I know we keep saying it, but the meteoric rise in the price of gold is going to bring changes to the collectible coin market. First amongst these will be a transition to smaller formats, with the traditional favourite one-ounce coin closing in on $5000 USD in bullion form, it's clear that the number of collectors in [...]
Mint of MK and GR Reserve return to their pirate series with an ethereal Anne Bonny coin called 'Flame of Defiance' We thought we'd have a pirate day today, with the coverage of T&S Coin's latest one this morning, and now this unusual piece from GR Reserve and Mint of MK. The latter is well known for [...]
Forget about the rum! A pirate loves his treasure, and the latest silver coin for Niue features an embedded black diamond I think we all love a good pirate coin and these historical baddies have appeared on everything from bullion coins, multiple series of them, to some seriously impressive higher-end numismatics. Joining them is T&S [...]
Top World Coins kicks off the winter release schedule with a three-coin release, and a sense of light-heartedness Top World Coins are the first out of the starting blocks with their winter tranche of new releases, consisting of two all-new issues, one of which kicks off a new series, and a third coin that continues [...]
Malta and Germania Mint pool their history and artistic skills to produce the Maltese Ox pair of silver coins The Mediterranean Sea has one of the richest and most diverse histories in the world. The location of many of the greatest ancient civilisations, like Greece, Persia, Egypt, and Rome, and tumultuous other periods like the Crusades [...]
Powercoin crumple up a playing card, only this time it's a silver coin called 'The Hidden Ace', the debut of 'Deck of Destiny' Released in April, Powercoin's Paper Airplane coin, followed in October by a paper boat, was a unique take on a silver coin, taking a flat shape and folding it to make something three-dimensional. [...]
Silver Pours expands its gold offerings with a timely range of 1/1000th ounce minigold coins with a wide range of themes With the price of gold reaching stratospheric levels, and the average person's finances getting squeezed from seemingly every direction, the coin collector is having a tough time finding affordable gold. This week, we'll have a [...]
Germania Mint's octagonal 'Witchcraft' silver coin series expands with a second release featuring the talents of the Herbalist It's been two years since Germania Mint debuted its 'Witchcraft' bullion coin series, and the bi-annual series has finally launched its second issue. This is a series that fits into the mints Germanic World range of coins, [...]
Christmas is coming, and Manfra, Tordella & Brookes, a part of the Swiss MKS-PAMP group, are releasing the 13th issue in their unusual PEZ silver bullion bar series. The world-famous hard candy has long inspired a collector market, with plastic dispensers coming in hundreds of different designs since they first appeared in 1949. MTB-PAMP have cleverly tapped into [...]
I know the Sovereign has its hardcore collectors, and this one should have some appeal if you track one down. PRESS RELEASE: The Royal Mint, the United Kingdom’s official maker of coins, and Piraeus Bank, Greece’s leading financial institution, announce the launch of a limited-edition Gold Sovereign featuring a discreet «ΕΛ» privy mark. Struck in 22-carat gold, [...]
