So, I got wind of a PO in Perth that has a bunch of Proof Dragons and went there this afternoon. Got there ten mins before closing, was crapping myself, got lost, finally found it and man was it worth it! I found the cabinet and what did I see? 2 sequential-number coloured proof 1/2 oz Dragons, 2 sequential-numbered coloured proof 1oz Dragons and... A DRAGON TYPESET! Apparently they'd got the Typeset in this morning, and it had sat there all day just waiting for me I was so excited I accidentally bought the 1/2 oz CPDs instead of the 1oz, didn't care, so happy. Might go back tomorrow morning to get the 1ozs if they're still there. Might not. Thanks Australia post, and the very generous forum member who told me which PO had the goods, I owe you a beer or 5
You lucky bugger! Can't find any dragons at Post Offices on the Gold Coast! But I did manage to get 2 coloured tigers from ebay Germany for $98ea, not overly cheap but they are hard to find - they have 3 more on offer if you interested (ID 270825554006)
That's not too bad, considering how few of them for sale there seems to be. The Dragons seem to have just started trickling through to the POs here in Perth, so might be worth keeping an eye out over there for the next week or so. The big Australia Post Shops in shopping centers seem to be the best for coins from what I've seen.
Jislizard was nice enough to take me up on my offer, wich i was greatful for. My post office only has 3 of the mary maccillop stamp coin sets wich are sold out and the blinky bill 6 coin set, if i was rich i would get the saint ones. I asked today if they get in coins from the perth mint and they said sometimes and there was a half ounce looked like a baby dragon coin i could order from an order sheet siting on her desk with a 7500 mintage, is this coming out soon or is it an older coin?, i will look around myself soon anyway. She then said she would see what was in the warehouse on the computer and she said there was 15 non coloured proofs and a few hundred coloured ones. So she put in an order but thought maybe i may not be lucky. I ordered 7 all up 2 coloured. I wonder if there warehouse system is up to date?, would be good but sounds to good to be true.
Bulk amounts of RAM proof dragons at PO's near me... heaps of the non-silver (base metals) ones... ugh. The only slightly interesting coin set they had was this: http://www.coinclub.com.au/products/2011-Lucky-Waving-Cat-Gold-Proof-Three%2dCoin-Set.html
Now you have me worried . I saw dragons on her sheet and was not sure what kind they were but looking now they are the RAM design ones. there were no pictures on her computer screen when she ordered. I dont think i got those kind, she said the ones i ordered were about 112.50, so unsure. I will look for the price of the RAM ones, i think i just found some at the coin club website for 55$. http://www.coinclub.com.au/products/RAM-2012-Year-of-The-Dragon-$1-Silver-Proof-Coin.html I am pretty sure the perth mint coloured half ounce was on her sheet and i asked for 1 ounce ones not those half ouncers. edit I also do not think the RAMS are 1oz?, i said i want 1oz not half, so that is a good sign.
there is an half ounce baby dragon released in november, so if that has a mintage of 7500, that is the one i was unsure about on the sheet that i could order, i think it was her perth mint sheet, may have to get a copy of her forms one day. http://www.perthmint.com.au/forthcoming-releases.aspx She also pointed out square dragon coins, i think they could be the new ones coming also on the release page.
Not good. I am not holding out much hope anyway myself. Seems my post office lady was more helpful than most, i have known who she is for over 20 years though, she knows my PO Box number anyway. I am more suprised she had the forms right there, as some have said in this or the other thread that some did not know who the perth mint was, so i may be able to order some in the future and get them as they are delivered. I should have asked about typesets. There was guilded ones also, but they are still available online, may get one one day. The other thread that is about the same topic. http://forums.silverstackers.com/topic-16421-lunar-hunt-day-2.html
was there this morning , they don't seem to keep anything interesting and when asking they aren't very helpful, one of the staff put my name down a few weeks ago on a scrap piece of paper just in case any dragons came in - bet that went straight into the bin!
Australia - over priced and under serviced EDIT TO ADD Recently I was at a Organic Food Market. There was a book that I was interested in buying but it didn't have a price on it. I was interested in buying it so I asked how much it was. Well they couldn't work out the price so they asked me to come back next week. And people wonder why business is falling. Seriously, in that exchange there was a willing buyer with cash and the buyer is told to go away and come back some other time.
Forget Melbourne PO's. I asked at my old PO .where they know me, and the manager looked up what they had in Melbourne NO PM silver proof's in Vic anywhere Plenty of gold & 1kg silver But no silver proof's in Vic So my conspiracy theory was right PM hate us Mexicans & were not getting any :lol:
Scored another one today, same PO I got my first lot at. At the time they'd mentioned that they had one on hold, so the person must've failed to collect and back in the cabinet it went. I now have a running number trio. If anyone lives in Perth, I got them to check the database and there're 3 1oz at Midland PO, and 1 at Cloisters in the city. There may be 1/2ozs there too, but I didn't ask. Oh, and there're 2 1/2 ozs at Mt Hawthorn too, well there was last Friday.. I have enough now.
Do you mean the lunar dragon 1kg silver proof? Issue price by Perth Mint was $2190... So the PO are selling it for more than issue price?
