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Bought the dragon & phoenix high relief silver coin.

I like the new motive dragon & tiger 2018.

Bought the new Kookaburra 2018 BU and Proof set, before unavailable on the first issue date (March 6)

Did it come in the cap or did you put in it ? 

Today I ordered the new Trade Dollar from St Helena.

Will post a real pic when available.

Also ordered the Oriental Border Britannia.

Bought this First Day of Issue graded Krugerrand for 129 USD 

I like some color and sometimes a bit exotic. I think I give this opal lunar series from Perth Mint a try and bought the first two coins (monkey, rooster).

pics source: Perth

58 minutes ago, shortstack68 said:

@happy2gether who still has these available, looking to get another......

@shortstack68 you mean the rooster? Sorry, I bought the last 2 pieces from a German dealer. 

Results from PCGS.

I can confirm. If you buy raw gold coins near spot or cheap from MCM and Co, don't expect a 70 grade. But 69 is okay for me too because I expected less. ^^

The National Park Service gold coins I bought directly from the mint and happy with 70 grades. At the moment it's the rarest modern commemorative US gold coin, slightly less than Jackie Robinson comm. gold coin.

Today I also received 2 Rwanda Rooster Proof for 137 Euro shipping included.

Good morning. I bought the Queen's Beasts dragon 1/4 gold coin, graded MS70 ER. (Update sold out quickly.)
MCM put it online and they sell it for a very good price. Also the 1oz gold coin, but can't afford it.
Catch it as long the Americans are still sleeping. ;-)
 

3 hours ago, shortstack68 said:

Not sure I'd want them graded anyway, would rather leave them in original state.....How much is the PCGS graded set?

Price for normal set is now available. 199.99 USD for wire/check and 208.32 USD for credit card payment. Double issue price. 

PCGS set should cost 279.99 USD.

http://www.apmex.com/kookaburra-silver-coin-value (just take current premium price and add 2x silver spot price for 2 coins)

I mean with case like the Perth Mint but not graded. They listed a PCGS set already. 

@shortstack68 beautiful set. dust is okay, milk spots go away. 

Here my pic version of the Kookaburra set. At Perth Mint long sold out. Apmex will sell for nearly double issue price for the raw set.

thanks @Numistacker for the information. Could pick up this cutie last weekend.

...Glow in the dark panda

Good morning. I bought the Queen's Beasts dragon 1/4 gold coin, graded MS70 ER. (Update sold out quickly.)

MCM put it online and they sell it for a very good price. Also the 1oz gold coin, but can't afford it.

Catch it as long the Americans are still sleeping. ;-)

2 hours ago, sovereignsteve said:

where did you buy iy?

 

I bought it directly from the Perth Mint on release date 7th March. But on their site already unavailable. APMEX cooperated with Perth Mint the first time for this set, so APMEX will have the set later. But I don't know for how much they will sell.

Just received the two coin set Kookaburra. It's true. The proof version has a maximum mintage of 1,000 only. Should be the rarest 1 oz standard proof coin .

I have an error version in at PCGS just now, grading starts a week tomorrow

After I bought several Dragon & Phoenix coins raw and graded versions from NGC, this time graded version from PCGS first strike with very low pop. MCM offers it.

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I ordered the 2 coin set Kookaburra 2017 (Proof & BU).
Issue limit is 1,000 sets but on their site it is also mentioned that maximum mintage for proof is also 1,000 pieces. [emoji15]

you both work for the Royal Mint?  That would be a new policy. every xx gold coin underweighted if well adjusted. And maybe instead of pure silver they are adding other minor metals and that cause milk spots. But yeah, they save tons of silver too.  

3 hours ago, shortstack68 said:

Quite interesting, if this coin was heavier you could bet your bottom dollar they'd throw it back in the melting pot, yet happy to send out a lightweight coin.....

I know there is a tolerance in producing the blanks. But I thought that each gold blank would be individually weighted or scanned. I don't know if the Royal Mint does it. Although it is bullion coin but for gold I think the tolerance is really small. Tolerance for Lincoln cent coins are bigger and therefore there are more error coins.

@Cornishfarmer there are different explanations for it:
- http://www.error-ref.com/tapered-planchets/
- http://www.coinsgb.com/Error_Coins/Thick_And_Thin_Planchet.html

I thought it too that this coin could be interesting especially modern gold coins with weight errors are rare. But I'm completely new to error coins.