Hi all, This just occured to me but its extremely obvious... the best ones usually are. I think that Perth Mints philosophy of 1oz silver bullion is to issue yearly at spot plus between $5-$10 from Perth Mint site etc. 2012 release A - Just 300,000 minted Different Animal each year, nice popular established demand and notoriously anticipated by followers 2012 release B - 500,000 minted, very popular Australian bird - Famous to bullion collectors worldwide - Sold out before i got enough last year! 2012 release C - A Marsupial - Dosile... Unlimited (but its the wildcard, COULD be low - highly likely mintages will be huge!) All three bullion are COSTED THE SAME (up until 2011 anyway) yet there are clear reasons to preference A first, then B, then C. I understand the Perth Mint set low mintage rules long ago and applaud the mint for sticking to them. I just see that the release C is a second rate investment and release B is not as good as release A. Sorry if this has already been alluded too. 1for1
this whole 'perth mintages selling out' phenomenon is new and directly related to a staggering influx of recent investor demand into silver in the last 12 months, this year in particular. I don't think in 2008 they were thinking they'd be selling a million ounces of silver in 6 months so i don't truly believe it's some carefully thought out strategy to squeeze every last cent from us, if that is what you were implying.. i'm not completely sure i understand that point you are trying to make.
The perth mint is becoming more of a mint for coin collectors vs precious metals investors. They make really nice stuff but the majority of it is born with numismatic value.
