A striking lunar snake, a clever elephant, and Gryphon, a stunning homage to classic Greek numismatics, stand out in CIT’s Spring Launch

By |2024-04-25T21:56:08+01:00April 25th, 2024|Categories: Banknote / Foil, History, Lunar Calendar, Gold, Silver, CIT Coin Invest, Cook Islands, Mongolia|

A striking lunar snake, a clever elephant, and Gryphon, a stunning homage to classic Greek numismatics, stand out in CIT's Spring Launch We posted a collation of all the videos that CIT produced for their latest Spring Launch earlier today, so if you want a complete overview of what's been released today, you can head over [...]

A mix of rock music, wild animals, Asian culture, heroism, and a stunning look at our numismatic past, feature in CIT’s Spring launch

By |2024-04-25T09:44:02+01:00April 25th, 2024|Categories: Coloured, Gold, Silver, CIT Coin Invest, Cook Islands, Palau|

A mix of rock music, wild animals, Asian culture, heroism, and a stunning look at our numismatic past, feature in CIT's Spring launch The much anticipated Spring Launch from Liechtenstein-based producer CIT hits the market this morning, and we'll be having a closer look at a few of them later today. As we always do, [...]

Ghana Leopard gold and silver bullion coins (2023 Scottsdale Mint)

By |2024-04-16T11:54:23+01:00April 16th, 2024|Categories: Quicklooks, Bullion, Gold, Nature, Silver, Ghana, Scottsdale Mint|

One of the longer running series in Scottsdale Mint's copious range of bullion coins, the African Leopard debuted in 2017 with a silver coin, and has been issued annually ever since. In 2020, a gold variant was added to the range, also an ounce in weight, and in 2022, the African Leopard title was seemingly dropped in favour [...]

The Perth Mint celebrates its 125th anniversary with a numismatic homage to the three Antipodean creatures that have helped define it

By |2024-04-04T17:21:40+01:00April 4th, 2024|Categories: Bullion, Event, Gold, Nature, Australia, Silver, Perth Mint|

The Perth Mint celebrates its 125th anniversary with a numismatic homage to the three Antipodean creatures that have helped define it For all its innovations over the years, and there've been many, the first thing that springs to mind when you mention the Perth Mint are their iconic bullion coins. The mint was set up in [...]

Le Grand Mint launches a new range of minigold coins featuring famous people across multiple fields

By |2024-04-03T14:10:01+01:00April 3rd, 2024|Categories: Gold, People, Le Grand Mint|

Le Grand Mint launches a new range of minigold coins featuring famous people across multiple fields We like a minigold here, and with the price of the yellow metal hitting new highs, it offers a way to buy it for those on a tighter budget. We've been fortunate over the last decade, as the format has [...]

The Royal Mint’s James Bond retrospective continues into the Brosnan-era with the launch of the 90s range

By |2024-03-25T00:30:29+00:00March 25th, 2024|Categories: Bullion, Movies & TV, Gold, Silver, Royal Mint, United Kingdom|

The Royal Mint's James Bond retrospective continues into the Brosnan-era with the launch of the 90s range Continuing their seven issue romp through the filmography of super-spy, James Bond 007, the Royal Mint has released the fourth coin in the range - the 90s. Each of the seven issues showcases an iconic vehicle from a particular [...]

The Royal Mint returns to the Star Wars universe with a second four-issue series of proof coins, and all new bullion bars

By |2024-03-18T00:01:32+00:00March 18th, 2024|Categories: Bullion, Movies & TV, Gold, Silver, Royal Mint|

The Royal Mint returns to the Star Wars universe with a second four-issue series of proof coins, and all new bullion bars Last July, the Royal Mint surprised us with a new Star Wars coin collection, a franchise which had been associated with the New Zealand Mint for almost a decade. Consisting of four designs, [...]

Scottsdale Mint has been busy with additions to their Marlin, Mermaid, and Alien bullion coin programs

By |2024-03-11T19:09:55+00:00March 11th, 2024|Categories: Coloured, Gold, Nature, Science, Ruthenium / Rhodium, Silver, Cayman Islands, Ghana, Samoa, Scottsdale Mint|

Scottsdale Mint has been busy with additions to their Marlin, Mermaid, and Alien bullion coin programs Prolific bullion coin producer, Scottsdale Mint, has a catalogue of different series that puts most of the competition to shame. Everything from religion, through science-fiction, to, most popularly, nature, has a presence in the range. There's gold and silver, some [...]

The Royal Mint launches its eagerly anticipated 2024 Britannia proof range and it’s a beautiful piece by a French artist

By |2024-03-08T00:23:07+00:00March 8th, 2024|Categories: Culture, Gold, Silver, Royal Mint, United Kingdom|

The Royal Mint launches its eagerly anticipated 2024 Britannia proof range and it's a beautiful piece by a French artist One of the highlights of the numismatic calendar, certainly for the more classical-leaning collector, has been the Royal Mint's proof Britannia range. The series split from the bullion range in 2012, when those coins standardised [...]

Deadly & Dangerous 19: Bluebottle proof silver coin (2024 Downies/Perth Mint)

By |2024-03-05T20:43:11+00:00March 5th, 2024|Categories: Quicklooks, Coloured, Gold, Nature, Silver, Downies, Niue Island, Perth Mint, Tuvalu|

One of the longest running series we've ever covered at AgAuNEWS, Deadly and Dangerous debuted in 2006 with the Red Back Spider, a coin that went on to garner enormous interest on the secondary market. It was a striking coin, but despite interest in the series reducing somewhat, no doubt due to the huge influx of competing designs, [...]

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