The fourth and last of the Royal Canadian Mints 'Birds of Prey' silver bullion coins has now been launched. Designed to offer a limited run alternative to the Silver Maple Leaf, one of the world’s most popular bullion coins, interest in these coins as been very high since the debut of the first six-coin series called Canadian Wildlife back [...]
Next £100 for £100 coin from the Royal Mint features London landmark Buckingham Palace The second of the Royal Mints £100 for £100 silver coins has launched and like the first coin depicts a major London landmark, this time the building most associated with the British royal family, Buckingham Palace. It isn't just the subject [...]
The latest in an increasing number of silver bullion coins released by a major mint for a dealer, this new Calgary Stampede silver coin is struck by the Royal Canadian Mint for Calgary-based bullion dealer, Silver Gold Bull. There are no mintage limits but the coin will only be struck through to the end of the year and SGB [...]
Populariser of the face value silver coin format in recent years and despite being taken up by other mints like the Monnaie de Paris and the Royal Mint, the Royal Canadian Mint are the most enamoured of the concept judging by the amount of coins released. From $100, through $50 and $25, it's the $20 for $20 coin that [...]
With the news of the last hour that Kate Middleton has given birth to her second child, the Royal Mint has announced there's to be a limited run of 750 Sovereigns celebrating the birth of the new Princess that are being specially struck today. A standard bullion gold Sovereign coin, the coins are to be issued with an individually [...]
APMEX has announced the immediate availability of the second in the Perth Mint's silver half-ounce Shark series of bullion coins. Carrying on with the same specification as last years Great White Shark coin, this years coin depicts the Hammerhead Shark, another of the huge apex predators that inhabit the worlds oceans. Perth Mint designer Natasha Muhl has again done [...]
Last year saw the debut of a new series of bullion coins from collector favourite, the Perth Mint. Released much earlier in the year that it's usual triumvirate of semi-numismatic silver bullion coins (Koala, Kookaburra, Lunar), and with a considerably higher fixed mintage at one-million units, the first coin depicted one of Australians best-known threats to human life, the [...]
One of our favourite silver bullion coins of 2014, indeed of modern times, the Wedge-Tailed Eagle coin designed by John Mercanti for the Perth Mint had its debut last year. First released as high-relief silver and gold coins with mintages of 10,000 and 1,000 respectively back in January 2014, they followed up with a standard silver proof and a [...]
For the first time since 1968, the Royal Mint is fabricating minted bars. After 47 years they're back in conjunction with their new on-line bullion sales business, Royal Mint Bullion. Previously selling only Britannia and Sovereign coins, the new minted bar range will sell alongside them to any and all in whatever quantities you like. Like the coins, there [...]
With 2014 now over and the United States Mint releasing the last of the years sales figures for its American Eagle bullion coin program, it's time for a quick look at the figures and the trends are pretty clear. With silver sales breaking the all-time record at 44,006,000 ounces, despite selling out of the 2014 allocation early, the mint obviously [...]
