Coin Series
Maple Leaf Forever Gold Coins
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
Maple Leaf Forever Silver Coins
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
Collectible American Palladium Eagles
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
South African Big Five Series 2
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
Laos Jade Lunar Series
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
Australian Shipwreck Coins
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
Reverse Proof American Silver Eagles
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
Bermuda Shipwreck coin series
Collecting precious metal coins from exotic countries is one of the joys of many numismatists worldwide. The appeal for collectors of such exotic coins is enhanced by such factors as scarcity, an unusual shape and/or design of the coins, selective coloring of design elements, the use of rare metals such as black rhodium etc. Among ... Continue reading
2021 American Eagle Type 2 Coins
Apart from the few gold and silver bullion coins that change their reverse design each year like the Australian Gold Kangaroo coins or the Chinese Gold Pandas and Silver Pandas, it is highly unusual for a long-running bullion coin series to make a change to its design. The US Mint however has decided to do ... Continue reading
Nickel-plated silver coins
As private and government mints constantly try to find new ways to attract buyers for their numismatic precious metal coins, there are always new trends emerging. One of these is the plating of silver coins with rare and seemingly exotic precious metals such as rhodium. While black rhodium-plating certainly gives numismatic silver coins a more ... Continue reading
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