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APMEX debuts a new limited silver bullion coin from Laos called Panthera Tigris – the Tiger
APMEX debuts a new limited silver bullion coin from Laos called Panthera Tigris - the Tiger A quick look at a new bullion coin from Laos. It isn't often we see coins from the only landlocked country in Southeast Asia - just the Jade Lunars from MDM spring to mind - but US mega-dealer APMEX have exclusive worldwide rights to a new 1oz silver bullion coin.Called Panthera Tigris, the Latin classification of the Tiger, it depicts the aforementioned apex predator in a menacing pose with some stylised flora in the background. It's a neat, if not top-end depiction, [...]
General Joseph Haller’s symbolic ride into the sea marked on new Polish silver coin
General Joseph Haller's symbolic ride into the sea marked on new Polish silver coin Poland seems to love its history coins more than most and the National Bank of Poland (NBP) issues some quite esoteric examples. There are quite a few centennial coins of late, buoyed by the period around one hundred years ago being one of crucial importance in the foundation of the modern state of Poland and its effect on 20th century conflict.The coin we're looking at here isn't your typical NBP issue, who tends to specialise in the sub-1oz sterling silver format, usually cleanly struck, but sometimes [...]
Saint Lucian Flamingo entrant in Scottsdale’s EC8 2019 series arrives in superb proof form
Saint Lucian Flamingo entrant in Scottsdale's EC8 2019 series arrives in superb proof form The good news is that Scottsdale Mint's Eastern Caribbean 8 (EC8) series is coming back in 2020 for its third annual run through the eight nations in the programme, but what we're looking at here is the last issue in the 2019 sequence. Not the bullion coin itself, which we've covered previously, but the coloured proof variants which have been following along behind for the last few issues.Some of the designs in this series do actually take the colour [...]
