Like most in Europe, I’m currently being baked alive by some truly horrible temperatures. As I write this, it’s about 35°C, and we don’t have, or can afford air-con here, so it’s really oppressive at the moment. If you’ve noticed a small drop in the number of posts over the last couple of weeks, this is why. It’s forecast to ease up a little next week, thankfully. I’ve tried to get some cool stuff up on site, putting multiple new releases in many of them, so I hope you’re not feeling let down.

The photoshoot of the new Norns coins from Germania Mint should finally be up shortly. I broke one of the models I 3D-printed for it (the new resin seems to be particularly brittle), but that’s now been replaced, and I’ll crack on with that as soon as possible. I obviously put a lot of effort into them. As for our image galleries, what I call AgAuShoots, the eagle-eyed among you will have seen the new main menu option for them. I’m gradually reformatting older ones, and they’ll be placed here. There are eight there now, with another dozen or so to come. They’ll become a more regular feature of the site to offer something unique. Let me know what you think.

Plenty of new stuff on site since the May update, and the images below barely scratch the surface of them. New Bullion Profiles have been added, and I continue to update older ones to the new, cleaner format. Once that’s done, new ones will come. There is an all-new Thematic Guide to the FIFA World Cup 26 coins that was a huge amount of work. I hope you like that one. I have loads to do on the others, especially the Marvel & DC guides. Our Coin Series Profiles also continue to get reformatted, and especially in the case of the micrometal coins, is updated weekly with the many new issues. I hope you’re finding this all useful, and please do leave suggestions.

As always, comments and ideas are very welcome, and please feel free to donate a little with the PayPal link in the footer. I know you think that because its precious metals, I have funds to spare, but that’s utterly wrong, and we get little in the way of donations. Anything you gift is hugely appreciated, and much needed. Thank you.

All the best, Mik