Perth Mint brings the Great Barrier Reef to life with a huge two-kilogram fine silver coin One of the most incredible places on this planet, the Great Barrier Reef off the eastern coast of Australia has had relatively little in the way of numismatic celebration. Australian dealer/producer Downies did a neat five-ounce coin back in early 2018, [...]
A bullion coin we missed last month, the third in the Perth Mint's 'Australian Nugget' series showcases the 1931 find of Golden Eagle. The largest nugget ever found in Western Australia. it weighed in at 1,136 ounces (32.2 kg) and was 62 cm in length. Seventeen year old Jim Larcombe and his father must have [...]
The Perth Mint's 'Gods of Olympus' Poseidon coin re-emerges in silver and gold bullion form from LPM It was last July that LPM launched a new bullion series based on the smash hit 2014 numismatic series from the Perth Mint, 'Gods of Olympus' We're actually quite surprised that more coins like this haven't made a later [...]
Perennial bullion coin collector favourite, the Perth Mint, has, to put it mildly, a rather large and varied selection of nature themed offering in this market. It helps that their native land, Australia, is awash with an equally varied selection of distinctive animals, many of which exist nowhere else on Earth. The latest to join their limited [...]
The Incan legend of Mama Quilla is given life on a striking new Perth Mint silver coin with a silver filled dome The Perth Mint has long issued a selection of two-ounce antique-finished silver coins with some quite unusual themes and centre details. While not strictly a series, we did round them all up into a [...]
The fifth annual Australian Swan bullion coin from the Perth Mint soars into view in gold and silver Back for a fifth release, the Australian Swan coin has become a staple of the Perth Mints annual bullion selection and remains one of the more eagerly awaited of the their many limited mintage offerings. Launching in [...]
Another little round-up of coin videos starting with a short, but interesting backstage look at the Perth Mint silver production which is certainly enough to give you stacker envy!Also up for view arecoin release videos from Mint XXI, CIT and MDM. There were a few more Royal Mint Mr Men & Little Miss videos, but to be honest, I couldn't [...]
Black flag pirate bullion coin series back with a third release - the legendary Red Flag Fleet of Ching Shih A bullion coin series that collectors seem to eagerly await is now seeing its 2021 issue added to it. The 'Black Flag' range, struck by the Perth mint and distributed by APMEX, looks at every young [...]
The Perth Mint's pretty 'Double Dragon' coin returns for a third year with a timely ten-ounce silver bullion variant, exclusively from LPM. The design first appeared in 2019 in one-ounce bullion form, and returned last year as a proof coin, but with just 888 being minted, this chunky ten-ounce 0.9999 silver bullion variant may well be the most [...]
Once one of the hottest series in the coin world, driven by the phenomenal success of the debut Red-back Spider coin, Deadly & Dangerous is still going strong after 15 years. It isn't slowing down, with this week seeing the 16th coin in the series making an appearance. A one-ounce, proof with colour series issued for Tuvalu, each [...]
