Exotic Coins
Spanish Gold Coins
With major economies in decline and inflation devaluing currencies, it is no surprise that gold is becoming increasingly popular with investors. Many countries that until recently only rarely issued gold coins have increased their production and this trend can be expected to continue. Even though Spanish gold coins were very important in history, the modern ... Continue reading
Myanmar Gold Coins
Most renowned government mints in the world are from first-world countries like the US Mint, Royal Canadian Mint, British Royal Mint or Australia’s Perth Mint. However, gold coins are also regularly issued by many developing countries and even by some of the poorest countries. Earlier articles on this blog such as these ones about Philippine ... Continue reading
New Smallest Gold Coin Record
Most precious metal investors are aware of the fact that some of the world’s most popular bullion coins are not only manufactured in the standard size of 1 oz. Fractional sizes of 1/2 oz, 1/4 oz, 1/10 oz and 1/20 oz are fairly commonplace and even smaller coin sizes like 1/40 oz, 1 gram and ... Continue reading
Malaysian Kijang Emas
This blog already featured many articles in the past about exotic gold coins such as Mongolian gold coins or Philippine gold coins. This new article now is about another exotic gold coin from a rapidly developing country in Asia, the country of Malaysia. When Malaysia first issued its own gold bullion coins – the Malaysian ... Continue reading
Zimbabwean Gold Coins
As the citizens of more and more countries across the world are struggling to deal with the effects of inflation, types of investments that provide a stable store of wealth are becoming more and more popular. Gold has always been a safe haven in times like these and one country that has had to deal ... 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
Convex Silver Coins
Many coin collectors have a strong preference for adding coins to their collection that are somewhat unusual. Mints have used various methods to create such coins like coloring, gold-plating etc. but few mints have so far issued collectible precious metal coins that deviate from the standard and traditional round coin shape. There have been some ... 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
Tutankhamun Sand Triangle Coin
Recently, this blog already featured two articles about unusual triangular gold coins, the Bermuda Shipwreck coins as well as the Royal Australian Mint‘s Australian Shipwreck coins. Both of these rare collectible coins are shaped like a Reuleaux triangle. Another unusual and rare collectible bullion coin that has a triangular shape is the Tutankhamun Sand Triangle ... Continue reading
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