One of nature's biggest ever cats gets one of numismatics biggest coins. Smilodon debuts on MDM's hybrid metal format Double Silver Giant, a series of big copper/silver hybrid coins, is back with its sixth annual release. The first four coins were buried deep in the prehistoric past, but the 2024 coin jumped forward to the [...]
The wacky world of bugs is commemorated with a copper round celebrating the South Korean animated TV series, 'Larva' The animated TV show, 'Larva' debuted in 2011 in South Korea, and was an immediate hit. It tells of the misadventures of a pair of larvae, 'Yellow', a dimwitted, but ultimately happy caterpillar, and 'Red', also a [...]
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 [...]
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 [...]
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 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 [...]
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 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 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 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 [...]
