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A classic car is the latest cast silver miniature to join Coin’s Todays portfolio

By |2025-04-11T09:57:28+01:00April 11th, 2025|Categories: Science, Miniatures, Silver, Coins Today KR|

A classic car is the latest cast silver miniature to join Coin's Todays portfolio We weren't sure whether to cover this release, which, as a cast silver miniature, is pushing the boundaries of what we usually write about, but with the increasing popularity of cast weapons, and some statues linked to coin franchises, I thought it [...]

Pik Coins wraps up its four-coin true-crime series ‘The Gangsters’ with one of the most iconic mob bosses – Lucky Luciano

By |2025-04-10T14:49:57+01:00April 10th, 2025|Categories: History, People, Gilded, Silver, Niue Island, PiK Coins|

Pik Coins wraps up its four-coin true-crime series 'The Gangsters' with one of the most iconic mob bosses - Lucky Luciano True crime is a hugely popular subject to this day, the inspiration for countless television shows, and Hollywood films, and in its own right. Documentary series on channels like Netflix, regularly top the charts, [...]

Art in all its forms are a popular theme at Powercoin. Their latest pair showcases ridiculous modern and nascent digital art

By |2025-04-09T16:27:43+01:00April 9th, 2025|Categories: Art & Literature, Coloured, Silver, Niue Island, Powercoin|

Art in all its forms are a popular theme at Powercoin. Their latest pair showcases ridiculous modern and nascent digital art Powercoin have had a long association with art as a theme for their coins, going back over a decade to their nanochip issues, and continuing with some of their terrific mosaic and puzzle offerings, so [...]

Fried Egg 16.8 gram silver coin (2025 Mint of Poland)

By |2025-04-08T09:49:23+01:00April 8th, 2025|Categories: Quicklooks, Culture, Coloured, Silver, Cameroon, Mint of Poland|

We thought we'd throw in something a little light-hearted, and what better way to start the day than a fried egg. The Mint of Poland has always had a penchant for the unusual, and this certainly fits that description. It isn't the first time we've had an egg coin, with even the revered Monnaie de Paris [...]

Lucky Dragon 03 Tianyi one-ounce coloured silver bar (2025 Scottsdale Mint)

By |2025-04-07T22:54:29+01:00April 7th, 2025|Categories: Quicklooks, Cast/Minted Bar, Art & Literature, Culture, Coloured, Scottsdale Mint|

A few days ago, we reported on a new five-bar range from Scottsdale Mint with a rather intense release schedule. Called 'Lucky Dragon', the bars are released every week, for five weeks, and only sold for that week. The mintage is capped at whatever the orders are for that week. The third came out today (above), and [...]

Scottsdale Mint heads off on its seventh bullion journey through the Eastern Caribbean, and there’s aliens and unicorns as well

By |2025-04-07T11:15:06+01:00April 7th, 2025|Categories: Bullion roundup, Bullion, Nature, Coloured, Politics & Finance, Gold, Silver, Dominica, Fiji, Saint Lucia, Samoa, Scottsdale Mint|

Scottsdale Mint heads off on its seventh bullion journey through the Eastern Caribbean, and there's aliens and unicorns as well (Week 42, 2024) With the debut of the seventh annual Eastern Caribbean 8 bullion coin program, we thought it would be a good time to catch up on those, and another couple of relatively recent bullion ranges [...]

The Intervention of the Sabine Women Tri-Metal silver coin (2025 Precious Metal Collectors)

By |2025-04-07T22:59:31+01:00April 4th, 2025|Categories: Quicklooks, Art & Literature, History, Coloured, Copper, Silver, Chad, Precious Metal Collectors|

The latest in Precious Metal Collector's copious line-up of fine art coins is now available to order, and this time it's a 1799 work by Jacques-Louis Davis, called 'The Intervention of the Sabine Women'. The painting is based around the story of early Rome, who set out to raid the neighbouring Sabine people, and capture their [...]

Lucky Dragon one-ounce coloured silver bar (2025 Scottsdale Mint)

By |2025-04-07T22:58:00+01:00April 3rd, 2025|Categories: Quicklooks, Cast/Minted Bar, Art & Literature, Culture, Coloured, Scottsdale Mint|

We've been covering Scottsdale Mint's ever-expanding range of coloured, one-ounce, minted silver bars for a while now, as we feel they do have some crossover with the coin market, having a reliance on artistic design. This particular range encompasses quite a few different themes, and we collected them all into one of our Bullion Profiles, so feel free [...]

Top World Coins debuts ‘The Raven, the first silver coin of the Creatures of Nocturne series

By |2025-04-02T15:07:30+01:00April 2nd, 2025|Categories: Gilded, Cameroon, Top World Coins|

Top World Coins debuts 'The Raven, the first silver coin of the Creatures of Nocturne series Going back to ancient times, mankind has held the night in equal measures of awe and fear. Nothing has evoked those emotions more than the creatures that come alive when the sun has set, often only noticed by the sounds [...]

Jimi Hendrix one-ounce proof silver coin (2025 Perth Mint)

By |2025-04-01T18:40:27+01:00April 1st, 2025|Categories: Quicklooks, Art & Literature, Coloured, Perth Mint, Tuvalu|

Music legends don't get any more legendary than James Marshall Hendrix, known to the world as Jimi Hendrix. His mastery of the electric guitar was almost absolute, and his hits remain loved to this day. Born in 1942, he started with the guitar when he was 15, but only gained fame when he moved to England in [...]

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