The Stock Horse silver coins series of the Perth Mint was a surprise success, which originated in Germany. On the initiative of the coin trader “EMK”, theseries was launched in 2013 – and the recipe with a beautiful motif and small minting figures worked perfectly. The first years have skyrocketed in value. And now the fifth edition of the Stock Horse Series has come on the market. The horse motifs are sold only to one ounce fine silver every year, the fineness was increased...
After only three issues, the fish series from Tokelau is one of the world’s most popular silver bullion coins – and a continuation of the series has been expected eagerly in investor and collector circles. Now the time has come: As the fourth of twelve coins, the Kapoa Barracuda can now be seen on the fish coins from Tokelau. So far, the Kakahi Yellowfin tuna, the Mokoha Great White Shark and the Hakula Sailfish have been depicted. The Barracuda is a predatory fish that lives in salt...
The worldwide supply of gold is at first glance surprising manageable – this is particularly impressive when you look at the headquarters of the precious metal trader “pro aurum”. The dimensions of the building in accordance with the amount of gold that has been promoted in all of human history before. In accounting terms, the global gold, if you could gather it in one place a cube of only 20 meters edge length. This corresponds to approximately 166,000 tons of gold. However...
They appear out of nowhere, cover the shining surface of silver coins with a milky coating and are regarded as spooky ghosts for collectors because they cannot be removed without damage: “Milky spots” are considered an unexplained numismatic mystery, troubling the joy of coin collecting. And in mid March 2017, the phenomenon even caused nationwide media interest in Germany because not a single private person was concerned, but a complete coin exhibition: the coin cabinet of the...
Only 15,000 copies were minted worldwide, the amount for the German market is estimated at a few hundred pieces – the excitement that started at the World Money Fair, when the “proof” version of the silver Krugerrand was first presented to the public, was nosurprise. And most potential buyers came away empty-handed. The precious metals trader “pro aurum” describes in his “Newsroom” the particular interest that the “Krugerrand” recieved in...
The Scottsdale Mint from the US state of Arizona has established its reputation in the silver bullion area in a very short time and shoots forward aggressively and dedicatedly to the European market, most recently with a booth at the World Money Fair. Especially the silverback gorilla silver coins series is popular in this country, but now the Scottsdale Mint has refilled – with a new motif and also new issuing country. The first coin of the year 2017 from the Scottsdale mint comes from...
When considering gold investment, most investors probably think of the modern bullion coins from Australia, South Africa and Canada – but there is an exciting product group that is often forgotten in precious metals investment: The 100 euro gold coins from the Federal Republic of Germany are an interesting alternative for precious metal investors. The precious metals trader “MP Edelmetalle” provides in his blog with the UNESCO series a popular alternative to standard bullion...
Both countries are thousands of kilometers away from Australia, but the interest from afar in silver coins from “Down Under” is huge . The Perth Mint has announced in an interview that about 80 percent of coins and bars of the Perth Mint are sold to the Germany and the USA. Neil Vance, Group Manager Minted Products, according to a Bloomberg report has described especially Germany and the United States as the largest customers of the Australian Mint, , and noted significantly higher...
The term ” junk silver” does not sound very flattering at first glance. But in the “scrap precious metal” lies a value that should not be underestimated. And more and more investors , in addition to classic silver ounces, acquire larger items of circulation silver coins with clear signs of usage because there is the chance of rare issues or coins in better conservation. In its blog the precious metal trader “MP Edelmetalle” describes the new trend of used silver coins as...
Palau and Austria do not have much in common at first glance. After all, the small island state and the Alpine republic are about 11,500 kilometers apart.But since 2017, there has been an interesting occasion for Bullion investors to remember Palau on the world map more precisely.On the order of the Austrian-German bullion trader “Philoro Edelmetalle”, a new investment coin under the flag of Palau has been published since this year. Available as an ounce in silver and as a...