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On 16 June 2026, the historic French mint, Monnaie de Paris, will officially launch its new gold bullion coin series, the Marianne gold coins. The introduction marks France’s return to the modern bullion coin market with a sovereign gold investment product designed to compete with internationally recognized gold bullion coins such as the Canadian Maple ... Continue reading

The Swedish Kronor gold coins of the late nineteenth and early twentieth centuries are among the most attractive and historically important European gold issues. Struck under the framework of the Scandinavian Monetary Union, these coins circulated alongside similar gold pieces issued by Denmark and Norway. Their standardized specifications allowed them to circulate freely throughout the ... Continue reading

“Junk silver” is the somewhat misleading term used by coin dealers and bullion investors for old United States coins that contain silver but have little or no collectible premium beyond their melt value. Most of these, nevertheless, somewhat valuable junk silver coins circulated heavily in everyday commerce before rising silver prices forced the U.S. Mint ... Continue reading

The gold-based currency known as the German Goldmark formed the monetary backbone of the German Empire from 1873 until the outbreak of the First World War in 1914. Introduced following the unification of Germany under Prussian leadership, the German Goldmark coins replaced a patchwork of regional currencies and established a uniform system tied directly to ... Continue reading

The Yuan Shikai silver dollars – widely nicknamed the “Fat Man” dollar (袁大头) – are one of the most iconic and widely collected coins of modern Chinese numismatics. First introduced in 1914 during the early Republic of China, the coin was intended to standardize a fragmented monetary system that had previously relied on a mix ... Continue reading

The Royal Mint has long been associated with trust, precision, and innovation in precious metals. With the introduction of its Britannia bullion bars, the institution has extended the globally recognised Britannia brand, known for its Gold Britannia coins, into the gold bar market, combining investment-grade specifications with some of the most advanced anti-counterfeiting technologies available today. For ... Continue reading

Techemynt, a New Zealand-based fintech company, is preparing to launch two new digital assets called GoldNZ and SilverNZ. While the idea of “tokenized gold” or “tokenized silver” may sound complex at first, the concept is actually quite simple: these tokens provide investors with an easy way to own precious metals without having to store them ... Continue reading

Expanding from our earlier article from a few years ago, here’s a comprehensive, collector-oriented look at Olympic gold medal specs – how they’ve been made from the beginning of the Modern Games to today, with all the material details that matter to numismatists and medal collectors: purity, weight, diameter, alloying, actual gold content, and trends in ... Continue reading

The Chinese Dragon silver coins represent a significant evolution in China’s bullion and commemorative coin programs, combining deep cultural symbolism with investment-grade specifications. First launched in 2025 and continued with the 2026 dated issues, this piece expands the People’s Bank of China’s bullion offerings – historically dominated by the Panda series – and is rapidly ... Continue reading

In the world of modern numismatics, few innovations have captured the attention of collectors and designers like Smartminting®. Developed through a collaboration between CIT Coin Invest AG and B.H. Mayer’s Kunstprägeanstalt GmbH, this patented minting technology has redefined what’s possible in the striking of commemorative coins – especially in gold and silver – by allowing for ... Continue reading