Desirability: 1/2 oz Lunar silver bars vs. the 1/2 oz Rounds

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  1. mgo10000

    mgo10000 New Member

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    I really like the 1/2 oz lunars for some reason and I'm thinking about grabbing some APMEX year of the 2013 snake bars and the 2014 horse bars. BTW - I just purchased my first 1/2 oz (SII) PM horse and it's a fantastic round. Also, have an APMEX 1/2 oz snake coming to me in a day or two.;)
     
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    Check out sales for any lunars in your country that are a few years old or in europe. Season 2 ones go for 20+ not bad when you can get them for 16 where I'm at now. I think horses will be a winner.
     
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    Nice, thanks for the response.
     
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    If you use ebay, you should be able to get the .5oz 2010 tiger, 2011 rabbit and 2012 dragon pm coins fairly easily. Dragon was mass produced and I have seen the other two fairly regularly. I think the 2008 mouse and ox are more scarce, but I don't follow the pm coins other than the 1oz gold and silver. However, when I search for the 1oz coins on ebay, the .5oz coins show up in my ebay searches.

    Probably doesn't matter to you, but the pm lunars are coins, not rounds, as they have been minted by a government and have a face value.
     
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    Thanks for the education. I'm still wet behind the ears as you can tell. I did not realize that the PM Lunars had face value. This makes me like the horse I purchased even more.
     
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    dragafem Well-Known Member Silver Stacker

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    they are too small for my liking...
     
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    alor Well-Known Member Silver Stacker

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    well make it gold then, it would be too big :lol:

    those halving may not be cute, get some older hand poured, that would be special :) but the price is not tasty
     
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    The reason I ask the question is I've looked around on ebay and APMEX. It seems like the 1/2 oz silver Lunar coins and rounds go quickly and their value as a collectable increases fairly quickly. (Quickly meaning a 1 or 2 years)

    APMEX Example: Site 2012 1/2 oz Silver Canadian $10 - Year of the Dragon SP-70 NGC $77.24 USD (Yes I know it's Canadian)

    Ebay Example: 2012 1/2 oz. silver Australian lunar dragon current bid: 18.59 USD
    Ebay Link: http://www.ebay.com/itm/2012-1-2-oz...8253363?pt=US_World_Coins&hash=item27da6c45b3

    BTW - Here's a funny silver related ebay link I just found. Now that's a nice Australian Lunar people!!!

    http://www.ebay.com/itm/2012-1-2oz-...5278091?pt=US_World_Coins&hash=item1e81b7148b
     
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