Scottsdale Mint's unique hewn edged Ancient Egyptian themed bullion coins finally return with The Chariot A symbol of power in Ancient Egypt, the chariot can probably trace its origins back as far as 4,500 years ago, although its debut on the battlefield likely started much later, from the 16th century BCE. Much faster, more agile and [...]
It's St. Georges Day and PMC issues a striking copper-cored coin of the legendary dragon slayer It's April 23rd, which means St.Georges Day (and the 56th Mik's day...), so what better way to celebrate than a striking new entrant into Precious Metal Collector's 'Spectre' range of copper cored coins. For those unfamiliar with the concept, [...]
Precious Metal Collectors reproduces Leonardo da Vinci's 'The Last Supper' in giant style Precious Metal Collectors have brought to market some impressive issues in their numerous copper-cored coin ranges, but their latest is a chonky beast even by those standards. The technique they use is simple enough. Wrap a relatively small quantity of fine silver around [...]
Precious Metal Collectors takes a step into the prehistoric world with a unique Velociraptor egg silver coin We've already looked at the Royal Canadian Mints new Tyrannosaurid proof coin earlier today, so let's make it dinosaur day with a peak at a quirky new release from Precious Metal Collectors. One of our favourite coin producers of [...]
Never mind ninja turtles, PMC goes full on hardcore with its latest Auspicious Beast coin, Black Tortoise of the North Our first look at Precious Metal Collector's latest copper-cored selection is the third in the 'Four Auspicious Beasts' series. Following 'Azure Dragon of the East' and 'White Tiger of the West', this third issue features [...]
The scourge of the Crusaders, Saladin, is immortalised on an impressive new silver coin from The Treasurists Building themselves an impressive reputation with their innovative copper-cored coins, Precious Metal Collectors also work with Thai company, The Treasurists, to issue some excellent standard silver coins as well. The latest to appear is this excellent issue starring [...]
Precious Metal Collectors continues on with it quite beautiful Eight Protectors range, with the second in the series, Akasagarbha Bodhisattva. This follows the very pretty Goddess of Mercy with One Thousand Hands, and it's clear from this one that the series is going to be maintaining an exceptionally high standard, building into an exquisite set.For those unaware of the [...]
In amongst the impressive copper-cored, ultra high relief coins that have impressed us over the last year or so, Singapore-based producer Precious Metal Collectors also occasionally put out something of a more standard nature. This one is called “Chuan Jia Zhi Bao”, the Family Heirloom, and is surely aimed at the Asian market. The reverse face depicts [...]
Precious Metal Collectors returns to its innovative copper-cored silver coin format with the Azure Dragon Continuing our look at Precious Metal Collectors innovative range of huge copper-cored silver coins, we come to the second of the coins in their Four Auspicious Beasts set, the White Tiger of the West. Following a very pretty [...]
Celtic Animals is a new and very limited mintage silver bullion coin series from the Republic of Chad An interesting new series of silver bullion coins debuts at APMEX that features a look at the use of animal iconography by employing a Celtic style familiar to tattoo fans. First out is [...]
