I just read this on the sale thread OTHER INFORMATION * Perth Mint limited mintage 100,000 * Out of 100,000 only 29,325 sold Does this mean that should this coin start to look like a good prospect, that the PM will resume production or release more until the 100,000 limit is reached? Or is there a sunset on production, release and sale?
Nah they said they wouldn't remint the old lunars, unlike the kooks. Source: somewhere on their blog or Bron, can't remember which
Which coin is it? Generally with the Perth Mint issues, there is a maximum allowable mintage, and they progressively mint as required until the limit is reached - or until interest in the release wanes where it's no longer viable to undertake a mint run. Lots of the Series One Lunar issues are like this - 100,000 "mintage" but only 20,000 "sales" - generally the sales figure is the true mintage figure in terms of coins actually struck. Not entirely sure on the particular coin (haven't seen the thread).
29,325 would be the actual mintage then - there was a theoretical limit of 100,000 but they were minted more on a "mint to order" basis - they don't strike 100,000 up front and then hope to sell them all.
My understanding here is that the Mint will NOT be releasing any more of any Series 1 coin, of which the old dragons certainly are.
