a two-kilo gold coin with a £323,170 price tag, of which only three will be struck, and a solitary five-kilo gold coin that will sell for a staggering £820,925 (just shy of $1.1m US!!). I suspect that coin already has a buyer or purpose, but if not, and you want it, don’t forget to click our banner below first! LOL. Available to order now, it’s a fine design, in my opinion, and all versions come boxed with a COA.
| DENOMINATION | COMPOSITION | DIMENSIONS | FINISH | MINTAGE |
| £5,000 UKP (UK) | 5,030.0 g of 0.999 gold | 175.0 mm | Proof | 1 |
| £2,000 UKP (UK) | 2,010.0 g of 0.999 gold | 125.0 mm | Proof | 3 |
| £100 UKP (UK) | 31.21 g of 0.9999 gold | 32.69 mm | Proof | 260 |
| £25 UKP (UK) | 7.80 g of 0.9999 gold | 22.0 mm | Proof | 760 |
| £5 UKP (UK) | 62.86 g of 0.999 silver | 40.0 mm | Proof | 1,010 |
| £2 UKP (UK) | 31.21 g of 0.999 silver | 38.61 mm | Proof | 3,512 |
Kings of Sting! Bullet Ant 1 oz silver coin (2025 Melbourne Coin Company)
Mik Woodgate2026-06-12T15:13:03+01:00June 12th, 2026|
Kings of Sting! Bullet Ant 1 oz silver coin (2025 Melbourne Coin Company)
Does it have a gun? You’ll wish it did because that would probably be less painful than getting stung by Paraponera clavata, more commonly known as the Bullet Ant. Native to the lowland rainforests of Central and South America, it has a fearsome reputation amongst local peoples, and many other names, including hormiga veinticuatro in Venezuela, which translates as ’24-hour ant’. This refers to, and I kid you not, the length of time the pain tends to last!
Bullet Ants can be up to 30 mm in length, and are predatory, hunting insects on the forest floor, but also having a love of nectar. They’re generally not aggressive, except when their nest, usually containing several hundred ants, is disturbed. The sting is ranked as the most painful of all insect stings, described by Justin O. Schmidt (who has a pain index), as like ‘walking over flaming charcoal with a three-inch nail embedded in your heel’. That was from a single animal. Imagine getting stung by scores of them, and remember, the pain lasts around a full day. A direct ancestor was found in Dominican amber dating back as far as 45 million years, so pain is obviously a handy evolutionary characteristic…
Like the original Tarantula Hawk coin, Melbourne Coins second entry into their ‘Kings of Sting’ series is a one-ounce silver coin, antique finished, with some nice restrained colour on the subject. A Bullet Ant is depicted in full, looking forward, sitting above a background of leafy forest floor. A title bar crosses the coin nearer the bottom, and the obverse features the usual effigy of King Charles III, bordered by the issue details. A cool coin, these look great in hand compared to the images here.
| DENOMINATION | COMPOSITION | DIMENSIONS | FINISH | MINTAGE |
| $2 NZD (Niue) | 31.1 g of 0.999 silver | 40.0 mm | Antique, Colour | 300 |
Fairy Tales: Thumbelina 1oz silver coin (2026 Lithuanian Mint)
Mik Woodgate2026-06-09T19:37:05+01:00June 9th, 2026|
Fairy Tales: Thumbelina 1oz silver coin (2026 Lithuanian Mint)
Since its 2021 debut, the Lithuanian Mint has regularly added new issues to its ‘Fairy Tales’ range of one-ounce silver coins, usually two or three of them. This talented producer has just issued the 15th in the series to date, and they’re stepping it up in the design stakes with a neat new border frame.
Thumbelina is the fairy story featured on this first 2026-dated entry, and is based on a work by the famous Danish author, Hans Christian Andersen, first published in 1835. It tells the story of a tiny girl’s adventures, and her battles to fight off getting married to a succession of toads, moles, and cockchafers. She eventually finds happiness by wedding an equally tiny flower-fairy prince. A weird story, as most fairy tales are, the task of encapsulating it fell to Audronė Kalinauskienė.
