The third in one of the mints more attractive ranges, the Equatorial Guinea Giraffe joins the Leopard, Cheetah, Gorilla, and other animals, in having their own bullion series with an annually changing design. A difficult animal to fit onto a coin, Scottsdale have managed it with relative ease, it seems, as it’s another super design.

Depicting an adult with a calf, it’s surrounded by a border pattern that differs slightly from the 2022 issue, but with clear familial ties to earlier coins. The one-ounce silver coin is the bullion offering, as the similarly sized gold version is sporting a proof finish, and comes boxed with a COA. A really nice release, in our view.

The third annual issue in the mints ‘Jesus Collection’, this time the focus is on the Sermon on the Mount, with Jesus as a teacher. Scottsdale has a history of religious coins, mainly through their epic 60-coin, 10-year ‘Biblical Series’ of Gustave Dore inspired issues, and the size of this range is an indicator of the importance of the subject to the producer. The mints’ owner, Josh Phair, has set aside some of the proceeds of the range to selected ministries.

The range has now grown to encompass ten formats, three of which are gold, with one of them coloured. The other seven are silver, again one of them coloured. In addition, there are antique-finished, and rhodium-plated variants, which, along with the base prooflike coin, are also available in the half-ounce weight. A nice design, it has shades of Eastern European Icon art. All are sold encapsulated, except the coloured silver, which comes in the mints Certi-Lock packaging, and the coloured gold, which is boxed with a Certificate of Authenticity.