The Congo Silverback returns for its sixth iteration and has carved itself a place as one of Scottsdale Mint’s signature series. With a debut in 2015 and a single annual issue, it has been a steady rock in a catalogue of bullion coins that is constantly changing. One of those programmes where the design changes every year, thankfully, it is themed around the impressive Silverback Gorilla.

Issued for the Democratic Republic of the Congo, the obverse displays their nature-themed national shield emblem, along with the issue inscriptions. The main face, literally, is of a large Silverback roaring and showing off its teeth. It does give some idea of just how intimidating these creatures can be, even if, for the most part, they’re gentle and pacifistic. The subtle foliage texture, rather than just having a polished background field, is a great touch.

As before, a 1oz silver coin only, the mints brief sojourn into kilo variants ending as abruptly as it began in 2017, it has a mintage of 75,000 pieces, putting it as one of the more numerous of Scottsdale’s issues. They come encapsulated, or in strips of five. You can see more about the series in our Bullion Coin Profile to the range, and we’ve added this one to it. Available now.