Hi, there is a new 2012 BU Dragon with a special privy mark. Mintage 200.000 pcs. Looks like PM want to destroy collectors market with another kind of Dragons. Offered in Germany for 34,49 - http://www.silber-corner.de/index.php?page=product&info=1098 I think a lot of poeple that paid a lot of money for their Dragons could be angry about PM decision to blow the mintage.
I think it is a PM product. I can not imagine somebody has 200.000 pcs to destroy with this privy and sell it to a much lower price than a standard BU.
Given there is a mintage of 200,000 of them and the plain bullion version was 300,000, pretty sure its a Perth Mint effort.
Didn't hobo-jo call it out here? Looks like a perth mint product to me. http://www.silverlunar.com/2012/02/high-relief-5oz-proof-privy-dragons-on.html
Clearly someone needs to clarify with the Mint the 200k ? And whats a Lion got to do with anything for it to be the privy ?
I have asked for clarification on the perth mint blog here: http://www.perthmintbullion.com/blo...ragon_Coins_To_Be_Released_Soon.aspx#comments ... Waiting for the comment to be approved.
^^^ Guarantee their response will be either: a) no response OR b) something cryptic to add to their usual deception with something like "they are made on a mint to order basis with a final mintage released at the end of the series".
Isnt in chinese culture, lion represents the gatekeeper and the dragon means to be the strongest mythical creature? So the pair matched?
As someone who didn't get any 1oz dragons and went through absolute hell on earth, just to place an order for a now worthless rectangle dragon set. I couldn't give a flying fruit cake about dragon releases anymore.