The scene on the coin depicts Thumbelina in the house of a mouse, the lady mouse (did I really just write that…) is in her kitchen, baking bread and facing Thumbelina. It’s full of charming visual cues, like mushrooms on a line and seeds looking huge in a sack. It’s all bounded by a raised wooden branch frame, complete with acorns and pine cones, giving it the appearance of looking into a hole in the tree to witness the scene within. The obverse has a standard relief flipped copy of it, inside which are the usual issue details, in this case for Niue.
After losing the custom packaging for the last issue, this one brings it back with a brightly themed cylindrical box. The series as a whole has suffered from a lack of consistency when it comes to presentation, but this is neat, and suits the coin. Available to order now, 1,000 will be struck.
| DENOMINATION | COMPOSITION | DIMENSIONS | FINISH | MINTAGE |
| $1 NZD (Niue) | 31.1 g of 0.999 silver | 40.0 mm | Antique, Colour | 1,000 |
Legendary Warriors: Arminius 2oz silver coin (2026 T&S Coin)
Mik Woodgate2026-06-02T12:39:23+01:00June 2nd, 2026|
Legendary Warriors: Arminius 2oz silver coin (2026 T&S Coin)
Legendary Warriors, a 15-coin series of two-ounce silver coins by T&S Coin, in partnership with North Carolina based US dealer, Pinehurst Coins, has received its penultimate issue with the release of Arminius. These coins feature famous historical warriors from around the world, in antiqued high-relief with gilded highlights. The series has a decent mix of subjects, and a high standard of design. Pinehurst offer one-ounce bullion coin variants, which are struck in the US.
Arminius was a Germanic chieftain who served in the Roman Army in other parts of the Empire. However, he was sent back to Germania to help pacify the tribes, but while there, however, he secretly plotted with the Germanic tribes to revolt. In 9 CE, he persuaded the Roman governor, Varus, to take three Roman legions into the Teutoburg Forest, where they were ambushed and wiped out in what is widely considered one of Rome’s most comprehensive defeats. It effectively ended Roman expansion east of the Rhine.
Rather than go on about it here, you can read more about it in our comprehensive Coin Series Profile, where all these coins are featured. It’s available to pre-order now.
| DENOMINATION | COMPOSITION | DIMENSIONS | FINISH | MINTAGE |
| $5 NZD (Niue) | 62.2 g of 0.999 silver | 45.0 mm | Antique w/gilding | 500 |
May, 2026
Micro-coins in gold, platinum and palladium (2026 Mint of MK & Silver Pours)
Mik Woodgate2026-05-18T13:25:54+01:00May 18th, 2026|
Micro-coins in gold, platinum and palladium (2026 Mint of MK & Silver Pours)
The tsunami of releases from Mint of MK and Silver Pours in the realm of micro-coins continues, and so does our quest to keep track of them for the collectors among you. For the unaware, these are tiny coins, way smaller than the 0.5 gram minigold and usually a light as 1/1000oz. You can buy coins in different metals, and while there are some silver issues, gold is the most popular, followed by platinum and palladium. Each coin comes mounted in a themed credit-card shaped blisterpack, so they’re easy to collect and store.
The release rate is high for these, so we obviously can’t cover them all, or indeed want to given they’re all fundamentally similar. As a result, we have four of our Coin Series Profiles set up, one for each metal, that collect most, but not all (we’re still waiting for a batch of images from Q4/2025), or the releases to date, and we keep them constantly updated.
You can see the various designs on our Coin Series Profiles page, so just click Liberia on the country filter at the top of the page, and you will see the four profiles laid out for you to choose to view. There’s been a lot of new ones, some 22 in total, since our last update, so take a look if this is your thing, or you want to start collecting on a strict budget.
| DENOMINATION | COMPOSITION | DIMENSIONS | FINISH | MINTAGE |
History of the Crusades: The First Swedish Crusade 1oz silver coin (2026 Numiscollect)
Mik Woodgate2026-05-11T21:26:47+01:00May 11th, 2026|
History of the Crusades: The First Swedish Crusade 1oz silver coin (2026 Numiscollect)
It’s been some three years since Numiscollect added to their History of the Crusades series of silver coins, but we’ve finally got a new issue, the fourteenth since it debuted in 2009. Each coin has depicted a scene from a specific crusade, the first ten focusing on what we consider the traditional campaigns, and the last four, including this one, turning their attention to the less well-known Northern Crusades in the Baltic area.
