For those familiar with the broad range of gold and silver coins available from the Perth Mint in Western Australia, there is one noticeable design trend that stands out: native animals. The Australian continent is home to a wide range of unique animal species, in particular, a variety of different marsupial species. Since 1990, the…

The beliefs of the Incan people take center stage in an impressive new silver coin release issued on behalf of the nation of Tuvalu. These beautiful coins with a domed central element offer up a glimpse of what the Incan people literally believed to be the Tears of the Moon, small bits of silver that…

In the pantheon of American paper currency, the Treasury Note Series of 1890-1891 is not particularly memorable for its breathtaking designs and impressive artistry. Many collectors seek out the designs of the historic Silver Certificate and United States Note Series, such as the imagery from the 1901 Bison Note and the Educational Series. However, there…

The Rwandan Wildlife Series is an outstanding collection of silver coins produced in Germany. An alternative to the African Wildlife Series issued for the Somali Republic, the Rwandan Wildlife Series is similar in its use of new designs on the reverse field of the coins with each new date mark. However, while the African Wildlife…

For fans of the Silver Soldiers Series of silver statues, it was hard to ensure you got your entire platoon together before the impressive statues sold out. With limited castings for each design, you had to act fast to put together a winning team to put out on the field of battle. Fine, that field…

There was a time and place in American history when American paper notes were almost like small works of art carried around by average Joes in their pockets. In 1890s and first decade of the 1900s, the United States sought to create paper currency designs that were worthy of attention and awe from everyday Americans….

The Golden State Mint is a private American mint with a history of producing silver, gold, and copper collections representing a wide range of themes. From historic US coin designs to one-of-a-kind imagery, it is not uncommon for the Golden State Mint to also produce designs honoring the US Military. One of its most recent…

Generations old and new have escaped to a new universe watching Star Wars feature films and engaging with other forms of media surrounding the science-fiction franchise. Precious metals refiners have taken notice too. The New Zealand Mint produces the world’s leading Star Wars silver coin collection, with the latest installment featuring arguably the most famous…

The Royal Australian Mint introduced an exciting, distinctive coin series in early 2020 with its Shipwreck Series. The four-coin collection offers four individual design elements on the reverse and obverse honoring some of the earliest shipwrecks off the coast of Australia. In the case of each design in the series, the ships featured were owned…

The EC8 Series from the Scottsdale Mint launched in 2018 with a plan for a variety of beautiful designs, one each for the eight nations of the Eastern Caribbean Central Bank. Among those nations, St. Lucia is a founding member of the ECCB and one of the primary users of the Eastern Caribbean dollar, the…

To say that David Bowie was an icon of music is putting it mildly. The innovative rocker who was born David Robert Jones in Brixton, London, in January 1947 went on to become not only a legend in British music, but a global icon whose ever-changing style, appearance, and sound captivated audiences across several decades…

Conceived during the latter stages of Queen Victoria’s reign as Queen of England, the Queen’s Virtues is an allegorical presentation of six virtues representing the monarch of England. Today, these virtues are carried into the 21st century by Queen Elizabeth II, England’s longest-reigning monarch. Victory, Truth, Charity, Justice, Courage, and Constancy are set to feature…

The Egyptian Gods Series of silver rounds proved immensely popular with its initial introduction, with collectors of all-things Egyptian enjoying the attention to detail in the collection of 2 oz silver rounds. With ultra-high-relief designs and beautiful antique visuals, the series has been missed by collectors in recent years after it paused following the fourth…

We wanted to provide our customers with important updates about our company, including a new temporary $299 minimum order, as well as the overall state of the industry. Starting on January 28th, and accelerating through February 1st, we experienced record silver sales, culminating in the two largest volume days in our company’s history. The demand…

In 2017, an ambitious series of Marvel Silver Coins debuted from the Perth Mint. The Marvel Series was originally planned to feature six designs, each one featuring a Marvel character to be released around the time of an upcoming feature film in the franchise. Due to the popularity of the low-mintage coins, the Perth Mint…

One of the longest-running collection of silver coins available right now is the Biblical Series from the Scottsdale Mint. Introduced in 2015, the far-reaching series offers six new designs with each date mark, with each one capturing original artworks from Gustave Dore. The beautiful coins in this series all have shared attributes that deliver collectible…

Arguably among the world’s best-selling bullion coin series, the Chinese Panda Series from the Chinese Mint is a popular choice with investors. Introduced in 1982 with gold bullion coins, the series is traditional in some senses, offering the same weight options as other major bullion collections, and groundbreaking in other areas. As the 2021 Chinese…

From 1939 to the spring and summer of 1945, the nations of the world were entrapped in the horrors of World War II. By 1941, the United States of America had been pulled into the conflict after two years of neutrality following the attack by Imperial Japan at the US Navy Air Station at Pearl…

Since 2016, one of the best-selling collection of bullion from the Royal Mint of England has been the Queen’s Beast Series. These beautiful bullion coins have been available in silver, gold, and platinum across a range of weights with designs from Jody Clark. The same man who created the Royal Mint’s fifth-generation effigy of Queen…

The 2021 release of Chinese Silver Pandas comes at a time when silver demand is sky-high. That increased demand, along with an all-new design, means it is likely that the available 2021 Silver Pandas are going to move quickly this year. To top it all off, the Chinese Mint issued a maximum mintage of only…

Introduced in 2019 with a depiction of a giraffe running across the savanna in Africa. For the second design in the new series, the collection moves to the sea with a depiction of the largest living mammal in the world. As with the previous release of the collection, the newest Congo silver coin comes with…

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…