Americana: Bald Eagle two ounce cast silver bar (2024 Germania Mint)

By |2024-07-01T20:30:29+01:00July 1st, 2024|Categories: Quicklooks, Bullion, Nature, Coloured, Silver, Germania Mint|

Germania Mint's extremely popular two-ounce cast bar program continues with another new series launch, and this time it's a direct collaboration with US-based dealer, GovMint. Called 'Americana', it will showcase some of the more patriotic imagery from United States culture, and what better place to start than the iconic Bald Eagle. It isn't particularly original as a [...]

Growing Up – Brown Bear 5oz edition silver coin (2024 Numiscollect)

By |2024-07-01T11:22:49+01:00July 1st, 2024|Categories: Quicklooks, Nature, Silver, Ghana, Numiscollect|

Numiscollect's 'Growing Up' series has seen three designs so far, the lion, the stallion, and the Brown Bear. These are smartminted high-relief coins, with a black proof finish, and they feature an adult animal dominant on the reverse face, with the obverse focusing more on the young animal in its natural habitat, as well as depicting it [...]

Almond Blossom 1890 by Van Gogh Tri-metal coin (2024 Precious Metal Collectors)

By |2024-06-27T17:53:10+01:00June 27th, 2024|Categories: Quicklooks, Art & Literature, Bi-Metallic, Coloured, Silver, Niue Island, Precious Metal Collectors|

The latest in Precious Metal Collector's extensive range of bi-metallic art coins has debuted today, and disappointingly, it's a piece of art that's already appeared in this range. The 2022 issue was one of the bigger coins, comprised of two ounces of silver over a core of 33.5 ounces of copper. It also had a gilded frame border.This [...]

Eastern Caribbean 8: Antigua Grenada gold and silver bullion coins (2023 Scottsdale Mint)

By |2024-06-27T13:18:09+01:00June 27th, 2024|Categories: Quicklooks, Antigua & Barbuda, Bullion, Gold, Sport, Silver, Grenada, Scottsdale Mint|

Finally, the last pair of designs in Scottsdale Mint's eight-coin Eastern Caribbean 8 programme for 2023, the sixth annual run through this popular tourist location, has been issued, and there's one for Antigua & Barbuda, and one for Grenada. The Antiguan coin is the fourth Rum Runner design, looking at the island's long history with the rum [...]

Coca-Cola shaped 1930s Vintage Sign 1oz silver medallion (2024 MTB / PAMP)

By |2024-06-24T23:31:24+01:00June 24th, 2024|Categories: Quicklooks, Culture, Coloured, Silver, PAMP|

Coca-Cola memorabilia, in all its many forms, remains a popular collector market, and the numismatic world has added its fair share to the choices on offer. Of most note is a range of bottle cap coins from the now defunct Crown Mint, featuring Coca-Cola logos from around the world, but MTB-PAMP have also issued a wide range [...]

King of Diamonds: Poker Cards 2oz cast silver bar (2024 Asturmint)

By |2024-06-19T12:51:35+01:00June 19th, 2024|Categories: Quicklooks, Culture, Coloured, Asturmint, Silver|

Asturmint have shown the second release in their Poker Cards range of cast silver bars, produced under Germania Mint's program, that seems to have stirred real interest in the collector community. The bar follows the standard format of these, cast with two ounces of 0.999 silver to a specific size, and antique-finished. The selling point of these [...]

Star Trek Vehicles: 02 USS Enterprise NCC 1701 1oz silver coin (2024 New Zealand Mint)

By |2024-06-18T21:43:01+01:00June 18th, 2024|Categories: Quicklooks, Movies & TV, Coloured, Silver, Niue Island, NZ Mint/Agoro|

Launching today is the second in the New Zealand Mint's 'Star Trek Vehicles' range of one-ounce silver coins. The obvious stand-out here is the coin's unusual shape, almost like a sci-fi datachip, for example. The rest of the spec is quite standard, however, being a proof strike with colour on the reverse face. The first coin featured [...]

Harry Potter Magical Creatures: Hungarian Horntail 1oz silver coin (2024 New Zealand Mint)

By |2024-06-13T16:52:41+01:00June 13th, 2024|Categories: Quicklooks, Art & Literature, Coloured, Silver, Niue Island, NZ Mint/Agoro|

Despite a lack of new movies in recent years, the Harry Potter juggernaut continues on, with a new HBO Max reboot due in 2026, and new coins appearing regularly. Our giant Thematic Guide to Harry Potter coins is one of our biggest, and continues to grow, with several producers still releasing a wide range of very varied [...]

Achilles Shield proof Version 2oz stackable silver bullion (2024 Coins Today)

By |2024-06-13T12:19:11+01:00June 13th, 2024|Categories: Quicklooks, Culture, Bullion, Silver, Coins Today KR|

South Korean producer, Coins Today, is continuing its recent trend of revisiting their early stackable releases by issuing them in limited numbers with a proof finish, instead of the original antique. We recently covered the proof version of the one that started it all, the Doggaebi Shield, and here we have the Achilles Shield undergoing the same [...]

Pastel Circus: Becoming 2oz silver coin (2024 Lithuanian Mint)

By |2024-06-10T11:19:20+01:00June 10th, 2024|Categories: Quicklooks, Culture, Coloured, Silver, Lithuanian Mint, Niue Island|

The fourth and final issue in Lithuanian artist, Laimutė Varkalaitė's, quirky Pastel Circus series is now available to order, and this one is called 'Becoming'. To say this series has been unusual would be a bit of an understatement, but it's also a gorgeous work of numismatic art. This artist has a quite unique style, and [...]

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