Along with the Montserrat coin came the issue for Anguilla. Regular readers will know of my affinity for this island, having lived and worked there in 2005/6, so it's great to see a coin capture the place so well. The boat races around the island (it isn't a big place) were a highlight of the annual calendar, [...]
We recently covered the second pair of coins in Scottsdale Mint's eight-coin Eastern Caribbean 8 programme for 2023, the sixth annual run through this beautiful region of the world. This is the fifth of them, and is for the island of Montserrat, famous for an active volcano that sometimes like to try and kill everyone, the last [...]
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 [...]
The coloured 2oz cast silver bar market continues to expand with additions from Germania Mint, Carpathian Mint and Asturmint A new concept launched in January by Germania Mint, the two-ounce cast silver bar with a themed, coloured front, has certainly captured the attention of buyers, and their introduction of a program to work with other [...]
We've often waxed lyrical over the amazing stackable silver bullion issues that have emanated from South Korean producer, Coins Today, which have impressed in both quality, and variety. Designs have encompassed a diverse range of subjects, but it all started just three years ago with their first release - the Doggaebi.The Doggaebi should be familiar to buyers of [...]
Tokelau Sealife is a 12-coin series of bullion coins featuring aquatic life teeming in the waters around this Pacific island group. It debuted in 2014 under the banner of Australian producer, Treasures of Oz, with the coins struck in the US (at the Highland Mint, we believe). However, the series was relaunched in 2020 with a revised, [...]
The second Eastern Caribbean 8 coin to be released in this batch is this terrific design for Dominica, not to be confused with Haiti's next door neighbour, the Dominican Republic. Dominica is a stunning island, lacking the beaches the Caribbean is famed for, but replacing them with a rainforest replete with a breathtaking biodiversity. The EC8 coins [...]
A little later than normal, Scottsdale Mint continues to work its way through the eight Caribbean nations that make up what is known as the Eastern Caribbean 8. These island states are linked by a common currency issued through the EC Central Bank, and have been the subject of a bullion coin programme since 2018, all issued [...]
We covered a pair of new kilogram versions of previous releases from Coins Today a few days ago, and we said we were waiting for images of a third one. We have them now, and it's a follow-on release of this producer's map of the Korean Peninsula that launched back in May 2022, and was part of [...]
Stackable bullion continues to reach new heights of design with kilo versions of CTK's Ganesha and Lucifer issues The prolific South Korean bullion producer, Coins Today, has three new issues, and while we wait for images of the all-new design, here's a gallery look at the two upgrades. This producer has generally standardised on the two-ounce [...]
