Parthava Coin follows up a striking Jaguar debut in its ‘Day and Night’ wildlife series with a piercing look at an American icon – the Bald Eagle
The Legend of Robin Hood returns to numismatics with a detail-packed, high-relief silver issue from T&S Coin
We’ve had Pickle Rick, and now Banana Rick breaks into coins from the mad genius that is the cult animated hit, Rick & Morty
Numiscollect employs artificial intelligence in its humorous, ten-coin look at cats and dogs replacing humans in everyday life
Ares, the god of war, headlines the eighth tranche of coins in Mint XXI’S ambitious look at Greek mythology in silver
Last years beautiful silver bullion representation of St Michael’s sword is joined by an even more stunning Sword of St. Gabriel

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15May 24

We’ve often waxed lyrical over the amazing stackable silver bullion issues that have emanated from South Korean producer, Coins Today, which have impressed in both quality, and variety. Designs have encompassed a diverse range of subjects, but it all started just three years ago with their first release – the Doggaebi.

The Doggaebi should be familiar to buyers of the Chiwoo Cheongwang bullion coins, forming a shield for the hero. It’s a protective spirit in Asian mythology, often adorning houses as a roof tile. The first stackable issue from Coins Today was shaped like one, and sported an open mintage, an antique finish, and a two-ounce weight. Since then, they’ve added a gorgeous one-kilo version, and a tiny little half-ounce variant to expand offerings to more budgets.

Now joining the range is a two-ounce proof finish version, identical in all regards to that 2021 debut release, except for the change in finish. What has changed is the mintage, with this one capped at just 2,000 units, and with production confined to 2024. In addition, the original antiqued variant will be discontinued. The passing of a classic, but we don’t doubt that Coins Today will keep us distracted with a plethora of new issues to come.

DENOMINATION	COMPOSITION	DIMENSIONS	FINISH	MINTAGE
Undenominated	62.2 g of 0.999 silver	38.5 x 52.0 mm	Proof	2,000

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15May 24

Tokelau Sealife is a 12-coin series of bullion coins featuring aquatic life teeming in the waters around this Pacific island group. It debuted in 2014 under the banner of Australian producer, Treasures of Oz, with the coins struck in the US (at the Highland Mint, we believe). However, the series was relaunched in 2020 with a revised, and more intricate design, and became an exclusive at US mega-dealer, APMEX.

APMEX have just issued the tenth in the range, and it features the Lau Lau Fau Longfin Bannerfish. The design follows the style of the 2020 reboot, which maintains the excellent fish imagery of the pre-2020 coins, but adds a complex, and in our view, divisive pattern in the background field. You’ll have your own views for sure, and you can see this one, and all the previous releases in our newly revised Tokelau Sealife Coin Series Profile, to compare.

As has been the case since 2020, there are one-ounce silver and one-ounce gold variants, with the former limited to 10,000 pieces, and the latter just 100. Both are supplied encapsulated, and are available to buy from APMEX now.

DENOMINATION	COMPOSITION	DIMENSIONS	FINISH	MINTAGE
$5 NZD (Tokelau)	31.1 g of 0.999 silver	38.61 mm	B/Unc.	10,000
$100 NZD (Tokelau)	31.1 g of 0.9999 gold	34.0 mm	B/Unc.	100

APMEX SEALIFE RELEASE

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14May 24

The tenth incarnation of MTB/PAMPs homage to famed candy, PEZ, has arrived, and it’s a celebration of Independence Day, the holiday on the 4th of July that marks the official break between the United Kingdom, and its former colony in North America. It’s a celebration replete with flags and colourful decoration, and that’s exactly what we get on this new PEZ set.

For the uninitiated, PEZ is a small hard candy with a cult following. That following centres mainly around the legions of different dispenser designs that have appeared over the last 75 years – something that continues to this day. These silver sets tap into that with dispensers of their own, but here, the candy is replaced with identically-sized silver PEZ.

The set comes with six of them, and with each weighing five grams, that totals just short of a troy ounce. As well as a custom dispenser, the silver PEZ also carry a unique privy, in this case the US flag. The mintage on this set is lower than usual, at just 2,500 units, and it’s available to order now. We have a full Coin Series Profile up, with images of all the prior issues as well as this one.

DENOMINATION	COMPOSITION	DIMENSIONS	FINISH	MINTAGE
Undenominated	6 x 5.0 g of 0.9999 silver	15.0 x 8.0 mm	Reverse proof	2,500

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07May 24

The second Eastern Caribbean 8 coin to be released in this batch is this terrific design for Dominica, not to be confused with Haiti’s next door neighbour, the Dominican Republic. Dominica is a stunning island, lacking the beaches the Caribbean is famed for, but replacing them with a rainforest replete with a breathtaking biodiversity.

The EC8 coins issued for the country have showcased some of it, and that’s the case again, with this pretty dolphin design showing a pair of them breaching the surface, bordered below by a flourish of waves, We think it looks great in standard bullion, and proof coloured forms.

As has always been the case for the EC8 range, there are bullion variants in silver and gold, and proof versions also in silver and gold, but sporting colour highlighting. All weigh a troy ounce each. For a better look at all four versions, and indeed, every other issue under this program, check out our comprehensive, and newly revised Bullion Series Profile.

DENOMINATION	COMPOSITION	DIMENSIONS	FINISH	MINTAGE
$2 East Caribbean	31.1 g of 0.999 silver	38.6 mm	BU (Proof-like)	25,000
$2 East Caribbean	31.1 g of 0.999 silver	38.6 mm	Proof, colour	500
$2 East Caribbean	31.1 g of 0.9999 gold	32.0 mm	BU (Proof-like)	2,500
$2 East Caribbean	31.1 g of 0.9999 gold	32.0 mm	BU (Proof-like)	100

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LATEST SITE UPDATES

13/05: BULLION PROFILE – Added Peregrine to the World’s Wildlife by Emporium Hamburg bullion profile and refreshed it.

13/05: COIN SERIES PROFILE – Added 3 coins in tranche 8 to Mint XXI’s The Great Greek Mythology CSP

12/05: COIN SERIES PROFILE – Added the 4th of July to MTB/PAMP’s PEZ Collection series CSP

12/05: THEMATIC GUIDE – Added APMEX Konami Contra rounds to the Video Games Thematic Guide

12/05: COIN SERIES PROFILE – Added 5 coins to Precious Metal Collector’s Fine Art Bi/Tri-Metal Max CSP

11/05: BULLION PROFILE – Added the 2024 issue to the Tokelau Sealife bullion profile, and completely refreshed it

11/05: THEMATIC GUIDE – Added Royal Mints Winged Keys coins to the Harry Potter Thematic Guide

11/05: COIN SERIES PROFILE – Added the Thracian Gryphon variants to CIT’s Numismatic Icons CSP

10/05: THEMATIC GUIDE – Added latest poster coins to the NZ Mint Star Wars Thematic Guide

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