STEAMPUNK (2020-) by CIT Coin Invest What do you get if you take an early-industrial Victorian aesthetic, and mix it with a more futuristic technology? You get Steampunk. Gears, steam-power, heavy industry and innovative transport and military, are all hallmarks of Steampunk, and it's a genre that has enjoyed considerable literary success, although that hasn't translated to the silver screen as much.Steampunk is a very visual genre, and offers a fertile breeding ground for the imagination of artists, including those in the coin world. By far the greatest range of coins based around the concept [...]

TWELVE ZODIAC SIGNS (2024-2025) by Mint of MK Regular readers here will know of Mint of MK’s extraordinary 36-coin dragon series of high-relief coins, that comprised nine designs, each in four finishes. That series was issued remarkably quickly, and it was hinted that a new range was coming during our talks with them in Berlin, and it turned out to be the Zodiac. This is a twelve-coin series of five-ounce silver coins, each of which will feature one of the Zodiac symbols. Each features a classic, high-relief design of the typical symbol, each enhanced [...]

PREHISTORICAL WORLD (2022-2024) by the Czech Mint One of the Czech Mint's many multi-year sets, much like the Armoured Vehicles series, that's had its own Coin Series Profile for a while. In this case, there are no gold variants, with a solitary one-ounce coloured silver coin the only option. Like Armoured Vehicles, there are 12 issues in the series, released four-per-year from 2022 to 2024. At the time of writing, just one design remains to be revealed, and two more have just gone on sale. The coins are the work of mint artist Petr [...]

MINT. TRADING COINS (2023-) by the New Zealand Mint Called Mint Trading Coins, they basically take the age-old swapping idea from baseball and bubblegum cards, and applies it to silver coins. Each range consists of 51 coins depicting characters from a specific media franchise. So far, we had Star Wars as the first series, and Marvel Comics as the second, with DC Comics dropping as the first of 2024, and Harry Potter the second. So far, of the set of 51 coins, 50 are one-ounce silver, with one a quarter-ounce gold. The coins are sold [...]

TWO-OUNCE CAST SILVER BAR PROGRAMME (2024) by Germania Mint First appearing in early 2024, Germania Mint debuted a new two-ounce silver cast bar featuring some very striking artwork, and a set series length. Entitled simply 'Goddesses', it mined the rich vein that is Norse mythology for inspiration. It was a huge hit, if auction prices are any indicator. The mint started a programme allowing for other producers to have their own custom designs made in the same format, and while it's still new at the time of writing, it looks like it's going to [...]

2015+ ESOTERIC CENTRES ANTIQUED by the Perth Mint This guide is a little different to our others in that the subject isn't strictly a consistent series, but a looser collection with a similar design ethos. The two-ounce antique-finished coin has been popular since the Perth Mint issued the first in its Gods of Olympus series - Zeus - back in 2014. The following year, the mint applied the format to something new and different, with its homage to Alice in Wonderland. Each of the coins below has a similar base format, an antique finished [...]

DEADLY AND DANGEROUS (2006-) by the Perth Mint While a pretty standard specification for a Perth Mint series of coins, Deadly and Dangerous captured the imagination of collectors everywhere when the first coin debuted back in 2006. The main reason for this was the striking depiction of a Redback Spider gracing it. Australian wildlife has a deserved reputation for having a varied range of species seemingly dedicated to causing us pain, discomfort and death. A mix of venoms and sheer physical brutality marks out this menagerie of mayhem, so clearly a great subject for a [...]

BLACK FLAG (2019-) by the Perth Mint Who doesn't love a pirate coin? We've seen quite a few in the bullion world, most notably the New Zealand Mint's 'Pirates of the Caribbean' series, based on the Disney film franchise, and 'Pirate Queens' from the Royal Australian Mint. Both of those are now defunct, so it falls to the Perth Mint's 'Black Flag' to keep the skull and crossbones flying. Launched in 2019, it debuted with one-ounce silver and gold variants, as well as a five-ounce silver coin, all with a brilliant uncirculated finish. In 2022, they added [...]

TUDOR BEASTS (2022-2026) by The Royal Mint We think it’s fair to say that the Royal Mint’s ‘Queen’s beasts’ series has been one of the most popular and admired coin series in recent years, especially in the bullion realm. Tudor Beast’s has an identical base concept. Take ten of the most powerful and iconic heraldic beasts from history, and then have a talented coin designer reinterpret them for a numismatic canvas. The Queen’s Beasts dipped back in time just a few decades, but for this series we’re going back half a millennium for inspiration. Let’s [...]

FINE ART BI/TRI-METAL MAX (2021-) by Precious Metal Collectors It was back in 2020 that Precious Metal Collectors, along with designers Spectres, debuted their Bi-Metal Max technique. While we usually just roll our eyes when we hear buzz-words like this, in this case, it really makes a difference. The problem with big silver coins - those of kilo-plus weight - is cost, with the typical one-kilo numismatic often emptying the wallet to the tune of 2,500 Euro, or more. This leads to producers not wanting to take on the risk of making such coins, [...]