South Korean producer, Coin’s Today, continues its accelerated release program for stackable silver bullion with the launch of another pair of designs. It’s hard to keep up with them all, but it does mean that there’s something in the range for almost all tastes. This pair is definitely more unusual than most, especially the lizard design, so it’s great to see the producer take risks by experimenting with something different. Both should be available to order now.

The first design is a very unusual one, and depicts an Armadillo Girdled Lizard (Ouroborus cataphractus). If you can tell from its Latin name, Ouroburus, it has the cute habit of holding the tip of its own tail to form a circle, when threatened, like the ancient legend with the same name. That’s exactly what is depicted on this issue, except the lizard resides in a pair of cupped human hands.

It’s antique-finished, the norm for most of these stackable releases, and this time, it has a capped mintage at just 20,000 units. In another break from the norm, and much to our surprise given its high-relief and complexity, this is a one-ounce piece, half the usual weight. Quite extraordinary. It is supplied encapsulated.