The Intervention of the Sabine Women Tri-Metal silver coin (2025 Precious Metal Collectors)

By |2025-04-07T22:59:31+01:00April 4th, 2025|Categories: Quicklooks, Art & Literature, History, Coloured, Copper, Silver, Chad, Precious Metal Collectors|

The latest in Precious Metal Collector's copious line-up of fine art coins is now available to order, and this time it's a 1799 work by Jacques-Louis Davis, called 'The Intervention of the Sabine Women'. The painting is based around the story of early Rome, who set out to raid the neighbouring Sabine people, and capture their [...]

History of Polish Coin 16: Copper Grosz of King Stanislaw August silver coin (2024 National Bank of Poland)

By |2024-08-20T20:35:32+01:00August 20th, 2024|Categories: Quicklooks, History, Copper, Politics & Finance, Silver, Poland, Narodowy Bank|

Poland's national bank has a fine portfolio of coins taking inspiration from this Central European nation's long and eventful past. At times a major European power, Poland also has a significant history in the world of numismatics. A fine example of this is one of our all-time favourite series, Treasures of Stanislaw August, and another is this [...]

Double Silver Giant Megalodon hybrid silver/copper coin (2025 MDM Wholesale)

By |2024-08-01T13:51:29+01:00August 1st, 2024|Categories: Quicklooks, Nature, Copper, Silver, MDM, Vanuatu|

One of our favourite prehistoric life coin series is German producer, MDM Wholesale's, super-sized Double Silver Giant series, of which there have been four issues to date. These coins are unusual, in that the bulk of their makeup is copper, which can be clearly seen on the edge. However, the front and back are formed in silver, each [...]

MK’s two-ounce silver Buddha coin returns with almost 12 ounces of copper in tow, and an expanded diameter

By |2024-06-18T12:32:52+01:00June 18th, 2024|Categories: Culture, Copper, Inserts, Silver, Cameroon, Chad, Mint of MK, The Gold Village|

MK's two-ounce silver Buddha coin returns with almost 12 ounces of copper in tow, and an expanded diameter Back in March of this year, the Mint of MK launched a two-ounce silver coin depicting the Buddha in meditation. It was designed in the same ilk as the gigantic, copper-zinc-silver hybrid, 1,000 Armed Bodhisattva, which had a 188 [...]

The Solar System bi-metal silver coin (2024 Precious Metal Collectors)

By |2024-04-09T18:24:02+01:00April 9th, 2024|Categories: Quicklooks, Nature, Coloured, Copper, Science, Silver, Niue Island, Precious Metal Collectors|

Released today is the latest in Precious Metal Collector's range of hybrid silver/copper coins, and in a step away from fine art or Asian mythology, they're taking steps into the final frontier with our solar system. As one of PMC's bi-metal coins, it's a size far greater than the two ounces of silver would suggest, aided by [...]

In a world of double-giant dino’s. what better than a Double Silver Giant coin? MDM returns with a fourth hybrid prehistoric coin

By |2023-09-18T13:06:21+01:00September 18th, 2023|Categories: Nature, Copper, Silver, MDM, Vanuatu|

In a world of double-giant dino's. what better than a Double Silver Giant coin? MDM returns with a fourth hybrid prehistoric coin MDM's 'Double Silver Giant' series of prehistoric animal coins returns with a fourth issue, and following superb T.Rex, Triceratops, and Stegosaurus designs, we head to the air with Pteranodon. These are similar in [...]

A video round-up of art-themed releases from the innovative Singapore producer, Precious Metal Collectors

By |2022-12-05T23:54:26+00:00December 5th, 2022|Categories: Art & Literature, Coloured, Copper, Gilded, Silver, Chad, Precious Metal Collectors|

A video round-up of art-themed releases from the innovative Singapore producer, Precious Metal Collectors One of our favourite producers issuing coins today, Precious Metal Collectors, has been on a bit of a mission over the last couple of months, releasing quite a packed programme of new coins. The subjects vary quite a bit, but at their [...]

MDM’s Double Silver Giant dinosaur coin series is back with a third release, and it’s the legendary wielder of the thagomizer, Stegosaurus

By |2022-08-16T22:42:32+01:00August 16th, 2022|Categories: Nature, Copper, Silver, MDM, Vanuatu|

MDM's Double Silver Giant dinosaur coin series is back with a third release, and it's the legendary wielder of the thagomizer, Stegosaurus Similar in concept to Precious Metal Collector's 'Bi-Metal Max' coins, MDM's 'Double Silver Giant' series takes a silver skin and places it on a far larger copper core. This allows for vastly larger coins [...]

The Titanic hit an iceberg 110 years ago, and CIT and the Mint of Poland issue very different coins to mark the event

By |2022-04-25T20:56:57+01:00April 25th, 2022|Categories: History, Coloured, Copper, Gold, Inserts, Silver, Cook Islands, CIT Coin Invest, Mint of Poland, Niue Island|

The Titanic hit an iceberg 110 years ago, and CIT and the Mint of Poland issue very different coins to mark the event Probably the most famous shipwreck in history, the tragic tale of Titanic's maiden voyage has become the stuff of legend, featuring in countless movies, TV series, and books, as well as starring in [...]

John Collier’s ‘Lady Godiva’ joins Precious Metal Collector’s epic range of giant copper-cored silver coins

By |2022-02-15T13:59:21+00:00February 15th, 2022|Categories: Art & Literature, Bi-Metallic, Coloured, Copper, Silver, Chad, Precious Metal Collectors|

John Collier's 'Lady Godiva' joins Precious Metal Collector's epic range of giant copper-cored silver coins The latest in Precious Metal Collector's huge 'Bi-Metal Max' range of copper-cored art coins is now available to order, and features John Collier's well known 'Lady Godiva' as its subject. For those unfamiliar, 'Bi-Metal Max' is a process whereby a silver [...]

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