The Czech Mint’s three-year, twelve-coin, showcasing the of the great tanks of the Second World War, has, sadly, come to an end with the release of the final design, the Soviet IS-2 heavy. The coins have been released four per year, one each from the Soviet Union, Britain, the US, and Germany, and in 1oz silver, and [...]
Precious Metal Collector's continues to add classic art pieces to their range of coins using their innovative Tri-Metal production process. Basically, this utilises a 750 gram zinc core, over which is laid 120 grams of copper, which is topped by 2.5oz of fine silver. What we end up with is a thick, and wide coin at a [...]
The seminal Indian work on sex, The Kama Sutra (Principles of Love', is an ancient text, tracing its roots back well over 2,000 years, and sets out the ways to garner maximum pleasure from life, including the art of procreation, for which it's most famous. The work, spread over seven volumes, is actually much wider than that in [...]
Precious Metal Collector's return to their core range of classic art pieces using their innovative Tri-Metal production process. This entails a 750 gram zinc core, over which is laid 120 grams of copper, all of which is topped by 2.5oz of fine silver. The end result is a relatively affordable coin, considering what an issue of [...]
The Germania Mints two-ounce coloured cast silver bar program has turned into quite a hit, encompassing quite a few third party producers, like Asturmint, for example. One of those is a joint venture between Germania Mint and US dealer GovMint, called 'Americana'. This is an increasingly popular theme in a US election year, which for some inexplicable reason [...]
A heads-up that we've just added Scottsdale Mint's new 2024 Christmas bars to our full Bullion Profile of their expansive coloured silver minted bars range. These will sit alongside the recent Halloween range, and the USA Patriotic bars, bringing the total selection up to 51 designs.This latest batch is an eclectic mix of Christmas themed designs, and there [...]
The Australian Emu is one of the Perth Mint's numerous animal-themed bullion coin ranges, although this one is exclusively distributed by European dealer, Metal Market EU. It first launched in 2018, and 2024 sees the seventh annual design, launching with the same options of gold and silver one-ounce formats, and with the same mintages of 30,000 and [...]
A quick heads-up that the fourth in Germania Mints popular 'Gods' range of two-ounce cast silver bars is now making an appearance. This time we have Widar, also known as the 'Silent God'. This series, like it Goddesses predecessor, lives or dies on the quality of the imagery on the face of the bar, and yet again, [...]
Launched early this year, Germania Mint had a surprise hit on its hands with a new range of two-ounce cast silver bars. They were consistently sized and shaped, with the big differentiator being some sublime colour artwork on one side. In try Germania Mint style, they were themed around the numismatic world they've created based on the [...]
Having developed quite a wide and impressive range of bullion coins over the last few years, so wide that we felt a Bullion Round-up was a good idea, the Royal Australian Mint is finally starting its own Kangaroo themed silver bullion coin series. At present, it's just the solitary one-ounce silver format, but that's the most popular [...]