Notre Dame cathedral is back at its magnificent best, and Allcollect have a stunning kilo silver coin to celebrate With the wonderful news that Notre Dame cathedral is almost fully restored back to its former glory, it's fortuitous timing that sees this gorgeous new release from Allcollect appear on the market. An iconic sight on [...]
It's animals all round for our latest bullion coin round-up (Week 46, 2024) A day late, as I spent most of yesterday updating guides and profiles (and losing the will to live in the process...), here's our fortnightly look at new bullion coins. There are just the four this week, but a decent variety nevertheless, [...]
Emporium Hamburg's World's Wildlife series returns with a Peregrine Falcon in proof and bullion form Emporium Hamburg has a fine history when it comes to bullion coins, with such staples of the bullion calendar as the Somali Elephant, Prehistoric Life, the African Leopard, and World's Wildlife in their repertoire. It's the last of those that [...]
World Exclusive! JVP is back with Che Guevara, a highly inventive, ten-variant look at the pop-culture icon Love him or hate him, and given his history, the latter would make more sense, Ernesto 'Che' Guevara has become one of the most iconic figures of the entire 20th century, perhaps of all time. He's a potent reminder of [...]
Our love affair with dinosaurs is well known, so it goes without saying that Emporium Hamburg's 'Prehistoric Life' range of bullion coins has been popular here, a bit of an understatement, in fact. A series of twelve coins issued over four years, the Stegosaurus pictured here is, sadly, the last of them.It keeps all those neat little touches [...]
A couple of new bullion coins from Scottsdale Mint have debuted. The first of them is the second in their Shoebill Stork series issued for the Democratic Republic of Congo. This strange, prehistoric-looking bird is a great idea for a coin series, and for the 2022 coin, they've depicted the bird in flight, and with a more ornate [...]
Bullion round-up 16: Ships on the water, superheroes under it, bulls, leopards and the arcade classic Dig-Dug Welcome to our sixteenth bullion coin round-up since we started doing these, and the second in March. It's been a busy month for new issues, and the selection of designs and formats continues to impress. We'd hoped to [...]
Bullion round-up 14: Germania, Czechia, Slovakia, & South Africa get fine new issues, and there's the snake of your worst nightmares Our latest bullion coin round-up is actually the first of two parts, as there are just so many of them to look at in a single post. The other part should be up either [...]
Bullion round-up 13: Mint of Gdańsk enters the bullion market. Pobjoy, Germania, and the South African Mint expand choice. The thirteenth bullion coin round-up, and our first of 2023, has a fine selection, a mix of old favourites and new arrivals. The big surprise is the Mint of Gdańsk dipping its toes into the bullion waters [...]
Respected engraver Joaquin Jimenez, and the workshop of P. de Greef combine talents for AllCollect's numismatic take on the iconic Brooklyn Bridge At the time of its opening on May 24, 1883, the Brooklyn Bridge, with its main span of 486.3 metres, was the longest suspension bridge in the world. It was also the first fixed [...]
