Thanks Zeeman, copied the photos for you: Source: http://www.coin-invest.li Source: http://www.coin-invest.li
I have a hunch that you will not own one then. Forums like this are just a very very small sample of possible customers they have. There will be people that are willing to pay close to the usual amounts on these. Only way I see them going that low is if it's an auction on feebay. I'd bet that these will still sell between $250-300.
I remember db when euro collections was by themself before they went with Downies, They offered customers who bought the previous coins in the series a special price of about $175.00, I believe. I love the Gulo Gulo which i still think was the best in the series, Then the owl which was nice and the others fair, But to me this is a weird one. I'm sure you're right they will probably go as high as $350 or so. The previous one has not done that well from what i am seeing. Not comparing apples to oranges, But i think the Perth Zeus is the better deal and a beautiful coin with 1,500 mintage. Just depends on what you're into.
Euro Collection is Downies's subsidiary. Now they just tied of maintaining two web sites selling essentially the same inventory, so they canceled euro collection. And they already raised the price for Argali, which is $215 or something like that. They may sell this one bet. $250-300
As I've mentioned on here before....pigs get fat and hogs get slaughtered. It isn't enough that the the big coin dealers jack up the prices so much that it just kills the series IMO. It turns people away. I guess it is no different than collectors reselling them on the open market and jacking up the price but at least by keeping the price initially low, it still gives the true collectors to buy one at an affordable price.
I miss the good times when we were able to buy coins in Mongolia Wildlife series around $100.00. If only I knew I would have bought tons of coins and gain from my investment today. Sometimes mints impose minimum selling prices to official distributors, couldn't they also impose a maximum selling price to their official dealers? This would at least put a threshold to coin price at initial stage. Of course, the cheaper the dealers sell, the bigger is the margin for who buy these coins to flip on the market. In the past I saw stackers with dozens of these coins, a little fortune. But now also dealers learnt the lesson, only one piece per customer and already overpriced Alex.
I like the loyalty bonus JoefromNC mentioned. If dealers offered guarantee on the 2nd coin in the series as an incentive to buy the 1st in series, they'd sell more new series coins and if a buyer guessed right on the hot series they'd get rewarded and be able to complete the series. Just a marketing thought...dealers listening?
well......I like this coin. http://www.topworldcoins.com They are taking orders. $269 is little pricy, but this one will be very popular ... will be next to the owl coin, IMHO
The price is already falling down. Few completed auctions on Polish equivalent of feeBay: 19th Feb 786 pln 22nd Feb 731 pln 26th Feb 650 pln 650 PLN= 155Euro
If you are talking about "allegro" website I would think twice before buying there, I was informed by several sources that some of the polish dealers there are selling coins by pictures and will not receive any coin from mint, neither will ship to their customers, that's why the can sell so cheap often below dealer cost. I followed some auctions and after I saw the closing prices I can only say: or it is the best place in the world where to buy coins cheap, or it is the best place where to lose money and get scammed. I wouldn't risk 1$ especially when dealers take pre-orders months in advance (I see coins that will be issued in July-August) and it will be too late for paypal protection or credit card chargeback. Alex.
So far I only buy there. No problem at all if you know from which dealer/shop to buy. All my monglian coins came from there 30-45% cheaper that feebay and other on-line shops. If you know the market (polish market), you know where to go... Can you share your "sources"? I may be able to help them, pointing "right sources"
Dealers get their allocations next week for the latest batch of CIT coins. No one likes the cut out horse? (I personally like the wolf a lot better)
