Deadly & Dangerous 19: Bluebottle proof silver coin (2024 Downies/Perth Mint)

By |2024-03-05T20:43:11+00:00March 5th, 2024|Categories: Quicklooks, Coloured, Gold, Nature, Silver, Downies, Niue Island, Perth Mint, Tuvalu|

One of the longest running series we've ever covered at AgAuNEWS, Deadly and Dangerous debuted in 2006 with the Red Back Spider, a coin that went on to garner enormous interest on the secondary market. It was a striking coin, but despite interest in the series reducing somewhat, no doubt due to the huge influx of competing designs, [...]

‘He really is a groovy cat, a gentleman, a scholar, what a numismat’. The Pink Panther turns 60, and the Perth Mint has a bullion coin

By |2023-12-05T23:53:02+00:00December 5th, 2023|Categories: Bullion, Movies & TV, Silver, Perth Mint, Tuvalu|

'He really is a groovy cat, a gentleman, a scholar, what a numismat'. The Pink Panther turns 60, and the Perth Mint has a bullion coin The slick and suave pink pussycat, The Pink Panther, first saw the light of day as an animated opening sequence for the film of the same name, back in [...]

The Perth Mints anticipated Lunar Series III bullion coin series returns with the most popular entry of them all – the dragon

By |2023-11-06T01:25:20+00:00November 6th, 2023|Categories: Bullion, Coloured, Lunar Calendar, Gold, Australia, Platinum, Silver, Perth Mint|

The Perth Mints anticipated Lunar Series III bullion coin series returns with the most popular entry of them all - the dragon Back with a fifth release on their third journey through the twelve animals in the lunar calendar, the Perth Mint has today launched the much anticipated 2024 Dragon coin in their Lunar Series [...]

007 Minted Mini: Honey Ryder silver coin (2023 Perth Mint)

By |2023-09-06T15:59:27+01:00September 6th, 2023|Categories: Quicklooks, Coloured, Movies & TV, Silver, Perth Mint, Tuvalu|

All of our regular regulars can't help but be aware of the Chibi juggernaut. A Japanese concept called Super-Deformed (SD), it involves the depiction of characters with small bodies, and big heads. Other producers have also issued similar SD coins, like The Coin Company, and LPM Group, but joining that group earlier this year was the Perth [...]

Chinese Myths & legends silver bullion coins (2023 Perth Mint)

By |2023-09-05T19:22:54+01:00September 5th, 2023|Categories: Quicklooks, Culture, Bullion, Gold, Australia, Silver, Perth Mint|

Also getting a full reformatting was another Perth Mint, Chinese-themed bullion profile - Chinese Myths & Legends. This is similar in theme to the rectangular range we just looked at, but with a greater selection of subjects, not just the typical dragon, especially in solo form.The 2023 coin is called Dragon & Koi, and as you can tell [...]

Australian Dragon rectangular gold and silver bullion coins (2023 Perth Mint)

By |2023-09-04T13:38:00+01:00September 4th, 2023|Categories: Quicklooks, Culture, Bullion, Australia, Gold, Silver, Perth Mint|

Continuing our updating of various profiles and guides from the start on Friday, the first today is Rectangular Dragons from the Perth Mint. 2023 sees the sixth annual issue of these one-ounce gold or silver bullion coins, and designer, Wade Robinson, has done a sterling job with it. To be honest, all six of them, especially the [...]

The Perth Mint releases a stunning Asian-iinspired Koi fish silver coin crushing the scales at two kilograms

By |2023-08-01T23:54:20+01:00August 1st, 2023|Categories: Culture, Nature, Australia, Silver, Perth Mint|

The Perth Mint releases a stunning Asian-iinspired Koi fish silver coin crushing the scales at two kilograms An extremely rare format for the modern collectible coin market, two kilos is quite a beast compared to the usual 1–2 ounces, that make up the vast bulk of the market today. However, the Perth Mint likes to dabble, [...]

The LPM ’Gods of Olympus’ bullion recreation of the Perth Mint originals ventures into new territory with Ares

By |2023-07-13T17:35:40+01:00July 13th, 2023|Categories: Art & Literature, Culture, Bullion, Silver, Perth Mint, Tuvalu|

The LPM 'Gods of Olympus' bullion recreation of the Perth Mint originals ventures into new territory with Ares The seventh bullion version of the Perth Mint's iconic 'Gods' series of antiqued numismatics has launched, and has veered away from the original numismatic series for the first time. The bullion range has previously taken the designs from the [...]

Australian Emu coloured silver coin (2023 Perth Mint)

By |2023-06-13T20:09:22+01:00June 13th, 2023|Categories: Quicklooks, Coloured, Nature, Australia, Silver, Perth Mint|

We've just had a Quicklook at the Australian Emu bullion coins, but alongside it was a coloured coin for the collector. This is presented boxed, with a Certificate of Authenticity, and sporting a mintage cap of just 2,500 units. If you've seen the 2023 bullion variant, the first thing that strikes you about the coloured version is a completely [...]

Australian Emu silver and gold bullion coins (2023 Perth Mint)

By |2023-06-13T18:29:06+01:00June 13th, 2023|Categories: Quicklooks, Bullion, Gold, Nature, Australia, Silver, Perth Mint|

Another perennial favourite of the bullion calendar, the Perth Mint's 'Australian Emu', is back with a sixth annual release in both one-ounce 0.9999 silver, and one-ounce 0.9999 gold. Launched in 2018, it was exclusively distributed by European dealer, Metal Market EU, something that remains the case to this day. Like many limited mintage series around today, especially from [...]

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