0.5 kg Silver Coin

[argentumstacker]

Has any mint produced a half a kilogram silver coin? I can't seem to find anything from the Royal Mint ....

[KevinFlynn]

Lunar I and Lunar II series, Perth Mint. No regular stacking ware, though.

[Happypanda88]

Is there any particular reason why you're looking for a 500g silver coin ? 

Why buy half when you can get a whole kilo from most mints !!!  😊

[stefffana]

13 hours ago, Happypanda88 said:

Is there any particular reason why you're looking for a 500g silver coin ? 

Why buy half when you can get a whole kilo from most mints !!!  😊

When I want a vodka, always I am choosing only 500ml, even are plenty of another kilo bottles from most brands. 

A half I can manage, a kilo sometimes is too much.😋

[stefffana]

I have never seen any 500g coins. This weight is used for bars. (Very nice feeling in hand, I love them!)

The cheapest brand new bars can be bought now (at today's £16.71/oz spot price) around £361 each (£22.50/oz), VAT included plus post. Not too bad for brand new, but still high premium. If you want to sell them, on private market are selling quick between £340 and £350, depending of brand, so you will not lose too much on resale. 

Cheers!

Stefan.

 

 

[Happypanda88]

6 hours ago, stefffana said:

A half I can manage, a kilo sometimes is too much.😋

Half a bottle, 500ml in one sitting ! 😱

Do you need to attend alcohol anonymous or anything !? 😂

 

Edited December 11, 2021 by Happypanda88

[stefffana]

41 minutes ago, Happypanda88 said:

Half a bottle, 500ml in one sitting ! 😱

Do you need to attend alcohol anonymous or anything !? 😂

 

How Far Far Away from Peterborough you are?

Join me to one meeting of anonymous to share some odd weights/volumes from 333, 500, 750 to 1000. Maybe after we will get to know better, I will tell you why I have fff in my nickname and you will tell me why panda. About Happy and 88 it is very clear.😊

Cheers! 🍷🍸🍹🍻

Stefan.

[argentumstacker]

The reason why I'm asking for 500g is that 1kg coins seem to be always sold out for some reason 😄

I'll have a look at the Lunar 1 and 2 series as @KevinFlynn mentioned

[KevinFlynn]

18 minutes ago, argentumstacker said:

The reason why I'm asking for 500g is that 1kg coins seem to be always sold out for some reason 😄

I'll have a look at the Lunar 1 and 2 series as @KevinFlynn mentioned

 

On 10/12/2021 at 06:06, KevinFlynn said:

No regular stacking ware, though.

This was a real serious sentence. Both series are not current. Lunar I do command a high collector's premium, Lunar II are better on that, but the half kilos are few. The Lunar I I can find are at a 250% premium at least, the Lunar II start at 50% but go up quickly to 100%, depending on the dealer...

As been stated, half kilos are the odd one out coin size (the current Lunar III series doesn't even have them anymore). Let us maybe take a step back and ask what do you want them for? Do you want half a kilo of silver? Do you want a sought after collector's piece? And why would you want a coin at that weight? Collectibility? Then stay with one kilos, as half kilos are no standard size and will always be more expensive. What about 10 ouncers?

 

Personal opinion: everything above one or two ounces is not coin worthy to me. Anything above I would buy as bars (preferably cast) - stacker's perspective.

 

Edited December 11, 2021 by KevinFlynn

[stefffana]

Sometimes are for sale on forum beautiful kilo coins at very competitive prices. Just now is is one very well priced. Have a look at:

All the best!

Stefan.

[argentumstacker]

22 minutes ago, KevinFlynn said:

 

This was a real serious sentence. Both series are not current. Lunar I do command a high collector's premium, Lunar II are better on that, but the half kilos are few. The Lunar I I can find are at a 250% premium at least, the Lunar II start at 50% but go up quickly to 100%, depending on the dealer...

As been stated, half kilos are the odd one out coin size (the current Lunar III series doesn't even have them anymore). Let us maybe take a step back and ask what do you want them for? Do you want half a kilo of silver? Do you want a sought after collector's piece? And why would you want a coin at that weight? Collectibility? Then stay with one kilos, as half kilos are no standard size and will always be more expensive. What about 10 ouncers?

 

Personal opinion: everything above one or two ounces is not coin worthy to me. Anything above I would buy as bars (preferably cast) - stacker's perspective.

 

Ah, the premiums are too high, I might stick with 10oz then ( I'm bored with 10oz though since most QB 10oz are out of stock in most places, and I don't want a 10oz Britannia) maybe 1kg is the way to go