Coin’s Today have a stackable range of silver bullion second to none. Designs ranging from medieval shields, through historical religious iconography, to scientific achievements, have all been given the stackable treatment. What puts these up on a pedestal, is the employment of high-relief, and some extraordinary levels of detail given they interlock from obverse to reverse face.

We’ve covered almost all of them to date, from the tiny half-ounce variants, to the bug one-kilo versions, but the core size seems to be the two-ounce weight. That’s a good choice, given it offers enough metal to allow for all this design, yet still remains very affordable. Carrying on that concept, and sticking with the two-ounce weight and unlimited mintage, are a pair of new offerings, and both are quite sublime.

Both should be available this week, and both look to be well worth hunting down. As for us, we’re hoping to get a full profile of the range out before Christmas as part of our 12 Guides, but it’s a big range. We’ll do our best.

First of the two is the Ankh. A common theme in Ancient Egyptian society, these were hieroglyphic symbols, a marker of life, and shaped like a ‘T’ with a loop at the top. They date back to the First Dynasty, some 5,000 years ago, and adorn the walls of almost every structure in Ancient Egypt, and even in surrounding kingdoms and empires. The ‘ankh’ in Tutankhamun refers to one.

The bullion version is replete with iconography, including the centre of the loop, which is infilled here with an Eye of Horus, a scarab, and wings (either of Horus, or more likely, Isis). The latter also fill the horizontal section, so it’s likely both gods are represented here. There are snakes, Ibis, and scenes of Egyptian life along the length of the vertical shaft.

It’s all quite beautiful, doubly so when you consider this is a relatively cheap two-ounce silver bullion piece, and not a high-end numismatic, and triply so when you see it remains infinitely stackable, locking into each other perfectly. We wax lyrical about just how impressive these items have been in the past, and it’s great to see that, even after many releases, they continue to surprise with superb pieces like this.

The Ankh isn’t the only release this time, and Norse culture gets represented with an equally impressive depiction of Thor’s famous hammer, Mjolnir. Ignoring the film version everyone seems to associate with the object, the design here is a more traditional, short-handled design, often worn as a symbol around the neck, and dating back well over a millennium.

Again, the design is just packed with high-relief and extraordinary detail. The whole thing is replete with runic art, and at the bottom, the name Mjolnir in Norse and in English. Pride of place goes to a high-relief portrait of Thor, heavily bearded, and wearing a Viking helmet. Despite all this, it remains a stackable piece, with a negative impression on the obverse face. Honestly, just a beautiful piece of numismatic art.