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APMEX have launched the second in their exclusive series of one-ounce silver bullion coins featuring stylised depictions of owls. These amazing birds have inspired some quite superb modern numismatics and been a staple of the coin world for thousands of years, going back to at least the Athenian Tetradrachm. This bullion series appears to be the offshoot of a proof coin that debuted in 2020 - the Scops Owl - which employed [...]
CIT continue their delve into our ancient numismatic past with a stunning reimagining of the Athenian Owl Tetradrachm We're all aware of just how important the influence of Athens has been on the development of Western civilisation, but much of the history of this ground-breaking city state is less well known. Even the notion that Athens took its name from the goddess of wisdom, Athena, is up for debate, with historians [...]
Mint 21 debuts its First wildlife coin with an impressive ultra High relief Long eared owl for Niue Relatively new to the scene but with a healthy prior history, Mint21 have nevertheless issued some superb coin designs over the last couple of years. The Spartan Hoplite coin in particular was a striking example of introducing your own style to a highly competitive genre, now the producer has [...]
Numiscollect take CIT's iconic Ural Owl coin into the third dimension with this stunning new issue Only a small number of producers around the world have the knowledge and expertise to produce true dimensional coins, so they don't constitute a big flood of releases as is the case with some other popular genres. Chief amongst the experts are the Mint of Poland, who arguably began pushing boundaries [...]
Germany continues its Native Birds gold coin series with the Owl Images courtesy of the Federal Office of Administration (BVA), Adelheid Fuss, & Geltow Hans-Jürgen Fuchs 2018 NATIVE BIRDS OF GERMANY: OWL The third of six coins in Germany's 'Native Birds' series of 1/8th oz gold coins is now available. Depicting the Eagle Owl, it follows the 2016 Nightingale and 2017 Oriole issues. The series has [...]
New Zealands annual $5 silver coin features a native bird, the Laughing Owl Just once a year the New Zealand Post issues a $5 silver commemorative coin and like the Royal Australian Mint's Kangaroo series, they're themed into smaller chunks to give the long-running and open-ended series some kind of structure for collectors. We often find that a series without end, or simply one of a size [...]
Third Canadian three-quarter ounce silver Howling Wolf bullion coin out now It was quite surprising when in 2014 the Royal Canadian Mint (RCM) debuted an unusual new bullion coin weight, ¾ of an ounce. Ostensibly it occupies the same equivalent space that the ½oz coin does to the 1oz coin given that in 2013 the RCM launched bullion coins that weighed 1.5 ounces. This is the third [...]
Two more of Coin Invest Trust's flagship series have seen new launches for Berlin. The multi award-winning Mongolian Wildlife Protection series, with their crystal eyes and high relief sees a new bird coin, only the second in the series, and it's a beauty in our view. Birds seem to fit the format and design exceptionally well, the owl coin from much earlier in the series being a highlight also. There are [...]
Another of those unusual weight silver bullion coins has launched and it's the second in the Royal Canadian Mint's Howling Wolf series of ¾oz coins. Like the first coin released in 2015, this one is exclusive to APMEX, a huge US-based coin/bullion dealer. Continuing on with a design that's a mix between the radial line security features of the latest Silver Maple Leaf bullion coin, and one of the [...]
The fourth and last of the Royal Canadian Mints 'Birds of Prey' silver bullion coins has now been launched. Designed to offer a limited run alternative to the Silver Maple Leaf, one of the world’s most popular bullion coins, interest in these coins as been very high since the debut of the first six-coin series called Canadian Wildlife back in 2011 than ran for three years. Obviously by ‘limited run’ we’re talking comparitively with [...]
Mint of MK and The Gold Village take their quirky sense of style to the culinary coin genre with this unusual instant noodle homage Food isn't one of the commoner themes in modern numismatics, but it does attract a higher proportion of unusual ideas than most others. Even the Monnaie de Paris got in on the trend with a fried egg, and we've had coins shaped like a bar of chocolate, and [...]
GERMANIC RUNES (2023-) by Germania Mint They say that simple ideas are almost always the most effective, and this bullion offering from Germania Mint is a perfect example. Take a lump of silver, stamp it with a character, and if done right, you have something packed with symbolism, and just a little different. What Germania Mint has done is exactly that, and the characters they’ve chosen for the task fit into their [...]
The 12 Guides of Christmas: Number 4 - Numismatic Icons by CIT Coin Invest The fourth of our '12 Guides of Christmas' has just been published, and it covers possibly my favourite series of coins in production today. Numismatic Icons by CIT, is a modern refresh of some of the ancient world's most beautiful coins, and while it's up to its fourth issue now, it's one we [...]
NUMISMATIC ICONS (2020-) by CIT Coin Invest When coins themed around the ancient world are issued, nearly all have been modern interpretations of old myths. There's a small number that look at the achievements of the first civilisations, but most bury themselves in the rich mythological tapestry, but reimagined by 21st century eyes.In 2020, CIT tipped that idea on its head, by using that same 21st century technology to reinvigorate [...]
Lots of updates to guides and new profiles. You might have thought we'd been a little quieter than usual this week, but nothing could be further from the truth. We've always stated that articles like thematic guides, and coin series profiles, were pretty pointless if they weren't updated on a regular basis, and so we often spend a lot of time doing that, sometimes more than I'd like given how crushingly [...]
