Does it have a gun? You'll wish it did because that would probably be less painful than getting stung by Paraponera clavata, more commonly known as the Bullet Ant. Native to the lowland rainforests of Central and South America, it has a fearsome reputation amongst local peoples, and many other names, including hormiga veinticuatro in Venezuela, [...]
The Perth Mint, and Austrian dealer philoro, debut the prettiest 2026 Kookaburra variant, the ultra-high relief gold proof The Perth Mints annual bullion coin release in September is one of the most eagerly awaited events in the coin calendar. They add new annual designs to their core bullion series - Koala, Kangaroo, Kookaburra, and the Lunar - [...]
Emporium Hamburg's Prehistoric Life II bullion coin range continues into 2026 with the first of three issues, Plateosaurus After recently releasing the 2026 entrant in their World's Wildlife bullion coin series, it's the turn of their Prehistoric Life II range to get its first of three 2026 additions. This will be a twelve-coin range, with [...]
One of natures most loved marine animals, the Seal, launches Numiscollect's Above the Surface silver coin series Smart, playful, and extraordinarily effective in their environment, seals are part of a group called pinnipeds. This group, which includes sea-lions, and walruses, are carnivorous, fin-footed and semiaquatic. They hunt fish, crustaceans, and squid, able to do so at [...]
Emporium Hamburg's World's Wildlife bullion series makes a splash with the 2026 Shark collection of gold and silver coins The eighth annual release in German producer, Emporium Hamburg's, 'World's Wildlife' bullion range is now upon us, and continuing the cycle of land, sea, air that has characterised the range to date, we're back in the [...]
CIT debut their Spring Launch today, with the sad end to two of our favourite series, but with new ones joining Spring is well and truly upon us, and with us having already covered Mint XXI's releases earlier this month, it's time for CIT to shine with their own impressive launch. It's an eclectic mix, [...]
The Perth Mint adds its 2026 issues to their popular bullion coin series, starts a new one, and heads to the world of sci-fi Purveyors of one of the widest, longest running, and popular ranges of bullion coins is back with new additions to three of its much loved nature-themed series. The Australian Swan, the Australian [...]
Germania Mint joins the prehistoric genre after a long absence with the Cave Lion, debuting the new Megafauna coin series While most of Europe is devoid of formidable apex predators today, that certainly wasn't the case for our ancestors, who had to deal with an impressive variety of capable predators. Chief amongst those was Panthera [...]
German producer Allcollect has debuted a striking new square silver coin incorporating some unusual, contrasting gilded finishes to create a high-contrast look. The coin has been designed by Rui Vega, using artificial intelligence, usually a red flag for us, but there's no question this is a striking, symbolic representation of that most magnificent of the big cats. [...]
Our AgAuShoot of Germania Mint's impressive Witchcraft: Herbalist two-ounce high-relief coin I've finally managed to set up a small space in the office so we can get some actual coin images of our own on the site with a bit more regularity. As promised, we're starting off with the premium version of Germania Mint's excellent 2025 [...]
