Just a few days after we covered Art Mints’s new Roswell 70th anniversary coin (already sold out at the mint), comes a second, bigger silver coin covering this enigmatic landmark event in conspiracy lore. This time the honours are being done by Spanish coin-producer, Moneda Nueva, previously noted for their superb one-kilo architectural coins like Angkor Wat and theTaj Mahal, amongst others.

You can read more about Roswell in the earlier article so let’s have a look at the coin. Conspiracy theories this popular always churn up a rich seam of material and Roswell is certainly no exception – quite the opposite in fact. The two overriding elements to come from the ‘event’ are the crashed flying saucer and the ‘little grey men’ aliens. Both elements are heavily featured on this new coin, one struck in 3 oz of sterling silver and antique finished.

The reverse side depicts the face most widely associated with the Roswell aliens, one with large dark eyes and small other features. A superb rendition, the antique finish looks perfect and the lack of background throws the face into sharp relief. The eyes glow in the dark, something we imagine would look pretty cool on this. Just the inscription ‘ROSWELL 1947’ is located here and it’s kept off the aliens face. The obverse features the other iconic image associated with Roswell, the crashed spacecraft. Looking as if it had just ploughed into the ground at high speed, it yet again shows a high standard of design. The issuer, date and denomination are inscribed here.

The coin is presented in one of the latex-skinned ‘floating’ frames that we like here and there seems to be a themed insert to surround it. A certificate of authenticity that’s designed to look like the newspaper that reported the incident initially is also included. Everything is packed in a purple shipper box. Expected to cost a touch under €400 and ship at the end of August, the mintage is limited to 500 pieces. We love this one and it looks like Roswell is going to be remembered in some style if the first two coins to feature it are any indication.