2017 Saltwater Crocodile

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  1. Soprano16

    Soprano16 Well-Known Member Silver Stacker

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    Fat Penguin Well-Known Member Silver Stacker

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    I like the 1/4 Au too. Might have to have one.
     
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    barneyrubble Well-Known Member Silver Stacker

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    First thing I looked for when I got the email was the mintage. Didn't want to miss out on another silver swan event (even if that swan dos look cranky).

    Actually like the croc design. Strange they are not doing a 1oz silver.
     
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    Soprano16 Well-Known Member Silver Stacker

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    They already did the 1oz in 2014. This is the exact same design but now released in two different sizes/forms :)
     
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    Was in the mint today (long story) and happened to picked a 1/2 croc.

    Looked nice enough.
     
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    Mintage is unlimited for both 1/4 gold and 1/2 oz silver.

    The design looks good in gold.
     
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    how do you place your order?

    I would like half a croc and a little saltie o_O
     
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    I like the gold one, hopefully they add a proof gold croc at some point, I couldn't resist getting the silver proof previously.
     
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    which dealer
     
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    which dealer
     
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    these were not available for wholesale from the Perth Mint? don’t seem to be available in many places at present
     
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    They are specifically (or were) not available for wholesalers. Might have changed since.
     
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    Soprano16 Well-Known Member Silver Stacker

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    Is there any way of purchasing without having to go through all this nonsense of sending in Photo ID etc to purchase from Perth Mint?

    Really cbf doing all that for a one off purchase
     
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    In person, you can walk in to the mint and buy up to 5k worth no questions, any online bullion order need id verification, even just for 1 silver coin which is stupid, if you know and trust someone in Perth hopefully they can do you a favour.

    It looks like these weren't available for wholesale to dealers
     
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    Soprano16 Well-Known Member Silver Stacker

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    Anyone have any idea on what happened with these ?

    There's no mention of them in their mintage documents and I haven't seen a single one on the Australian after market
     
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