Germania Mint has managed to craft an entire numismatic world, all based around the myths, legends, history and people of the ancient province of Germania. It’s been a pleasure to see that world build up, with ranges like (Lady) Germania, Allegories, and Mythical Forest, amongst others, which you can see laid out in our coin-packed Summary Bullion Profile of the entire bullion part of the range.

The mint has imbued the range with some neat touches over the past few years, such as the expanding artwork on the bigger sizes of the Germania range, and here, the double-faced art meant to be viewed across two coins. Germania Beasts has half of the beast in question on the reverse face, and the other half on the obverse. When two coins are placed side-by-side with one flipped, you see the whole creature spread across them. The Geminus variant actually comes with two, and the mint can supply a capsule that holds two of the bullion coins, which is a great idea.

Gullinbursti is the third issue, and the first since 2022, and features a boar from Norse mythology. Translating as ‘Golden Bristles’, the boar was created by Eitri as part of a competition with Loki, and as a gift to the god Freyr. Freyr is said to have ridden the glowing beast, even arriving at Baldr’s funeral on a chariot pulled by it.

There are three variants of this coin in the range. The key coin is the 1 oz silver bullion, with a 25,000 mintage. We’d definitely recommend the two-coin capsule for the best effect. The Geminus variant is very neat. It comes with two coins, the first having a reverse with a black boar front, and an obverse with the gilded boar back, and the second coin is set up vice versa. The end result is that they can be displayed as either a ruthenium plated boar pair, or a gilded boar pair. Simple, but effective. The final variant is a 2 oz coin with some impressive levels of high-relief, This one has chameleonic colouring, rose-gilding, and some UV colour to differentiate it from the others, and a brilliant acrylic display frame. All are available now, and don’t forget to check out our own images lower down.

We have samples of the variants, thanks to the Germania Mint, and we’ve taken some photos of them for you to see, although I will do some again when they’re moved to a separate AgAuShoot, as I’m not really happy with all of them. We firmly believe there’s no better way to see a coin than an actual real-world image, rather than a render, so enjoy these, and then go buy yourself a golden hog…