1999-2012 African Wildlife Elephant Series Silver Bullion Coins.

Hey ya'll

Are there proof and non proof versions? Specifically, is the 2004 available in proof finish? The one I have is kind of like the finish of a uncirculated US Silver Eagle. Its the only one that looks different from the others. the 2005-13 ones I have are prooflike.
 
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HR 1 oz coins, world set? this would include koala kangaroo, kookaburra...elephant but not lunar


@ gilded coins are nice to have, they are more addicting than the bu coins

gild must be only on the animals, nothing else. :)
 
I sold all my gilded ... kind of souvenir while it should look like coin
not a big fan of those additions like gold-plated or color to the coins


any idea where I can get 2007 and 2008 that are reasonably priced?
 
Yes, gilded version is nice to have. I agree with worldbubble those additions ( gilded or color) take away the pureness of the original coin

I saw BU price is increase as years go by.... I wonder what everyone think of one oz High Relief elephant with mintages only 1000 ( is 2013 the first release for HR series ? )

http://www.gainesvillecoins.com/pro...ilver-somalian-african-elephant-999-pure.aspx

4 coins elephant set:

http://www.gainesvillecoins.com/pro...hant-4-coin-set-375-asw-with-box-and-coa.aspx
 
Acme and alor (or anyone else) do you know the mintage of your colored and gilded Elephants? Especially the 2004-2008 years.

Thanks for everyone who posted such great pics. I REALLY want that gilded 2004. Magnificent.

It's very cool to see the Zambia Elephants. Please correct me if I'm wrong but I believe the Bavarian Mint minted the Zambia African Wildlife coins (1999-2003) than struck a similar deal with Somalia beginning the Somalia Elephant African Wildlife series (2004 to present) which has become quite popular due to many factors.

Before the Elephant Somalia had the Somalian Monkey coin. Link is here- http://worldsilverbullion.weebly.com/the-african-monkey.html . A US company minted the Somalia Monkey coins. The Monkey coins were not attractive and poorly minted.
 
I didn't know monkeys were minted in US ... their quality is not worse than that of early elephants (I have both and can judge looking at condition)... not many survived ... many were not kept as they should have kept, thus there's spot, tiny hairlines, toningn ...
don't forget, they are almost 15 year old coins

P.S. have 1999 for sale on eBay, if anyone interested
 
the gilded most likely are after market

seen too many elephants coins, some are great work of art, but the monkey were not good work, there should be a re-design and hence a new mint.
 
purple88 said:
Acme and alor (or anyone else) do you know the mintage of your colored and gilded Elephants? Especially the 2004-2008
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I have no info in regard to mintage, I am afraid.
 
Mintage for BU Somalia Elephants for 2004-2013 are below:

2004- 5k
2005- 5k
2006- 5k
2007- 5k
2008- 5k
2009- 130k
2010- 120k
2011- 170k
2012- 80k
2013- 140k

I'm still trying to find mintage numbers for the Zambian Elephants and the gilded and colored coins.

Were any Zambian coins gilded or colored at the Bavarian Mint? Anyone know?
 
If anyone is interested I have some Somalian Elephants for sale along with some Zambian Elephants. The Zambia Elephants are the true precursor series to the Somalian series.

Available are:

2004-2008 and 2010-2014 BU Somalia Elephants

2000 proof, 2000 colored, 2002 colored, and 2003 proof Zambia Elephants
 
If my post above is against the rules please politely tell me. I didn't find a rule against it on the forums.

If there is a rule against it I'm ebarrassed (I'm an idiot) and I apologize in advance. I'll delete my post asap.
 
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