The Nautical Ounce bullion coin series hits the decade mark with the four-masted barque, Kruzenshtern A favourite of the bullion coin calendar since its debut in 2017, Numistrade’s Nautical Ounce range showcases some of the most famous sailing vessels of the last millennium. They're issued for Rwanda, ironically a land-locked country. It started with the Santa [...]
Numistrade's most iconic bullion series, the African Ounce, adds its 19th annual issue, and for 2026, it's the Spotted Hyena We've covered many entrants in Numistrade's African Ounce bullion coin range since we went live in 2013, but even back then, there had already been six issues since it debuted in 2008. The coin has become [...]
Numistrade expands its gold & silver bullion range, adding the Sporting Ounce to the African, Nautical & Lunar ranges Numistrade have had a relatively long presence in the modern bullion market, even if they're quite low profile as a name. The most famous of their ranges is the African Ounce, issued for Rwanda, which debuted back [...]
Numistrade add HMS Victory to their Nautical Ounce and the horse to the Lunar Ounce bullion and proof coin ranges We're continuing this week's catch-up of bullion coins, and lunars with another combo of the two, this time from German producer, Numistrade. They've recently debuted the tenth in their Lunar Ounce series, and we've also got [...]
Numistrade's Nautical Ounce bullion coin range hits the ripe old age of eight with the glorious clipper sailing ship, Cutty Sark One of the staples of the bullion coin market from our early days was the Rwandan African Ounce. Depicting one of the members of that continent's amazing menagerie, that series is rapidly closing in on [...]
There aren't many bullion series with annually changing designs that can boast of hitting fifteen issues, but joining that club this year is the Rwandan African Ounce. At one time, this was a big hit, with early issues attracting some serious prices on the aftermarket, and while that interest has cooled somewhat, no doubt due to the massive [...]
Launching in 2017, the Nautical Ounce series of bullion coins has now reached the grand old age of five with the release of Sedov. This is actually an attractive range, with a relatively low profile, but easily the equal of much of the ship themed competition, and better than the similar Rwandan African Ounce wildlife series, in our [...]
Landlocked Rwanda issues its third Nautical Ounce bullion coin celebrating naval exploration Long a staple of the bullion coin calendar, although having plenty of competition these days, the Rwandan African Ounce has been joined by a couple of siblings in recent years. The geometric 'stained-glass' style lunars are certainly different, but the [...]
African Ounce silver and gold bullion coins are back for the 12th issue with the 'Big Bird' Shoebill Now heading into its second decade of production, the Rwandan African Ounce sees its twelfth issue with the launch of the Shoebill. Also called the Whalehead, this very large and unusual-looking bird is [...]
The 2018 Rwandan African Ounce adds the Giraffe for its tenth annual silver bullion coin release The popular Rwandan African Ounce silver bullion coin is now ten years old as the 2018 coin design is revealed. Launching in 2008 with a gorilla design, the series began with some very low numbers and [...]
