Chinese Myths & legends silver bullion coins (2023 Perth Mint)

By |2023-09-05T19:22:54+01:00September 5th, 2023|Categories: Quicklooks, Culture, Bullion, Australia, Gold, Silver, Perth Mint|

Also getting a full reformatting was another Perth Mint, Chinese-themed bullion profile - Chinese Myths & Legends. This is similar in theme to the rectangular range we just looked at, but with a greater selection of subjects, not just the typical dragon, especially in solo form.The 2023 coin is called Dragon & Koi, and as you can tell [...]

Australian Dragon rectangular gold and silver bullion coins (2023 Perth Mint)

By |2023-09-04T13:38:00+01:00September 4th, 2023|Categories: Quicklooks, Culture, Bullion, Australia, Gold, Silver, Perth Mint|

Continuing our updating of various profiles and guides from the start on Friday, the first today is Rectangular Dragons from the Perth Mint. 2023 sees the sixth annual issue of these one-ounce gold or silver bullion coins, and designer, Wade Robinson, has done a sterling job with it. To be honest, all six of them, especially the [...]

Germania Mint grows its silver bullion offerings with the first of their glow-in-the-dark Runes

By |2023-09-04T10:39:55+01:00September 4th, 2023|Categories: Art & Literature, Culture, History, Bullion, Coloured, Silver, Germania Mint|

Germania Mint grows its silver bullion offerings with the first of their glow-in-the-dark Runes They say that simple ideas are almost always the most effective, and the latest bullion offering from Germania Mint is a perfect example. Take a lump of silver, stamp it with a character, and if done right, you have something packed [...]

World of Cryptids 08 Sasquatch silver coin (2023 Lithuanian Mint)

By |2023-08-31T20:49:23+01:00August 31st, 2023|Categories: Quicklooks, Culture, Coloured, Silver, Lithuanian Mint, Niue Island|

Another series we have a very high regard for, the 12-coin (all to be released in 2023), 'World of Cryptids' series, based on the work of Lithuanian artist, Laimutė Varkalaitė, continues with its eighth release. These carry very distinctive artwork, and the artist has cast a net over the whole world for inspiration, with creatures from [...]

The Nine-tailed Fox from Asian folklore is the latest coin issue from Coin’s Today

By |2023-08-22T13:21:19+01:00August 14th, 2023|Categories: Art & Literature, Culture, Silver, Chad, Coins Today KR|

The Nine-tailed Fox from Asian folklore is the latest coin issue from Coin's Today We just got this one in, and as I was doing some last minute site tidying before our two-week holiday, here we are with a quick look at it. Not one of their brilliant stackable bullion coins, this Nine-tailed Fox coin [...]

New producer, MK, comes in hot ,with an epic trimetallic silver Thousand-armed Bodhisattva coin of 188 mm diameter

By |2024-06-07T13:14:04+01:00August 9th, 2023|Categories: Art & Literature, Culture, Bi-Metallic, Silver, Chad, Mint of MK, The Gold Village|

New producer, MK, comes in hot, with an epic trimetallic silver Thousand-armed Bodhisattva coin of 188 mm diameter We've seen some impressive examples of copper-cored coins released over the last few years, primarily from Singapore-based Precious Metal Collectors. The concept is quite simple. A large chunk of cheaper metal is sandwiched between layers of silver, [...]

Mint XXI Summer ’23: Animals in nature, mythology, and finance feature on new coins

By |2023-08-08T10:23:18+01:00August 8th, 2023|Categories: Culture, Nature, Coloured, Politics & Finance, Silver, Ghana, MintXXI, Niue Island|

Mint XXI Summer '23: Animals in nature, mythology, and finance feature on new coins We're going to have a look at seven coins, about half the total number in Mint XXI's summer range, and spread them over three posts. This is the first of them, There's quite a varied selection, with the highlight for us [...]

The Perth Mint releases a stunning Asian-iinspired Koi fish silver coin crushing the scales at two kilograms

By |2023-08-01T23:54:20+01:00August 1st, 2023|Categories: Culture, Nature, Australia, Silver, Perth Mint|

The Perth Mint releases a stunning Asian-iinspired Koi fish silver coin crushing the scales at two kilograms An extremely rare format for the modern collectible coin market, two kilos is quite a beast compared to the usual 1–2 ounces, that make up the vast bulk of the market today. However, the Perth Mint likes to dabble, [...]

The biblical tale of Samson and the lion is the subject of a striking new silver coin

By |2023-07-28T21:49:54+01:00July 28th, 2023|Categories: Culture, Gilded, Silver, Niue Island, T&S Coins|

The biblical tale of Samson and the lion is the subject of a striking new silver coin We had a look at a new coin by Ukrainian coin designer Yuri Tikhonovsky, and issued by T & S Coin last week called 'Behind the Mask' and came away suitably impressed. It wasn't the only coin released last week, [...]

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