Silver
Single Sourced Gold Maple Leafs
As customers are becoming more aware of environmental and social issues, companies in all areas of business are looking for ways to demonstrate their good and sustainable management as well as corporate responsibility. For bullion producers particularly, it has been difficult to ensure that the precious metals they use don’t come from areas of conflict ... Continue reading
Vatican Gold Coins
Most people would never expect a micro-nation like the Vatican City to issue precious metal coins. Yet, such coins have been issued by papal mints since about the 8th century during medieval times. The latest in a series of Vatican gold coins was just issued earlier this year, a 91.7% pure gold coin of 30 ... Continue reading
Congo Silverback Gorilla Coins
Even though the collection of exotic precious metal coins such as the Congo Silverback Gorilla coins that are introduced in this article is a popular hobby among coin collectors, it does not come without its risk. For one, it is often difficult to ascertain the genuineness of such coins that are usually produced by mints ... Continue reading
Australian Dolphin Series
Many previous articles on this blog such as this one about the Australian Shipwreck series already introduced some of the collectible coin series that are issued by the Royal Australian Mint. The Australian Dolphin series is another such coin series that is made up of both 99.99% pure gold coins and 99.9% pure silver coins. ... Continue reading
Macau Lunar Coin Series
It can be argued that Chinese New Year/Lunar coins are one of the most popular types of coin series that exist. Many renowned government mints such as Australia’s Perth Mint and Britain’s Royal Mint have issued Lunar coins out of precious metals for decades now. The Macau Lunar coin series is a fairly obscure coin ... Continue reading
Maltese Cross Silver Coins
Whereas portraits of famous historical figures as well as images of real and imaginary animals are most commonly used in the design of precious metal coins, it is also fairly common for coins to display certain iconic symbols, albeit mostly on the obverse side of the coins. One of the most famous historic symbols, the ... Continue reading
Cook Islands Wildlife Conservation Coins
Many previous articles on this blog already introduced exotic precious metal coins such as the articles about Myanmar gold coins or Zimbabwean gold coins. This article will be another edition to this series of articles about exotic coins as it attempts to introduce the Cook Islands Wildlife Conservation Coins. This coin series consists of three ... Continue reading
Beijing 2022 Gold and Silver Coins
In previous articles, this blog already introduced Olympic Gold Medals as well as commemorative Olympic gold coins. Even though the Beijing 2022 Olympic Games are already history, it might interest some readers to know that special gold and silver coins were produced and issued for these Olympic Games as well. These Beijing 2022 gold and ... Continue reading
Australian Antarctic Territory Series
Previous articles on this blog already introduced the Royal Australian Mint as well as some of its collectible bullion coin series like the Australian Shipwreck coins. As the mint is always trying to step out of the shadow of its national competitor, the much more famous Perth Mint, it is known to frequently launch new ... Continue reading
Treasured Maple Leaf Coins
As a general rule, precious metal bullion coins are available for much lower premiums than collectible coins of the same precious metal purity. The main reason for that is that bullion coins are produced in much higher quantities. Obviously, mints have an interest to sell at least a portion of their bullion coins with higher ... Continue reading
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