King Arthur’s legendary blade, the sword Excalibur, launches MK’s new ‘Melee Weapons’ series of dimensional silver coins
The turning point of the Pacific Theatre in WWII, the Battle of Midway, is brought into focus on the Lithuanian Mint’s latest silver coin
Let’s have a catchup of new pop-culture coin and foil releases from the masters of them, Agoro by the New Zealand Mint
Music Legends, the numismatic celebration of British music, continues with the Beatles icon, John Lennon
The Royal Mint’s ‘Queens Beasts Completer’ coins make the transition to gold and silver bullion bars
Odin’s legendary spear, Gungnir, is the latest mythological weapon of war to get the silver miniature treatment

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24Mar 25

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Back in January, we reported on the debut of a new series of miniatures from Coin’s Today called ‘Divine Weapons’ the first of which was the Thunderbolt of Zeus. This was a limited antiqued miniature, with some quite extensive gilded highlighting. Now, the South Korean producer has launched the more common antiqued variant,

We won’t go into too much detail here, as you can head on over to the original article for more information, but suffice to say, this is another superb design, which bodes well for the next issues to come in the series. This one has a mintage of 3,000 pieces, and is available to order now. It also comes boxed with a COA.

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DENOMINATION	COMPOSITION	DIMENSIONS	FINISH	MINTAGE
Undenominated	62.2 g of 0.9999 silver	44.0 x 180.0 mm	Antique	3,000

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20Mar 25

The second of the two new Carpathian Mint coloured, two-ounce cast silver bars released today is our favourite of the pair, part of their Four Horsemen of the Apocalypse range. This is also the second release, although this series will have four in total, and follows the earlier ‘White Horse’ bar.

We reckon the Red Horse is an even better design, very powerful and attractive imagery, and certainly getting over the point that this is War. The Red Horsemen is associated more with civil war and internal strife, than the wars of conquest represented by the White Horsemen. Whatever the case, a fine piece of artwork. It also comes boxed with a COA, and has a mintage of 500 pieces. Check out the other bars in our profile of the programme.

DENOMINATION	COMPOSITION	DIMENSIONS	FINISH	MINTAGE
Undenominated	62.2 g of 0.9999 silver	40.13 x 25.07 x 7.5 mm	Antique, Colour	500

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20Mar 25

The Carpathian Mint, amongst its often very impressive coin issues, also puts out some coloured, two-ounce cast silver bars under the Germania Mint program, and the two series currently ongoing, have both received new additions. The first one we’re looking at is the second in their Grim Reaper range, showcasing imagery around everyone’s favourite incarnation of death.

This one looks mightily creepy, the atmosphere full of mystical electricity, and the hooded figure carries the traditional scythe on its back, so obviously someone is having a bad day! It’s a colourful piece of art, and a fine continuation of the first bar. It comes boxed with a COA, and has a mintage of 500 pieces. Check out the other bars in our profile of the programme.

DENOMINATION	COMPOSITION	DIMENSIONS	FINISH	MINTAGE
Undenominated	62.2 g of 0.9999 silver	40.13 x 25.07 x 7.5 mm	Antique, Colour	500

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19Mar 25

A new coin from the Lithuanian Mint joins the relatively uncommon wearable’s genre with a format made to be worn like a pendent. It bares a simple, stylish design, with a very Marilyn Monroe-esque depiction of a woman in an up blown white dress. Inset into her hair, is a small diamond, but otherwise, this face is mercifully full of inscriptions.

The inscriptions all sit on the obverse, for this is a fully denominated coin, issued for Liberia. It’s a cool looking piece, and we can imagine it having appeal as a piece of jewellery. At 3.8 grams in weight, it is light enough to not annoy the wearer, and at 30 mm tall, not too large. It comes with a sterling silver chain, so can be immediately worn out of the box. Available to order now with an RRP of 110.00€, it has a mintage of 1,000 units.

DENOMINATION	COMPOSITION	DIMENSIONS	FINISH	MINTAGE
$1 (Liberia)	3.80 g of 0.9999 silver	30.0 x 10.0 mm	Proof-like, Diamond	1,000

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