Mystery solved finally for Somalia Elephant fans- mintage numbers

Discussion in 'Silver Coins' started by purple88, Oct 30, 2013.

  1. purple88

    purple88 New Member

    Joined:
    Aug 11, 2013
    Messages:
    108
    Likes Received:
    0
    Trophy Points:
    0
    Location:
    United States
    Finally after searching and searching I found the mintage numbers. This also helps explain some price points certain coins are sold at.

    Somalia Elephant mintage numbers for 2009-2013.

    2013- 140k
    2012- 80k
    2011- 170k
    2010- 120k
    2009- 130k
     
  2. lostwords

    lostwords New Member

    Joined:
    Jul 16, 2012
    Messages:
    366
    Likes Received:
    0
    Trophy Points:
    0
    Location:
    Ottawa, Canada
    how come 2012 is that much less?
     
  3. purple88

    purple88 New Member

    Joined:
    Aug 11, 2013
    Messages:
    108
    Likes Received:
    0
    Trophy Points:
    0
    Location:
    United States
    Not sure. No reason was given. 2012 seems to be the sleeper out of the group. Pricings going to keep getting higher.
     
  4. worldbubble

    worldbubble Active Member

    Joined:
    Apr 10, 2012
    Messages:
    1,666
    Likes Received:
    14
    Trophy Points:
    38
    Location:
    Japan
    what's the source?
    doubt about these numbers
     
  5. purple88

    purple88 New Member

    Joined:
    Aug 11, 2013
    Messages:
    108
    Likes Received:
    0
    Trophy Points:
    0
    Location:
    United States
    Info came from the Bavarian Mint.
     
  6. alor

    alor Well-Known Member Silver Stacker

    Joined:
    Jun 16, 2011
    Messages:
    12,102
    Likes Received:
    3,877
    Trophy Points:
    113
    a link would help :)
     
  7. Acme

    Acme New Member

    Joined:
    Feb 25, 2012
    Messages:
    458
    Likes Received:
    0
    Trophy Points:
    0
    Location:
    Wroclaw
    Any info on coloured versions?
     
  8. purple88

    purple88 New Member

    Joined:
    Aug 11, 2013
    Messages:
    108
    Likes Received:
    0
    Trophy Points:
    0
    Location:
    United States
    Written correspondence so sorry know link.
     
  9. purple88

    purple88 New Member

    Joined:
    Aug 11, 2013
    Messages:
    108
    Likes Received:
    0
    Trophy Points:
    0
    Location:
    United States
    Colored versions are 5000 per year between 2009-2013.
     
  10. Acme

    Acme New Member

    Joined:
    Feb 25, 2012
    Messages:
    458
    Likes Received:
    0
    Trophy Points:
    0
    Location:
    Wroclaw
    Thanks. Nice low mintage :)
     
  11. Big A.D.

    Big A.D. Well-Known Member Silver Stacker

    Joined:
    Oct 30, 2009
    Messages:
    6,278
    Likes Received:
    186
    Trophy Points:
    83
    Location:
    Sydney
    Can you scan/copy the response you received and post it here? (Blank out any personal information of course).

    Sorry, there's way to many unreliable mintage figures for all sorts of coins floating around out there.
     
  12. purple88

    purple88 New Member

    Joined:
    Aug 11, 2013
    Messages:
    108
    Likes Received:
    0
    Trophy Points:
    0
    Location:
    United States


    It was an official letter from the Bavarian Mint (letterhead, signatures, dated etc.) given to a dealer who's firm is exclusive to the Bavarian Mint. I was shown the letter and asked, as a professional courtesy, to not name names and to adjust the mintage numbers up or down to the closest 10,000. I saw the actual letter myself.
     
  13. Razz

    Razz Member

    Joined:
    Jun 24, 2013
    Messages:
    334
    Likes Received:
    7
    Trophy Points:
    18
    Location:
    La Terra Nuova
    Again the somalian mystic comes back even in this latest update with allrespect purple for sharing youre info but transparant is something else i think the germans play a game with being not clear about the mintage to keep them premiums high
     
  14. dccpa

    dccpa Active Member

    Joined:
    Aug 29, 2010
    Messages:
    3,079
    Likes Received:
    8
    Trophy Points:
    38
    Location:
    USA
    Best guess is that they had leftover 2011 coins. When the 2011 was nominated as a top ten finalist for silver coin of the year, it appears that they made a lot of extra coins. Then when it didn't win, future sales likely slowed. So, with extra 2011s on hand, no need to mint 2012s for a while.
     
  15. xrayspecs

    xrayspecs New Member

    Joined:
    Sep 6, 2010
    Messages:
    261
    Likes Received:
    0
    Trophy Points:
    0
    Location:
    Australia
    He's said it was written correspondence from the mint, isn't that enough or do you think he's a liar? :p

    Scanning a copy would make no difference. If he WAS lying he could easily photoshop a fake letterhead, etc :rolleyes:
     
  16. purple88

    purple88 New Member

    Joined:
    Aug 11, 2013
    Messages:
    108
    Likes Received:
    0
    Trophy Points:
    0
    Location:
    United States
  17. Hellcat6

    Hellcat6 New Member

    Joined:
    Jun 26, 2013
    Messages:
    182
    Likes Received:
    0
    Trophy Points:
    0
    Location:
    United States
    I for one appreciate your efforts, thanks purple88.
     
  18. alor

    alor Well-Known Member Silver Stacker

    Joined:
    Jun 16, 2011
    Messages:
    12,102
    Likes Received:
    3,877
    Trophy Points:
    113

    no, we being lazy stackers, just like to click a link and read :p very lazy indeed.
     
  19. purple88

    purple88 New Member

    Joined:
    Aug 11, 2013
    Messages:
    108
    Likes Received:
    0
    Trophy Points:
    0
    Location:
    United States
  20. Razz

    Razz Member

    Joined:
    Jun 24, 2013
    Messages:
    334
    Likes Received:
    7
    Trophy Points:
    18
    Location:
    La Terra Nuova
    Thanks for u info Purple so it means stack,m high the 2013 big ears
     

Share This Page