The 2026 coin features the First Swedish Crusade against Finland by King Erik IX, ironically a campaign that may not ever have happened, given the earliest accounts were recorded about 150 years after the supposed date. The coin itself continues the style of earlier releases, with the figure of the protagonist, in this case Erik, in the foreground, with a melee combat scene in the background. It’s all quite chaotic, and a fine encapsulation of medieval combat.
The coin issuer has changed from Cook Islands to Niue, so that Pacific islands Public Seal sits in the prescribed space. For the first time, the issue date has moved to this face. They’ve taken the opportunity to enhance it as well. While the basic layout remains as before, the silhouette of soldiers and knights is considerably more detailed than before – a major upgrade, in my view. A great release in an excellent series. See the whole range in our Coin Series Profile, which I’ve just spent hours completely refreshing to our latest, more modern look.
| DENOMINATION | COMPOSITION | DIMENSIONS | FINISH | MINTAGE |
| $2 NZD (Niue) | 31.1 grams of 0.999 silver | 38.61 mm | Antique | 499 |
Don Quijote 1oz proof silver coin (2026 Asturmint)
Mik Woodgate2026-05-11T16:39:09+01:00May 11th, 2026|
Don Quijote 1oz proof silver coin (2026 Asturmint)
Miguel de Cervantes Saavedra, widely regarded as the greatest writer in his native Spanish, wrote his hit novel in 1605. Called ‘The Ingenious Gentleman Don Quixote of La Mancha’, it tells the story of the title character and his many adventures with his horse Rocinante, and his squire, Sancho Panza, most of which are distortions of fantasies he has in his head.
It’s a lightly comedic work, but with a deeper layer reflecting on the nature of man, and the conflict between realism and fantasy. Don Quixote was published in two parts, and is widely considered the first modern novel. It remains one of the best-selling books of all time, and one of the most translated. Cervantes holds the same esteem in Spain as Shakespeare does in England. It’s a fertile breeding ground for interesting numismatics.
Spanish producer, Asturmint, are the latest to take on the challenge with this terrific one-ounce proof silver coin. The image of Don Quixote, Rocinante, and Panza is full of the whimsy that permeates the novels, and it reminds me of some of the art created for Terry Pratchett’s ‘Discworld’ novels, which I consider high praise indeed. They appear over a micro-engraved wall of text, which constitutes the first two chapters of the novel, a great touch.
While the coin is issued for Cameroon, the obverse eschews the usual obverse design for the coat-of-arms of Philip II and III, who ruled Spain when Cervantes wrote Don Quixote. Created with four different finishes, it’s a pleasantly surprising design to find, and very much on theme. Supplied on a large credit-card style blisterpack, all superbly themed (love the colour reproduction of the coin art), the mintage is set at 2,000 pieces, and it’s available to order now.
| DENOMINATION | COMPOSITION | DIMENSIONS | FINISH | MINTAGE |
| 1,000 Francs CFA (Cameroon) | 31.1 grams of 0.9999 silver | 38.61 mm | Proof | 2,000 |
Poseidon 2oz high-relief silver coin (2026 T&S Coin)
Mik Woodgate2026-05-11T14:18:28+01:00May 11th, 2026|
Poseidon 2oz high-relief silver coin (2026 T&S Coin)
T & S Coin have issued a new coin in their expanding range of two-ounce, high-relief silver coins, and we’re heading to that perennial favourite for the subject – Greek mythology. With one of the most varied and unusual pantheons in the ancient world, there are plenty of subjects to choose from, and the choice of the sea god, Poseidon, is a good one.
The design utilises this producer’s playbook of high-relief, colour, and gilded highlights to what looks like great effect. Poseidon is depicted in traditional form, bearded, and wielding a trident, under a stormy sky, and emerging from an equally stormy sea. The waves incorporate that classic trope of galloping horses, and there’s a ship under full sail, in medieval style, perhaps. It’s all quite dynamic, and I suspect this will look very impressive in hand compared to the renders.
The custom obverse used in almost all of T&S Coin’s releases is here, with the Public Seal of Niue at its centre. The coin comes boxed with a Certificate of Authenticity and has a mintage cap of 500 pieces. It should be available to pre-order now.
| DENOMINATION | COMPOSITION | DIMENSIONS | FINISH | MINTAGE |
| $5 NZD (Niue) | 62.2 grams of 0.999 silver | 45.0 mm | Antique, Colour, Gilding | 500 |