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Imperial Eagle 1/10 ounce gold bullion coin (2025 Fabrica Nacional de Moneda y Timbre)

By |2025-04-01T16:44:53+01:00April 1st, 2025|Categories: Quicklooks, Bullion, Nature, Gold, Spain, Spanish Mint|

For the fourth year, the Spanish mint, Fabrica Nacional de Moneda y Timbre (FNMT), is launching a new 3.1 gram (1/10oz) gold bullion coin, in an annual series featuring wildlife from the region. The range debuted in 2022 with the Iberian Lynx, followed by 2023s Bull, and 2024s Carthusian Horse. For 2024, the design is of an [...]

Pop Coins brings their alien coin range into high relief with a two-ounce ‘Grey’, and it’s coming for you

By |2025-03-31T13:08:32+01:00March 31st, 2025|Categories: Culture, Silver, Numiscollect|

Pop Coins brings their alien coin range into high relief with a two-ounce 'Grey', and it's coming for you Pop Coins released a ten-coin series of AI-generated Alien coins last July, part of a larger range including pets, dinosaurs, travel, and culture, and some of them have since doubled in size to two-ounces. All of them [...]

The Mint of Poland celebrates Cleopatra, the work of Józef Chełmoński, and the Japanese tradition of Hanami

By |2025-03-28T13:24:17+00:00March 28th, 2025|Categories: Art & Literature, Culture, History, Coloured, Silver, Cameroon, Niue Island, Mint of Poland|

The Mint of Poland celebrates Cleopatra, the work of Józef Chełmoński, and the Japanese tradition of Hanami It's been a little while since we visited the new releases from the Mint of Poland, despite quite a few of many producers coins being struck by them. I've chosen three of the latest, including an Egyptian one [...]

The Dragon & Phoenix myth is a popular theme in numismatics. Le Grand Mint elevates it to a new level with a stunning new issue

By |2025-03-26T16:53:39+00:00March 26th, 2025|Categories: Art & Literature, Culture, Gilded, Ruthenium / Rhodium, Silver, Le Grand Mint, Niue Island|

The Dragon & Phoenix myth is a popular theme in numismatics. Le Grand Mint elevates it to a new level with a stunning new issue One of the most powerful relationships in Chinese mythology, the story of the Dragon & the Phoenix is one that, like most Asian myths, has many different incarnations, some involving a [...]

It’s 80 years since the biggest war in human history ended. The East India Company marks the momentous anniversary

By |2025-03-25T21:02:57+00:00March 25th, 2025|Categories: History, Military, Gold, Platinum, Silver, East India Company, St Helena|

It's 80 years since the biggest war in human history ended. The East India Company marks the momentous anniversary On the 8th of May 2025, the world celebrates the 80th anniversary of Victory in Europe Day, On this day in 1945, Nazi Germany unconditionally surrendered to the Allies, bringing to an end the war in the [...]

King Arthur’s legendary blade, the sword Excalibur, launches Silver Pours new ‘Melee Weapons’ series of dimensional silver coins

By |2025-06-05T12:57:14+01:00March 24th, 2025|Categories: Art & Literature, Miniatures, Silver, Cameroon, Silver Pours|

King Arthur's legendary blade, the sword Excalibur, launches MK's new 'Melee Weapons' series of dimensional silver coins We seem to be having a bit of a dimensional weapons day today, and after a Quicklook at Coins Today's latest offering earlier today, here we're with Mint of MK's new addition. Just a few weeks ago, they [...]

Divine Weapons: Zeus Thunderbolt antiqued 2oz silver miniature (2025 Coins Today)

By |2025-03-24T10:58:42+00:00March 24th, 2025|Categories: Quicklooks, Art & Literature, Miniatures, Silver, Coins Today KR|

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 [...]

Four Horsemen Red Horse 2oz cast silver bar (2025 Carpathian Mint)

By |2025-03-20T19:09:33+00:00March 20th, 2025|Categories: Quicklooks, Art & Literature, Bullion, Coloured, Silver, Carpathian Mint|

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 [...]

Grim Reaper II 2oz cast silver bar (2025 Carpathian Mint)

By |2025-03-20T18:40:15+00:00March 20th, 2025|Categories: Quicklooks, Art & Literature, Bullion, Coloured, Silver, Carpathian Mint|

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. [...]

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