Macquarrie Mint

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  1. Yippe-Ki-Ya

    Yippe-Ki-Ya New Member

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    Yippe-Ki-Ya, Aug 8, 2011
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  2. Big A.D.

    Big A.D. Well-Known Member Silver Stacker

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    Bit tacky remembering Australian soldiers with a coin from Nauru, isn't it?
     
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  3. Graeme

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    Nauru uses Australian dollars ... and the mint page design is very reminiscent of the Downies page design.
     
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    Wow looks pretty good. But is it real or a scam? Sorry but never heard of these guys I mean the mint. I want one coin looks great.
     
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    Captain Kookaburra Well-Known Member Silver Stacker

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    I started to wonder about the "legitimacy" of this Macquarrie Mint outfit....

    Hard to find where they actually are.

    I wonder if Downies actually sell Macquarrie Mint products?. Hadn't noticed it in their shop. Are they the same company? Are they too embarrassed to sell their own stuff?

    [​IMG]
     
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  6. Graeme

    Graeme Member Silver Stacker

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    After some research I can confirm with reasonable accuracy that Macquarie Mint is another division of Downies.
     
    Graeme, Aug 8, 2011
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    I think Macquarie Mint is a brand they use primarily for marketing overseas. I've come across it before.
     
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  8. Graeme

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    Source: http://www.macquariemint.com/pages/10for10.asp

    Copy of advertisement in RACT August/September 2011 issue.

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    Source: http://images.cdn.realviewdigital.com/djvu/RACT/RACT/MNJ Aug Sep 2011/webimages/page0000029_7.jpg
     
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    Definately looks interesting, but how did you work it out to be $6 of silver? I don't see weight or fineness anywhere.

    Never head of the Macquarrie Mint.
     
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  10. Graeme

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    "10g of 50% fine silver" from the quote above = 5g silver = 0.1607oz
     
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  11. Yippe-Ki-Ya

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    I read on their website that it is a 10g coin of 50% silver purity...

    I have purchased some coins from Macquarrie before... they are legit. The coins i bought from them before were minted by Perth Mint specially for Macquarrie
     
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  12. Yippe-Ki-Ya

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    i ordered one anyways - just to add to my very limited collection. it looks pertie...
     
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    And in others news:

    Resolved macquariemint.com to [210.50.193.119].

    Resolved downies.com.au to [210.50.193.120].
     
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  14. Captain Kookaburra

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    Spooky! :|
     
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    there's more tho

    Macquarie Mint has your info passed to them direct from their sister company Downies as they are the same company, only different names so that people don't link them (or the other companies) together.

    Guerilla Marketing is the best description of what downies do once they have your info.
    Be warned!

    All are companies of Downies:

    kidneybenz.com.au 120.193.050.210.cust.mel.idc.iprimus.net.au
    www.australian-coins.com.au 120.193.050.210.cust.mel.idc.iprimus.net.au
    www.downies.com 120.193.050.210.cust.mel.idc.iprimus.net.au
    www.downies.com.au 120.193.050.210.cust.mel.idc.iprimus.net.au
    www.e-bid.com.au 125.193.050.210.cust.mel.idc.iprimus.net.au
    www.ebid.com.au 125.193.050.210.cust.mel.idc.iprimus.net.au
    www.eurocollections.com 126.193.050.210.cust.mel.idc.iprimus.net.au
    www.macquariemint.com 119.193.050.210.cust.mel.idc.iprimus.net.au
    www.macquariemint.com.au 119.193.050.210.cust.mel.idc.iprimus.net.au
    www.mintsales.com 120.193.050.210.cust.mel.idc.iprimus.net.au
    www.usebid.com.au 125.193.050.210.cust.mel.idc.iprimus.net.au

    Mintsales.com, downies.com, mail.downies.com, mail.macquariemint.com, australian-coins.com.au and at least eleven other hosts point to the same IP.

    amusing to see in my searches:
    "You might also be interested in the competitors: monetarium.com.au"
     
    Aust-Tech, Sep 17, 2011
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  16. Midnight Man

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    Aus-tech, may I please ask how you were able to extract a list of domain names from an IP address (assuming that is what you did to assemble the above list)? That's a neat ability, but one I wasn't aware was possible (easily)!
     
    Midnight Man, Sep 18, 2011
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