Super-iconic Mexican painter, Frida Kahlo, is the subject of this second issue, a rare one we’ve only really seen on Powercoins mosaic effort early in 2023. With her distinctive Mexican folk-art style, and subjects popular today, like gender, class and race, she saw a resurgence in interest in her work through the 1980s that has remained to this day. Her tragic life, through illness primarily, and her death in 1954 at just 47 years old, added to her mythos, but she was, first and foremost, a talented artist.

The coin is as distinctive as the artist herself. A coloured portrait of Frida resides in the middle of the reverse face, and even this is unusual, wearing traditional Tehuana clothing in the form of a large ruff, and taken from one of her copious self-portraits, this one from 1948. Around it, also coloured, are various elements taken from her artwork, like The Wounded Deer (1946), for example. The birds were a popular motif for her, as was the heart.

It’s a very individualistic design, and very Frida. The obverse is equally distinctive, but in a whole other way. Just her lips, and iconic monobrow, along with the usual inscriptions, are present here. Honestly, if you’re an admirer of Kahlo’s work, you’ll surely find much to love here. It comes boxed with a Certificate of Authenticity.

The third coin we’re having a look at is the fourth in this producer’s ‘The Dragonology’ series, pairing these imposing mythical creatures with beautiful women, each having a specific theme. They seem to come at a rate of two-per-year, with 2023 seeing the Flaming Wyvern, and the Starburst Amphithere, and 2024 already adding the Oriental Lung to the range, with this one, the Frost Dragon, possibly rounding out this year’s additions. We didn’t cover the Oriental Lung, so I’ve added an image of it below.

It’s another very pretty design, fitting the style of earlier issues perfectly, and utilising its own colour palette. This one has shades of Daenerys Targaryen from Game of Thrones, to it, although we’re sure the actual inspiration is more Northern Europe, than anything else. The common obverse returns, common except for the colour of the eye, which generally matches the theme of the reverse face. An impressive series, making a change from the usual Asian dragon style for prevalent of late, although we can lay most of the blame for that on it being the current lunar year.