This is another example of an unofficial product. Sure, it looks pretty. And presented by some German dealers as the next hot ticket with grand statements like 'first ever philharmonic colour/gilded combined issue, extremely limited worldwide mintage of only 500, with certificate of authenticity'. Hmm. Of course, they aren't lying. And it's a practice that's perfectly accepted. But they fail to mention that someone (not the official mint) has simply taken 500 ordinary bullion coins at a little over spot price, painted and gilded them, printed off some nice COA's and hey presto..... sell them on as a WORLDWIDE exclusive for , oh, lets say 70 to 80 euros. Manufactured for the German market. They're welcome to them. But hey, if people want it then they should go for it, as long as they feel the effort made as described above is worth paying that premium for what is essentially, underneath all that glitter, a simple bullion coin.
People where screaming when the maple 25 year gilded arrived have u seen the prizes now not official bla bla buy what u like .
Which is why I don't pay attention to those ridiculous prices being paid for such coins! I personally feel the 2006 Britannia Silhouette set is the only set worth having, and not some coins with aftermarket gilding.
any treatment that is applied outside of the official Mint of the coin is largely seen as defacing the coin not matter how well it is done.
I think the mixed gilding / painting looks pretty nice on this coin, I still have no desire to own one though. I would however pay $100 for one of these before I'd pay $50 for a generic SBSS silver round.
It's such a beautiful coin! Agree with everyone that it's not worth too much premium. I wonder if the gold is paint or real gold?
It looks a nice coin all right. I'm not sure I like it enough to pay the extra for the gilding, as mentioned above, at the end of the day it is just a bullion coin... Good luck to the people that like collecting things like that though.
