Coin Series
Austria’s Unsung Heroines Coin Series
Many coins depict portraits of famous people that left their mark in history. Even though there are generally more portraits of male heroes, quite a few female heroes can be seen on precious metal bullion coins as well. These are mythical heroes though like Lady Britannia which appears on the British Gold Britannias or Lady ... Continue reading
Queen Elizabeth II Bullion Coins
Due to the recent death of Queen Elizabeth II and the crowning of King Charles III as the new regent of the United Kingdom, it can be expected that the British Royal Mint, Royal Canadian Mint and Australia’s Perth Mint will all make the switch from the late Queen’s official portrait to the new King’s ... Continue reading
Queen Elizabeth Memorial Sovereign
The British Gold Sovereign coins that are issued by the British Royal Mint are one of the world’s most popular gold bullion coins. Since 1957, the obverse side of the coins displayed a portrait of Queen Elizabeth II who passed away on September 8th 2022. In her honour, the Royal Mint has issued five special ... Continue reading
Wildflowers of Australia bullion series
One of the mints that has seen a steady increase in the popularity of its bullion products is the Royal Australian Mint. Even though it still lags behind the Perth Mint in terms of sales and renown, more and more investors and coin collectors from Australia and other countries across the world buy the collectible ... Continue reading
Super Incuse Gold Maple Leaf
This previous article on this blog introduced the silver version of the super incuse Maple Leaf coins. This follow-up article now aims to introduce the super incuse Gold Maple Leaf coins which the Royal Canadian Mint has issued as well, albeit in much lower mintages than the super incuse silver coins. On incused coins, the ... Continue reading
Luxembourg Silver Niobium Coins
The previous article on this blog introduced the collectible silver niobium coins from Austria that are still being minted each year. However, there exists another popular collectible coin series that is comprised of bimetallic coins out of silver and the rare precious metal of niobium. These are the Luxembourg silver niobium coins that were first ... Continue reading
Silver Niobium Coins from Austria
When most people think of precious metal coins, they picture coins that are made out of gold or silver. Most serious precious metal investors however know that platinum bullion coins and palladium bullion coins exist as well. There are other precious metals though such as rhodium or niobium that are hardly known among the general ... Continue reading
Super Incuse Maple Leaf coins
Most precious metal investors that buy coins regard the coin design as a secondary feature. After all, when you buy silver bullion coins for the purpose of investment, it is the premium that you will have to pay above the spot price of the metal that will interest you most of all. However, collectible precious ... Continue reading
Noah’s Ark Gold Coins
Many coin collectors are always looking for new collectible gold bullion coins to add to their collection, especially coins that were minted in countries that are perceived as exotic and that are therefore somewhat more difficult to obtain. The Noah’s Ark gold coins certainly fit that description as they are issued in low mintage numbers ... Continue reading
Ukrainian Archangel Michael coins
With the Ukraine constantly being the focus of so many news stories these days due to the ongoing war with Russia, I thought it might interest some readers to know that there are some Ukrainian gold and silver coins that investors as well as collectors might be interested in buying. Apart from the 1 oz ... Continue reading
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