Scottsdales Congo Silverback series of silver bullion coins grows to three with a 2017 release Despite venturing out into Marlins, Leopards and Japanese art for their one-ounce silver bullion coin range, we're back on familiar territory here with the third in Scottsdale Mint's popular Silverback Gorilla series. A single issue per year [...]
Scottsdale launch chunky silver bullion coin for Congo featuring the Water Buffalo Scottsdale Mint have expanded their range of big silver bullion coins with the launch of a new one issued for the Democratic Republic of Congo. Much like their other Egyptian themed series, these are chunky coins with multi-ounce weights. Struck [...]
First silver coin issued for five seperate countries and carrying all five national emblems debuts The commemorative coin market relies heavily on smaller countries around the world allowing them to be issued in their name. It's a mutually beneficial agreement that brings in much needed income in many cases (Niue Island has [...]
Scottsdales 2016 Congo Silverback coin spawns a coloured proof variant Two years into its new bullion coin programme with the African state, the Republic of Congo, Scottsdale are releasing higher quality proof variants of the coin with a selective colour enhancement. The first coin in Scottsdale Mint’s annual Congo [...]
The second in the Scottsdale Mint's annual Congo Silverback series of bullion coins has debuted, appearing at big US dealer APMEX for pre-order. The first coin launched late last year and has been pretty successful, seemingly well liked by collectors. It had a very cool design, was well struck, and well presented, each coming encapsulated. Premiums [...]
I think we're not alone in believing that some of the very best that the modern numismatic world has to offer are in the field of architectural coins. Ever since Coin Invest Trust kicked off the genre with its award-winning Tiffany Art coin in 2004, there have been multiple new series from various mints entering the [...]
German coin producer Numiscom has released a very good video showcasing the first in their new series of Venetian Murano glass adorned coins that we first reported on in detail back in February. Having its debut at the World Money fair in Berlin, the coin called Pink Lady of 1470 is a clever mix of the minting and [...]
One of the more unusual items to grace a coin in recent years has been the Royal Canadian Mint's use of Murano glass to adorn a small range of sought after nature coins. Taking the form of a small hand-crafted glass animal on top of a coin designed to show the environment of the animal represented, they've proven extremely [...]
Numiscom uses actual DNA in its new coin, in an effort to raise awareness of the plight of the Big Cats We don't know a huge amount about this coin at the moment, but it's clear it's something very unusual. It appears that embedded into the coin is a vial containing Cheetah D.N.A. At first, we thought [...]
