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If you have followed this blog for a while, then you already know that a coin doesn’t have to be round to be considered a coin. In ancient China for example, knife-shaped as well as spade-shaped coins were in use during one period. Now, the Royal Canadian Mint has issued a 99.999% pure diamond-shaped silver ... Continue reading

More than a year ago, I already published an article that introduced some commemorative gold coins from the Philippines. Most of these gold coins were quite small and ranged in purity from 90% to 92.5%. Just last month, the Central Bank of the Philippines (Bangko Sentral ng Pilipinas – BSP) has announced the issue of ... Continue reading

With the exception of the British Gold Sovereign coins whose historic roots reach back all the way to the middle ages, most popular contemporary gold bullion coins can only look back upon a history of a few decades. On the other hand, most colonial gold coins that used to dominate the world market a few ... Continue reading

Even though this website is primarily focused on precious metal bullion coins instead of collectible coins, every so often a new collectible coin comes along that is so stunning that I can’t resist writing about it here. That was the case with for example the Two Dragons Silver Coin and that is the case today ... Continue reading

As the city of Hong Kong has been in the news quite often recently due to the ongoing protests there, I thought some readers of this blog might possibly be interested to read an article about Hong Kong gold coins. Gold coins from this semi-autonomous part of China could indeed be an interesting niche for ... Continue reading

Most buyers of gold coins are aware of China’s leading position in the precious metal coin market. Not only does China issue a perennial favorite with its Chinese Gold Panda and Chinese Silver Panda coins but it also regularly issues stunning commemorative precious metal coins like its annual editions of the Chinese Lunar coins. On ... Continue reading

While searching online for a topic for our next blog article, I came across the website of the Worldwide Bi-Metallic Collectors Club (WBCC), the self-proclaimed first Internet Coin Club that was founded all the way back on the 14th of September 1996. It specializes in the collection of bimetallic and even trimetallic coins (including bimetallic ... Continue reading

As a generalization, one might say that the precious metal coin market is dominated by the government mints of some of the most developed nations in the world like the United States, Australia, the United Kingdom and the emerging superpower China. Granted, some mints from developing countries also play a major role like the South ... Continue reading

It is not the shape that defines a coin but the authority under which it was minted. If it was minted under the authority of a legitimate government that assigned a legal face value to it, then it is a coin. If it doesn’t have a legal value as currency assigned to it, then it ... Continue reading

The day that flower shop owners love most is just a month away now, Valentine’s Day! If you are planning to buy a gift for your significant other, now would be the time. Even though diamonds are a girl’s best friend and gold is the shiniest metal, I understand that most young lovers are not ... Continue reading