LION KING:CIRCLE OF LIFE BULLION COIN (2020, NZ Mint)

By |2020-08-11T08:05:38+01:00August 11th, 2020|Categories: Quicklooks, Movies & TV, Bullion, Gold, Silver, Niue Island, NZ Mint/Agoro|

The New Zealand Mint now seems to be knocking out limited run bullion coins with an increased vigour, almost all tied to one of the mints big name media licences, Disney or Star Wars. The last issue we covered for the latter franchise was the APMEXclusive 'Mandalorian Mythosaur', and this one is the latest under the Disney [...]

‘Australian Shipwrecks’ triangular gold and silver bullion series returns with the third issue, the Zuytdorp

By |2020-08-10T00:41:15+01:00August 10th, 2020|Categories: History, Bullion, Australia, Gold, Silver, Royal Australian Mint|

'Australian Shipwrecks' triangular gold and silver bullion series returns with the third issue, the Zuytdorp At the forefront of the Royal Australian Mint's new found interest in the limited bullion coin market, 'Australian Shipwrecks' is an example of how to do it right. An Australian coin with annually changing designs on BOTH [...]

Scottsdale’s second EC8 bullion coin for 2020 debuts with a new Hummingbird design for Dominica

By |2020-09-16T11:00:15+01:00August 5th, 2020|Categories: Bullion, Nature, Coloured, Gold, Silver, Dominica, Scottsdale Mint|

Scottsdale’s second EC8 bullion coin for 2020 debuts with a new Hummingbird design for Dominica Scottsdale Mint's third run through its eight-coin annual Eastern Caribbean 8 series continues with the second issue of 2020. The dreaded Covid-19 has put a serious dent in the issue programmes, so we'd expect a quicker schedule running forward to get [...]

PREDATORS: 3 NEW ADDITIONS (2020, AllCollect)

By |2020-08-01T19:46:57+01:00August 1st, 2020|Categories: Quicklooks, Allcollect, Bullion, Nature, Silver, Congo|

We've been digging around for information to bring our coverage of AllCollect's wildlife-themed silver bullion coin series, up to date, and these three here should bring us to that state. An interesting mix of finishes marks out 'Predator' as something a little different from the norm, with a part incused, part reverse-proof footprint/bodypart, a mirror proof style background [...]

The iconic sweet dispenser, PEZ, returns in silver form with a Rubber Duck head

By |2020-07-31T09:25:32+01:00July 31st, 2020|Categories: Culture, Bullion, Silver, PAMP|

The iconic sweet dispenser, PEZ, returns in silver form with a Rubber Duck head A quirky addition to the silver bullion market last year was the Santa PEZ dispenser. The iconic candy, a perennial favourite for over 90 years, was reproduced in silver form. A working dispenser held six pills of 0.999 silver, [...]

BARBADOS TRIDENT SILVER BULLION (2020, Scottsdale Mint)

By |2020-07-28T10:40:26+01:00July 28th, 2020|Categories: Quicklooks, Culture, Bullion, Barbados, Silver, Scottsdale Mint|

Back for the fourth year, the Barbados Trident has become a staple of Scottsdale Mint's annual bullion offerings. It's one that straddles the two major types of bullion coin - those that change design regularly and those that don't. The design of the broken handled trident that became the Caribbean island's symbol, has remained unchanged over the [...]

FIVE SOVEREIGN PIECE (2020, Royal Mint)

By |2020-07-27T12:07:18+01:00July 27th, 2020|Categories: Quicklooks, Art & Literature, Bullion, Gold, Royal Mint, United Kingdom|

Today sees the release of the biggest annual British Sovereign coin, the Five Sovereign. The same size and weight as a typical £5 gold coin from the Royal Mint, it weighs 39.94 grams of 22kt 0.9167 gold (36.6 grams fine), so quite a bit more than the usual one troy ounce (31.1g). The design is pretty much [...]

PREDATORS: CHEETAH BULLION (2020, AllCollect)

By |2020-07-22T11:22:42+01:00July 22nd, 2020|Categories: Quicklooks, Allcollect, Bullion, Nature, Silver, Congo|

Next in the wave of new entrants in Allcollect’s Predators bullion coin series is Acinonyx Jubatus, the Cheetah. Using the same mixed finish of an incused footprint that is partly reverse-proof finished, a matte finish foreground, including the animal subject, and a mirror proof style background field,  they remain quite unique. This one is the sixth release [...]

CAYMAN ISLANDS MARLIN SILVER BULLION (2020, Scottsdale Mint)

By |2020-07-21T13:38:21+01:00July 21st, 2020|Categories: Quicklooks, Bullion, Nature, Silver, Cayman Islands, Scottsdale Mint|

Back for the fourth year is Scottsdale Mint's Cayman Islands issued 'Marlin' bullion coin. The leaping fish adorns the central section of the reverse face, and is surrounded by a 'wavy-patterned' border carrying various inscriptions. That border is also present on the obverse, with the centre area occupied by an effigy of Queen Elizabeth II. The mintage [...]

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