First up is a one-kilo edition of a coin that was released in two-ounce form as part of CIT’s Summer Launch earlier this year. Hunters by Night is a high-relief wildlife series finished in Obsidian Black, consisting of striking portraits of nocturnal animals. The fifth release is a feline predator, the Ocelot.

The design doesn’t change with the increase in size (you can see the pair together in the image below), and this was an awesome design in its original form, so the kilo looks quite spectacular. The eyes on the cat are perfectly realised – this is clearly a hunter at work. Very much a collection centrepiece, just 77 will be struck.

We waxed lyrical enough about this South Korean producer’s sublime stackable silver bullion, and they’re at it again with this new addition to the flagship series of historical shield designs. This latest two-ounce offering is based around a circa-1560 Swedish Parade Shield, done in the style of the French artist, Etienne Delaune.

It’s straight-up gorgeous. Issues like this resonate intensely here, as they look fantastic, are very affordable, and have high historical merit. The level of detail is exquisite, and the design a real snapshot of an actual period in art and military history. It should be available to order next week, when we should have a mintage as well.

The fourth in Mint XXI’s popular Norse series is the adventurer, Leif Eriksson. This series is particularly interesting, because it eschews the usual pantheon of gods, and goes with a selection of figures having a more historical basis. Eriksson is a good case in point, having been credited with discovering the New World centuries before Columbus.

It helps that it’s also one of the best-looking ranges around at the moment, with fantastic scenes, and combining an antique finish with rich, dark-red highlights. Beautifully realised, we predict the completed 12-coin set will be the finest Viking themed coins yet produced, which is some achievement given the high standard of competition.

We’re not quite sure where to start with this incredibly unique release by Mint of MK. It’s called ‘Digital Guardian – Mouse’ and from the reverse face, that’s what it looks like, specifically, one of the new generation of gaming mice. From there, however, it starts to get weirder.

The obverse doesn’t have a ball or a sensor, it has a cybernetic mouse over a circuit board. It’s all quite unusual, and very inventive. The way the issue inscriptions run along the tale is a super touch. It’s a thicc boi, so not large dimensionally, but at least that will keep it relatively affordable, weighing in at two-ounces. Best of all, the mintage is a tiny 199 pieces. Love it!

Another one of CIT’s outstanding series, Steampunk looks at that alternate world where the Victorian Era became more technologically advanced than it did, having huge advanced in almost every field. It’s a very interesting genre in any form, but these coins, of which this is the fourth, are especially impressive.

Like the Ocelot coin, this is a one-kilo reissue of a smaller original, in this case three-ounces. Again, there are no substantial changes to the design, but it now looks a bit more epic, and with a mintage of just 88 pieces, considerably rarer. We’ve recently seen the release of the fifth, three-ounce design, and expect that to get a kilo upgrade in 2025. Make sure to check out this incredible range in our full Coin Series Profile.

Rounding out this week’s selection is a pair from the kings of the pop-culture coin, Agoro, the numismatic arm of the New Zealand Mint. The first of them is the debut launch in a new series of division badges from various arms of Starfleet. The first coin is the Command Insignia, and is finished with gilding, and that famous starburst symbol. We can imagine this one being particularly popular. The next one, Sciences, is ungilded, and launches on 20 November.

The second issue is the latest in the ‘datachip’ shaped vessel series, and it’s one of the most iconic ships in science-fiction, the Klingon Bird of Prey. We like this series here, as it makes a nice change from the usual low-effort release. Great to see the NZ Mint experiment a little more with formats.