Black Friday is going to look much different in many corners of the country come Thanksgiving weekend of 2020. With the pandemic still adjusting everyone’s daily habits, you will likely find reduced hours at brick-and-mortar stores and restrictions on the number of shoppers allowed inside at one time. For quick-and-easy deals on some of the…

While bullion coin programs such as the Australian Kookaburra and Australian Koala consistently debut new reverse design elements each year, programs such as the American Silver Eagle and American Gold Eagle from the United States Mint have maintained the same design elements on the obverse and reverse since the program’s 1986 debut. For the first…

While silver bullion is available annually in a wide range of types and designs that are familiar, such as American Silver Eagle coins or PAMP Suisse silver bars, there are also precious metals released each year with seasonal themes. Among the most beautiful options are those silver Christmas products released by private mints. With distinctive…

One of the longest-running silver bullion collections at the Perth Mint is the Australian Silver Kookaburra. This magnificent coin set the standard by which all subsequent silver bullion coins at the Perth Mint would be produced. The Silver Kookaburra was the first to feature a native species from the Australian continent and the first to…

One of the most popular collections of silver rounds available right now is The Allegories, a collection of rare .9999 pure silver rounds from the Germania Mint. The private mint has a range of different collections, all of which started in 2019 as the mint began to expand around the world. Among those, arguably the…

The Armenian Noah’s Ark Series from Geiger Edelmetalle has been available to investors since 2011. One of Europe’s more popular collections, the series features static designs on the obverse and reverse that are the same each year. However, until now the collection has only featured a silver bullion option for buyers. As of 2020, the…

Halloween is one of the most festive periods on the calendar each year. While 2020 has been a difficult year to get through, collectors can still turn to themed silver bullion for a small way to mark the changing seasons and celebrate festivals such as Halloween. In recent years, Halloween-themed silver has become popular with…

The Royal Mint of England was among the first major mints in the world to release commemorative silver honoring the upcoming release of a 25th James Bond feature film. There are few, if any, fictional characters in the world as popular as James Bond. Created by British author Ian Fleming in 1953, James Bond has…

If you regularly buy silver from the Australian continent, you are well aware that there are two mints producing high-quality bullion coins. The Perth Mint is a state-owned entity of Western Australia, but it is the Royal Australian Mint in Canberra that serves as the sovereign mint for the nation. The Royal Australian Mint has…

Since 2016, the Royal Mint of England has dazzled investors and collectors with the designs of the Queen’s Beasts on silver, gold, and platinum coins. Each of the 10 creatures depicted as wooden statues at the coronation ceremony of Queen Elizabeth II in 1953 has appeared in this series, with a single release in 2016,…

The Germania Mint is a private mint with a growing reputation for the production of high-quality, beautifully-crafted silver rounds. The mint launched a number of new collections for investors and collectors in 2019, including its Germania Series and The Allegories Series. Now, 2020 brings an all-new series of .9999 pure Germania Silver Rounds from the…

The Perth Mint is often described as a global leader when it comes to the production of annual-release bullion coins. Its Australian Gold Kangaroo and Australian Silver Kookaburra series are some of the longest-running collections out there, but even those programs face serious competition from in-house each year in the form of Lunar Series bullion….

The growth of silver coins from the South Pacific continues in 2020 with Tokelau at the center of several new coin releases. From its Terra, Vivat Humanitas, and Wildlife Series to the new Chronos Series, the number of Tokelau silver coins for sale is increasing. Among these collections, the Chronos Series is one of the…

The Australian Silver Koala Series debuted from the Perth Mint in 2007, and since that time has garnered a lot of devoted followers with its new designs each year. Like other Perth Mint annual wildlife coins, the Silver Koala offers a new image of the marsupial species on the reverse field each year. In 2020,…

One of the most common bullion designs used around the world is that of the eagle, the world’s largest bird of prey. With a total of 74 identified species living on six of the world’s continents, the eagle is also one of the most common birds of prey that humans see in the wild. In…

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One of the more unique collections of silver rounds introduced in recent years was the Through That Door Series. Designed by the Chautauqua Silver Works and struck at the North American Mint, the nine distinctive rounds in this collection were met with a great deal of interest among collectors. With the first eight designs in…

The United States Mint made big waves in the fall of 2019 when it announced that the reverse designs of the American Silver Eagle and American Gold Eagle coins would be replaced in 2021 for the 35th anniversary of the series. The process of selecting new designs has been ongoing since then. The Citizens Coinage…

Exactly 30 years ago, readers around the world were taken back in time across 65 million years of history to a time when dinosaurs roamed the Earth with the release of Michael Chricton’s epic work of fiction, Jurassic Park. The book was published in 1990 and was highly sought-after by film studios before it was…

Since the onset of the COVID-19 pandemic in the United States in March, a number of different theories revolving around treatment and prevention of the virus have emerged. Despite the uncertainty involving certain treatments and preventatives, one ancient metal has shown an ability to combat the virus when it comes into contact with the surface….

Every culture around the world has its symbols of luck and good fortune. Chinese culture is no different and mints around the world have capitalized on the popularity of lunar designs in creating silver bullion programs for numismatists and investors alike. Introduced in 2017, the Chinese Lucky Dragon design from the Royal Canadian Mint is…

The Star Wars franchise of feature films has now reached the conclusion of a third trilogy of films on the big screen, but from the 1970s to the 2020s, the sci-fi franchise remains immensely popular beyond the theater. In recent years, precious metals enthusiasts with a love for Star Wars have been able to collect…

NASA marked two very different 50-year anniversaries in recent years. Several 2019-dated coins debuted last summer celebrating the 50th anniversary of the Apollo 11 mission that successfully sent human beings to the Moon and returned them safely to Earth. 2020 arrives with a different 50th-anniversary release that highlights failure, on one hand, as well as…

The phoenix is one of the best-known mythological creatures in human history. Now, KOMSCO has a new silver bullion issue honoring the phoenix and its position in both Korean history and its modern-day government. A prominent symbol, the phoenix now features in the new 2020 1 oz South Korean Silver Phoenix release from KOMSCO. Learn…

The Germania Mint introduced itself to a broader segment of the precious metals market in 2019 with the introduction of several silver round collections, each one boasting unique designs and .9999 pure silver content. The purity of Germania Mint silver rounds is head-and-shoulders above other collections and the designs are second-to-none in the industry. If…