Big Five 03: Leopard 2oz cast silver bar (2025 Royal Krakow Mint)

By |2025-03-14T15:45:51+00:00March 14th, 2025|Categories: Quicklooks, Nature, Coloured, Silver, Royal Krakow Mint|

The Royal Kraków Mint's series of cast two-ounce silver bars, under the Germania Mint program, continues to grow with the addition of the third of the bars in their African Big Five series. The two previous issues featured the lion and the elephant, and for this third release, it's another big cat - the leopard. These bars [...]

I Love You 2 oz cast silver bar (2025 Royal Krakow Mint)

By |2025-01-22T12:57:38+00:00January 22nd, 2025|Categories: Quicklooks, Culture, Bullion, Silver, Royal Krakow Mint|

The two-ounce coloured cast bar selection continues to expand into new themes with the release of a new offering from the Royal Kraków Mint. This producer already issues an attractive 'Big Five of Africa' series, of which two are currently available, and they were amongst the first to move away from the use of ancient mythology as a [...]

Big Five 02: Elephant 2oz cast silver bar (2024 Royal Krakow Mint)

By |2024-07-22T13:03:27+01:00July 22nd, 2024|Categories: Quicklooks, Nature, Coloured, Silver, Royal Krakow Mint|

Germania Mint's two-ounce coloured cast bar program has been a hit, there's little doubt of that, but the popularity is built on the back of quality imagery, and the range of producers now taking part has meant that remains at a high standard. However, like in some coin formats, there's a heavy leaning on the world of myths [...]

Big Five of Africa: Lion 2oz silver bar (2024 Royal Krakow Mint)

By |2024-04-22T21:43:12+01:00April 22nd, 2024|Categories: Quicklooks, Bullion Round, Nature, Coloured, Silver, Royal Krakow Mint|

We've seen a huge uptick in interest for the humble cast silver bar of late, headlined by Germania Mints new Goddesses (and now Gods) ranges, and while it isn't usually our thing to cover here (we have to draw a line somewhere), these bars have much artistic merit, and fit into themes common in the coin world. [...]

The Royal Kraków Mint celebrates a legend of the Wawel Dragon from the medieval history of its home city

By |2023-12-15T21:53:00+00:00December 15th, 2023|Categories: Culture, History, Coloured, Silver, Niue Island, Royal Krakow Mint|

The Royal Kraków Mint celebrates a legend of the Wawel Dragon from the medieval history of its home city Dating back to at least the 13th century, the legend of Smok Wawelski (the Wawel Dragon) tells of a giant dragon that terrorised the city of Kraków, known as a man-eater, but appeased with cattle provided by [...]

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