Americana Series II one-ounce coloured silver bars (2025 Scottsdale Mint)

By |2025-05-15T13:28:06+01:00May 15th, 2025|Categories: Quicklooks, Cast/Minted Bar, Culture, Coloured, Scottsdale Mint|

Scottsdale Mint is growing its huge selection of one-ounce coloured silver bars with a second range of Americana-themed designs. It joins, not only the first series, but also ranges for Easter, Christmas, Valentines, Halloween, and many others. Indeed, we found it hard to keep track, so did one of our comprehensive Bullion Profiles of them for you to [...]

Mood: Anger one & two-ounce silver bars (2025 Le Grand Mint)

By |2025-04-22T23:09:39+01:00April 22nd, 2025|Categories: Quicklooks, Cast/Minted Bar, Culture, Coloured, Le Grand Mint|

Le Grand Mint has added to its range of minted silver bars with a coloured piece that is the first in a series called 'Mood'. The debut bar is called 'Anger' and depicts a female warrior standing in front of a flying dragon. The dragon is said to represent the impetuous, wrathful and ruthless side of anger, while [...]

Graduation Day one-ounce coloured silver bar (2025 Scottsdale Mint)

By |2025-04-22T12:54:18+01:00April 22nd, 2025|Categories: Quicklooks, Cast/Minted Bar, Culture, Event, Coloured, Scottsdale Mint|

Scottsdale Mint continues its quest to dominate the minted silver bullion bar market with their latest coloured offerings. Joining Easter, Christmas, Valentines, Halloween, and many others, the new pair celebrate Graduation Day, which marks the awarding of a diploma. Just two in this range, although there are two silver rounds, also an ounce in weight, also being [...]

Lucky Dragon 05 Xuánhuá one-ounce coloured silver bar (2025 Scottsdale Mint)

By |2025-04-22T11:41:31+01:00April 22nd, 2025|Categories: Quicklooks, Cast/Minted Bar, Art & Literature, Culture, Coloured, Scottsdale Mint|

The five-bar 'Lucky Dragon' range, from Scottsdale Mint, has come to an end with the debut today of the final design. These bars have released every week over the last month, but each is only sold for seven days, starting on a Monday. The mintage is set at whatever the orders are for that week. There's also a [...]

Lucky Dragon 04 Kuángyǐng one-ounce coloured silver bar (2025 Scottsdale Mint)

By |2025-04-14T18:34:14+01:00April 14th, 2025|Categories: Quicklooks, Cast/Minted Bar, Art & Literature, Culture, Coloured, Scottsdale Mint|

As we reported a few days ago, the new five-bar range from Scottsdale Mint, called 'Lucky Dragon', sees the fourth issue drop today. The bars are released every week, for five weeks, and only sold for that week. The mintage is capped at whatever the orders are for that week.The fourth is called Kuángyǐng, and is yet another [...]

Lucky Dragon 03 Tianyi one-ounce coloured silver bar (2025 Scottsdale Mint)

By |2025-04-07T22:54:29+01:00April 7th, 2025|Categories: Quicklooks, Cast/Minted Bar, Art & Literature, Culture, Coloured, Scottsdale Mint|

A few days ago, we reported on a new five-bar range from Scottsdale Mint with a rather intense release schedule. Called 'Lucky Dragon', the bars are released every week, for five weeks, and only sold for that week. The mintage is capped at whatever the orders are for that week. The third came out today (above), and [...]

Lucky Dragon one-ounce coloured silver bar (2025 Scottsdale Mint)

By |2025-04-07T22:58:00+01:00April 3rd, 2025|Categories: Cast/Minted Bar, Quicklooks, Art & Literature, Culture, Coloured, Scottsdale Mint|

We've been covering Scottsdale Mint's ever-expanding range of coloured, one-ounce, minted silver bars for a while now, as we feel they do have some crossover with the coin market, having a reliance on artistic design. This particular range encompasses quite a few different themes, and we collected them all into one of our Bullion Profiles, so feel free [...]

The Royal Mint’s ‘Queens Beasts Completer’ coins make the transition to gold and silver bullion bars

By |2025-03-12T17:05:53+00:00March 12th, 2025|Categories: Cast/Minted Bar, Art & Literature, Gold Bar, Silver Bar, History, Gold, Royal Mint|

The Royal Mint's 'Queens Beasts Completer' coins make the transition to gold and silver bullion bars From 2016 to 2021, the Royal Mint ran a programme of bullion coins called 'The Queen's Beasts', featuring representations of ten heraldic animals originally sculpted by James Woodford RA for the coronation ceremony of Queen Elizabeth II, held in [...]

Le Grand Mint adds two new gold and silver minted bar designs – The Eagle and the Serpent, and Fors Fortuna

By |2025-03-07T12:43:27+00:00March 7th, 2025|Categories: Cast/Minted Bar, Art & Literature, Gold Bar, Culture, Silver Bar, Nature, Le Grand Mint|

Le Grand Mint adds two new gold and silver minted bar designs - The Eagle and the Serpent, and Fors Fortuna Along with a fine and uniquely designed range of proof and bullion coins, Le Grand Mint also produces some neat minted bars, something we haven't covered a lot of in the past, but we've been [...]

Maciej Mańkowski Butterfly I 2 oz cast silver bar (2025 Goldenmark)

By |2025-01-28T19:35:14+00:00January 28th, 2025|Categories: Quicklooks, Cast/Minted Bar, Art & Literature, Bullion, Silver, Germania Mint|

Another newish release in Germania Mint's 2oz coloured cast bar program is this beautiful bar adorned with the art of Polish experimental photographer, Maciej Mańkowski. This artist uses daggeography, which, through the mix of oxidising and colouration, gives an intensely shiny backdrop to the image. The bar is called Butterfly I, and is a beautiful, really showing off [...]

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