The Bank of China’s iconic Panda coin is forty years old, and Powercoin issues ‘Paladin Panda’ to commemorate the occasion

By |2022-07-26T11:51:54+01:00July 26th, 2022|Categories: Culture, Politics & Finance, Gilded, Silver, Palau, Powercoin|

The Bank of China's iconic Panda coin is forty years old, and Powercoin issues 'Paladin Panda' to commemorate the occasion Putting in a first appearance way back in 1982, the Bank of China's now iconic Gold Panda bullion coin was joined a year later by a silver sibling. Excepting a single year, the coin has carried [...]

JVP’s Liberator proof and bullion round returns, and it’s sporting a new background field

By |2022-07-15T15:47:37+01:00July 15th, 2022|Categories: Culture, Bullion Round, Gold, Silver, JVP Investment|

JVP's Liberator proof and bullion round returns, and it's sporting a new background field JVP Mint is back with the sharp looking 'Liberator' bullion round range that debuted last year. Sporting a 'Punisher'-style skull with a background field covered in barb-wire, it was a striking piece, clean and free of distraction. The obverse was excellent, mimicking [...]

Art Mint’s exquisite ‘Mandala’ series returns with an eighth issue, drawing from the Art Nouveau movement

By |2022-07-08T17:28:53+01:00July 8th, 2022|Categories: Art & Literature, Culture, Art Mint, Inserts, Silver, Fiji|

Art Mint's exquisite 'Mandala' series returns with an eighth issue, drawing from the Art Nouveau movement In amongst the increasing numbers of popular culture, and bullion coins released onto the market these days, there remains a core of classically designed, elegant numismatics that rely on historical roots (like CIT's awesome Numismatic Icons series), or their sheer artistic [...]

Precious Metal Collectors reissues its copper-cored ‘9 Sons of the Dragon King’ as a hefty, solid 1.6 kg silver coin

By |2022-07-05T22:00:41+01:00July 5th, 2022|Categories: Art & Literature, Culture, Silver, Precious Metal Collectors, Tokelau|

Precious Metal Collectors reissues its copper-cored '9 Sons of the Dragon King' as a hefty, solid 1.6 kg silver coin Released in September 2021, '9 Sons of the Dragon King' was a hugely impressive coin struck in PMC's Bi-Metal Max format. It involves a hefty copper core, in this case over 32 ounces of it, which [...]

Mint of Gdańsk continues its eclectic tour through the punk universe with a Japanese-inspired ‘Silkpunk’ coin

By |2022-06-22T11:47:52+01:00June 22nd, 2022|Categories: Culture, Coloured, Silver, Mint of Gdansk, Niue Island|

Mint of Gdańsk continues its eclectic tour through the punk universe with a Japanese-inspired 'Silkpunk' coin Continuing their delve into the 'Punk Universe', and following their earlier Cyberpunk coin, the Mint of Gdańsk have now turned their attention to a more unusual, but no less interesting genre - Silkpunk. While Cyberpunk draws from the works of many [...]

Exclusive! Carpathian Mint debuts ‘Memory’, its first coin in a series looking at the end of human civilisation

By |2022-06-20T14:57:34+01:00June 20th, 2022|Categories: Culture, Coloured, Silver, Carpathian Mint, Niue Island|

Exclusive! Carpathian Mint debuts 'Memory', its first coin in a series looking at the end of human civilisation Isn't it strange how one of the things we find the most interesting is our own demise? Numerous TV shows like The Walking Dead, Westworld, and The 100, movies like Mad Max, Armageddon, and Wall-E, as well as [...]

The Mint of Poland has been busy. Here’s a round-up of the latest releases – Kitsune, Freya, Triton, and more.

By |2022-06-15T08:15:20+01:00June 13th, 2022|Categories: Art & Literature, Culture, Coloured, Inserts, Silver, Niue Island, Mint of Poland|

The Mint of Poland has been busy. Here's a round-up of the latest releases - Kitsune, Freya, Triton, and more. We've been through phases when it seems like we're covering one Mint of Poland struck coin after another, but after easing off a little, we've found an increasing number of good coins not getting covered, [...]

The Titans series from Numiartis returns with Rhea, the mother of the gods

By |2022-06-01T19:20:55+01:00June 1st, 2022|Categories: Culture, Inserts, Silver, Niue Island, Numiartis|

The Titans series from Numiartis returns with Rhea, the mother of the gods After Cronus and Atlas, Numiartis are back in the world of Greek mythology with Rhea. As with virtually all the gods and goddesses in this pantheon, she has a dubious history. The daughter of Gaia and Uranus (mother and son), she is the [...]

Major update to our Predators: Extinct bullion coin profile (2021 AllCollect)

By |2022-05-29T00:10:31+01:00May 29th, 2022|Categories: Quicklooks, Culture, Coloured, Silver, Solomon Islands, PAMP|

Our Bullion Coin Profile of AllCollect's neat Predators: Extinct series was put together a couple of years ago, and covered the first seven coins in the series. This is not an easy series to follow, it isn't even featured on the producer's own site, and virtually no dealer (even APMEX, who have most of them), has them all. [...]

Saint Helena and the East India Company extend their Una & the Lion bullion series with a third release

By |2022-05-27T13:52:08+01:00May 27th, 2022|Categories: Art & Literature, Culture, Bullion, Silver, East India Company, St Helena|

Saint Helena and the East India Company extend their Una & the Lion bullion series with a third release Dating back to Edmund Spencer's 16th century epic poem, 'The Faerie Queen' the tale of Una and the Lion has woven itself into British history and culture ever since. Appearing on a now classic William Wyon coin [...]

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