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Coin collectors that prefer to collect gold bullion coins with annually changing designs have many options such as the Australian Gold Kangaroos or the Chinese Gold Pandas. The same is true for silver bullion coins. However, not many coin collectors are aware of the fact that there is also a series of platinum bullion coins ... Continue reading

Previous articles on this blog already introduced the Maple Leaf Forever gold coins as well as the Maple Leaf Forever silver coins. There is however one more component of the “Maple Leaf Forever” series and these are the Maple Leaf Forever platinum coins that the Royal Canadian Mint began issuing in 2012. These collectible proof ... Continue reading

It has long been commonplace for mints to produce a certain number of proof coins for collectors in addition to the standard bullion coins that are primarily bought by investors. In recent years, we have also seen a trend for these proof coins to be produced in additional sizes/denominations that are not produced as standard ... Continue reading

The Maple Leaf Forever coins are a series of collectible precious metal coins that depict Canada’s national symbol, the maple leaf, in different designs that were created by Canadian artists. A previous article on this blog already reported about the Maple Leaf Forever silver coins. This follow-up article introduces the 99.99% pure Maple Leaf Forever ... Continue reading

This first article in a series introduces the Maple Leaf Forever silver coins. Later articles will appear on this blog about the gold and platinum coins of the Maple Leaf Forever Series which is a collectible coin series within the Canadian Maple Leaf bullion coin series. The Royal Canadian Mint has successfully practiced this Russian ... Continue reading

As the most recent addition to the American Eagle bullion coin program, the American Palladium Eagles were only introduced to the market in 2017. That first year, a total of 15,000 brilliant uncirculated bullion coins were released by the US Mint. Since then, a regular bullion version of the coins was only released once more, ... Continue reading

Coin series with animal motifs are probably the most common type of coin series that are issued by mints from all around the world in order to attract collectors. Many such coin series focus on zodiac animals (like the Perth Mint’s Australian Lunar coins) or mythical beasts (like the Royal Mint’s Queen’s Beasts). Other series ... Continue reading

As already mentioned in previous articles, bullion investors should always stick to buying bullion coins and bars from renowned government mints and private mints as these bullion products sell for the lowest premiums and are also much easier to sell when the time has come. However, one of the joys of bullion coin collectors is ... Continue reading

If you have read our recent article about the Bermuda Shipwreck coin series then you’re already familiar with the concept of triangular coins. However, there is another series of gold and silver bullion coins that have the unusual shape of a Reuleaux triangle. These are the Australian Shipwreck coins of which 4 issues were minted by ... Continue reading

As already discussed in previous articles, one proven way for a mint to increase its sales is to issue special collectible versions of its bullion coins. No matter whether these coins distinguish themselves from the regular bullion coins by a special finish, the addition of a mint/privy mark, the selective application of color to the ... Continue reading