One of the biggest producers of themed silver bullion bars operating today is undoubtedly US company, Scottsdale Mint. Even putting to one side their copious output of bullion coins, the bars range is both numerous, and covering a wide range of themes, from calendar events, national jingoism, and cultural tropes.The latest additions are a second annual wave of [...]
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 [...]
Emporium Hamburg's second series of Prehistoric Life bullion coins continues with one of the oceans greatest ever predators - Megalodon The subject of Prehistoric Life, and this second series, is reason enough for it to be one of my favourite bullion coin ranges, but it's pleasing to see that Emporium Hamburg have done such a terrific [...]
Mint XXI brings Three Graces from its Celestial Beauty series to more affordable levels with new proof and bullion coin variants In an unexpected step, one of the finest producers of numismatics working today, Mint XXI, has dipped a first toe into the burgeoning silver bullion market. As some others have done, like Asturmint for example, [...]
Despite a relatively subdued release schedule compared to the early day, Disney bullion coins are still being released, and the latest, by MTB-PAMP, signifies a new confidence in the brand. We see this in the mintages, with have risen from around 10,000, to 25,000 here. Also telling is the return of gold, absent in most new issues [...]
The big lunars continue to appear, and with the Perth Mint, Royal Mint, and Numistrade launching their new Year of the Horse coins this week, it seems fitting that the Royal Australian Mint would join them. The horse is the sixth in the mints Lunar Investment Series, one of the prettiest ranges in this genre. The horse [...]
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 [...]
The Perth Mint debuts one of the bullion calendar highlights, the seventh Lunar Series III design, the Year of the Horse. One of the absolute legends of the modern numismatic world, the Perth Mint's Lunar Series has been going since 1996, when Lunar Series I, specifically the Year of the Mouse, debuted. It wasn't until 2000, [...]
The spiritual successor to the Perth Mints hit 'Australian Stock Horse' bullion series that ran from 2013 to 2017, the Australian Brumby has today eclipsed its predecessor with a sixth issue. While the Stock Horse was bred for working with livestock, and has a calm temperament, great agility, and an intelligent nature, the Brumby are feral horses, [...]
South Korean producer, Coin's Today, is adding a new design to its highly varied range of stackable bullion products, with 'Bear Trap'. This one should be a little more affordable, as it comes in at one ounce of fine silver, instead of the usual two, although it does come boxed, which most of these stackable issues [...]
