In a change from it's current deadly wildlife, the Royal Australian Mint looks to extinct deadly wildlife for a coin.. Australian coin producers have built their businesses on mining the highly unusual national fauna for inspiration. Surely the strangest and most varies ecosystem on the planet, you can see why coins featuring it have been [...]
The Royal Australian Mint's 'Pirate Queen's' bullion series continues with the legendary Ching Shih It didn't take long for the Royal Australian Mint to replace it's neat inverted triangular shipwreck series with something equally nautical, as in July of this year they debuted the first 'Pirate Queen's' bullion coin. That debut featured the well-known Anne Bonny, [...]
Royal Australian Mint issues a new silver coin pair looking at Aboriginal history and their bouncy wildlife The Royal Australian Mint continues to quietly release some really nice coins, and this latest pair are a good example of that. Both weigh in at half an ounce of 0.999 silver, have a proof finish, and the simple [...]
Australia's Most Dangerous bullion coin series from the Royal Australian Mint and LPM, returns with a sting in its tail Along with the 'Australian Zoo' bullion coin series, the Royal Australian Mint also produces another range extolling the virtues of this continents happy, friendly wildlife called 'Australia's Most Dangerous. Actually, a series called Australia's Not Dangerous probably [...]
A very pretty series of bullion coins, 'Dolphins' is another nature-themed bullion coin series from a continent famed for them. The Perth Mint has made the subject a staple of their bullion selection, and the other major Australian producer, the Royal Australian Mint, has also jumped in with some superb issues. The dolphin series belongs to the [...]
The skull & crossbones returns with Anne Bonny, the first of the Royal Australian Mint’s ‘Pirate Queens’ Just like the movie industry, it seems what's in vogue comes in waves, and one of the current subjects that seem to crop up in the bullion coin market has been the world of pirates and old sailing vessels. [...]
A popular format these days, although not especially at the Royal Australian Mint, the half-gram minigold coin will no doubt continue to be so at a time that gold is showing some increased vigour. Everyone collector likes a bit of gold in their collection, and while minigold coins are not the greatest value for money on a [...]
Australian Zoo bullion coin series is back with a pair of fine Cheetah designs, one in silver, one in gold The Royal Australian Mint's 'Australia Zoo' bullion coin series continues to grow with the addition of the second consecutive cat - the Cheetah. Last year saw a beautiful pair of Sumatran Tiger coins, which, as has become [...]
Australia's 'Southern Skies' gold and silver bullion coin series returns with a platypus privy mark The Royal Australian Mint's Stuart Devlin inspired bullion coin series 'Southern Skies' has returned after its 2020 debut. In truth, it's largely the same as last years design and the coin is clearly designed to fill the niche that almost all [...]
Royal Australian Mint launches 'Fraser's Dolphin' the third in its aquatic buillion coin series The Royal Australian mint's pretty 'Dolphin' bullion coin series is back with a third annual release. Following the Bottlenose Dolphin in 2019, and the Spinner Dolphin in 2020 (which you can see lower down), comes Fraser's Dolphin and it's another fine [...]
