Canada marks the centenary of the Royal Canadian Air Force, with a coin showcasing the aircraft it’s used in service of its people

By |2024-04-05T17:22:47+01:00April 5th, 2024|Categories: History, Military, Silver, Canada, Royal Canadian Mint|

Canada marks the centenary of the Royal Canadian Air Force, with a coin showcasing the aircraft it's used in service of its people A respected military force for its entire history, the Royal Canadian Air Force (RCAF) was formed on 01 April 1924, from the CAF, itself inaugurated in 1920. However, Canadian pilots were a [...]

Enduring Soldiers 17: Zygmunt Szendzielarz ‘Lupaszka’ silver coin (2024 National Bank of Poland)

By |2024-02-27T12:26:09+00:00February 27th, 2024|Categories: Quicklooks, Coloured, Military, People, Silver, Narodowy Bank, Poland|

A long-running series from the National Bank of Poland, 'Enduring Soldiers Accursed by the Communists' is a celebration of the freedom fighters that gave their lives fighting the Soviet Union immediately after the end of the Second World War. Today sees the issue of the 17th coin in the series - Zygmunt Szendzielarz 'Lupaszka'. Each half-ounce sterling [...]

Armoured Vehicles 09: The M26 Pershing gold and silver coins (2024 Czech Mint)

By |2024-02-27T11:29:11+00:00February 27th, 2024|Categories: Quicklooks, Military, Gold, Science, Silver, Czech Mint, Niue Island|

It's a favourite subject of mine, so it's fair to say the Czech Mint's three-year, twelve-coin look at the tanks of the Second World War, was always going to get a Coin Series Profile, and that is indeed the case. The coins have been released at the rate of four per year, one each from the Soviet Union, [...]

Great Commanders are the subject of a striking new bullion coin range from Scottsdale Mint and SD Bullion

By |2024-02-21T22:52:56+00:00February 21st, 2024|Categories: Bullion, History, Military, Gold, Silver, Liberia, Scottsdale Mint|

Great Commanders are the subject of a striking new bullion coin range from Scottsdale Mint and SD Bullion History is usually defined by military prowess, and a single commander can often be the driving force behind huge changes in the regional order, sometimes even the world. Even going back thousands of years into antiquity, talented [...]

Call of Duty, an absolute behemoth of the gaming world, partners with PAMP to release new wearable gold and silver bars

By |2024-02-21T12:45:49+00:00February 21st, 2024|Categories: Bullion, Military, Movies & TV, Gold, Sport, Silver, PAMP|

Call of Duty, an absolute behemoth of the gaming world, partners with PAMP to release new wearable gold and silver bars Launching in 2003, Call of Duty was a brilliant first-person shooter set in the Second World War. Garnering immense acclaim, it led to a whole franchise, filled with numerous sequels and subseries. One of [...]

The Arrowhead silver bullion (2024 Coin’s Today)

By |2024-02-20T13:19:01+00:00February 20th, 2024|Categories: Quicklooks, Bullion, Military, Silver, Coins Today KR|

The latest in Coins Today's comprehensive bullion range is this new, undenominated bar in the shape of an arrowhead. Decorated in what appears to be a medieval, Northern European style across both faces, it's available with a choice of two finishes. The first is fully antiqued, and the second is similarly finished, but embellished with some gold [...]

Numiscollect’s ‘Time Flies’ silver coin series moves from trade and discovery, to humanities greatest love – Warfare

By |2024-02-14T15:33:58+00:00February 14th, 2024|Categories: History, Military, Silver, Gabon, Numiscollect|

Numiscollect's 'Time Flies' silver coin series moves from trade and discovery, to humanities greatest love - Warfare Time Flies is a series of two-ounce silver coins from Dutch producer, Numiscollect, that takes an interesting look at the progress mankind has made through various fields of endeavours. The first coin was a neat look at discovery and [...]

Korean producer, Today, adds a new stackable with an unusual quirk, and expands two coin series with new issues

By |2024-02-14T22:39:58+00:00February 13th, 2024|Categories: Bullion, History, Coloured, Military, Nature, Silver, Chad, Coins Today KR|

Korean producer, Today, adds a new stackable with an unusual quirk, and expands two coin series with new issues As we recover from the bug, and simultaneously start to chip away at a huge backlog from the World Money Fair, we're going to rely on this format to do the heavy lifting. We'll be sacrificing some [...]

The Ukrainian War’s defiant Snake Island Incident is immortalised on Carpathian Mint’s latest silver coin

By |2024-01-15T09:30:22+00:00January 15th, 2024|Categories: History, Military, Silver, Carpathian Mint, Cameroon|

The Ukrainian War's defiant Snake Island Incident is immortalised on Carpathian Mint's latest silver coin The war in Ukraine rages on to the 700-day mark, with little movement by either side of late, but it remains the defenders of Ukraine that have captured the attention of the world. With initial talk of the country being [...]

The Czech Mint rounds out the second of three sets of four Second World War tank coins with the fearsome Panther

By |2023-11-27T10:50:51+00:00November 27th, 2023|Categories: History, Military, Gold, Silver, Czech Mint, Niue Island|

The Czech Mint rounds out the second of three sets of four Second World War tank coins with the fearsome Panther In 2022, the Czech Mint debuted a new four-coin series featuring one of my favourite thing - tanks. This isn't a popular subject in numismatic circles, with military hardware seemingly less popular than ever, [...]

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