Goddesses of Olympus -2015- 2oz Athena
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barsenault
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I think all the other details are pretty nice. I'm sure they'll stand out nicely. 
It's just the hideous he, she, it image that distracts. 
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It's just the hideous he, she, it image that distracts. . 
mmissinglink
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This goddess, scintilating and beautiful, is worth exchanging some of your fiat money for....
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-j-p-shmorgan
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Gorgeous coin....insane premium. lol
I like the Athena - all the motifs and symbols are nicely done. Loving those eyebrows in high relief ! I'm certainly up for buying one tomorrow.
Hera is probably uglier - but a magnificent coin in the hand. Athena will be to. I think the Perth Mint minting process for these coins is clever and demonstrates well their new technique.
In comparison to the The Britannia Proof from 2014 - as beautiful as Una and the Lion are.. for me, it is ruined by the "prison planet" symbolism in the background.
Hera is probably uglier - but a magnificent coin in the hand. Athena will be to. I think the Perth Mint minting process for these coins is clever and demonstrates well their new technique.
In comparison to the The Britannia Proof from 2014 - as beautiful as Una and the Lion are.. for me, it is ruined by the "prison planet" symbolism in the background.
Gatito Bandito
Active Member
Even if the bearded-woman's face isn't all that bad in person, that it's just an optical illusion of the image..
"She" still has man-hands. And there's no getting around that.
The rest of the design doesn't look half-bad, IMO.
Still ain't gonna get it, though..
"She" still has man-hands. And there's no getting around that.
The rest of the design doesn't look half-bad, IMO.
Still ain't gonna get it, though..
mmissinglink
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milkyspot said:
Overpriced, depending on which seller you are looking at. Overprized ...maybe...by those who believe that the 2014 5 oz proof Britannia is one of the finest silver coin designs produced by any mint in a long time.
What would you say is a fair price?
What's bizarre, and I'm not pointing the finger at you milkyspot (because I don't know you), is that almost every person who says that a particular collector coin is overpriced will pay similar or very high premiums for another collector coin or piece of silver which is way over the current spot price of silver as well. This happens all the time and many of times for coins or silver products that are not nearly as scarce as the 2014 proof Britannia or not nearly as much production time / resources going into it as a coin like the 2014 proof Britannia.
My argument in favor of the high value of the 2014 5 oz proof Britannia (I'm not talking about the nearly USD $5,000 that one seller may be asking for an ungraded version but closer to the USD $1,500 - $1,750 mark) is that it is a remarkably well designed and aesthetically exceptional coin by a designer / sculptor who is apparently a big deal now for the RM. It's also the first (ultra) high relief proof Britannia ever. An incredible amount of work was put into the creation of this coin....each coin is struck numerous times as just one example. I would call this coin a benchmark coin because it exemplifies the highest degree of coin design and production by one of the oldest continuously operating and highly regarded mints in the world, the Royal Mint. It's anything but your average coin. The mintage is very low and demand in the after market has been significant (though at the moment it may be not strong).
When the 2015 high relief proof Britannia arrives on the market, demand for the 2014 Britannia may drive up again.
Either way, and no matter what someone perceives the value of the 2014 5 oz proof Britannia, I think there's generally little disagreement that the design is a real winner.
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mmissinglink
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Trident said:
For many of us, the orthographic projection lines on top of a frosted silver globe are part of the high appeal of the overall design.
SilverPete said:
SilverPete, you crack me up all the time. Thanks for making this forum fun!
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mmissinglink
Active Member
milkyspot said:
First of all, no one that I know of is selling the 5 oz silver Britannia for USD $8183.25 (7500). You can get it for significantly less than that.
Secondly, if you are interested only in flipping coins, then it's really bad thinking to even consider the price of a very low mintage proof Britannia that has been sold out for nearly a year.
Next, comparing a very scarce (low mintage), highly sought after (ultra) high relief proof collector 5 oz 2014 Britannia coin to a 1 oz bullion Maple leaf (which is of much, much, much, much inferior quality and minted by the tens of millions) is an absurd thing to do.
Clearly, you put very little to no value into anything but purity and weight of a chunk of silver (which I'm okay with that part). Because you do that, you'd be way overpaying if you buy Maples and old gold coins because the premiums on such coins is too high. Instead, you should be buying only silver shot http://www.apmex.com/product/43773/25-kilo-bag-silver-grain-shot-9999-fine-peoles-803-75-oz or silver or gold blobs (non-denomination, generic, common, bullion bars or rounds) which have the lowest premium around.
Comparing a common low grade bullion silver coin to a 2014 proof Britannia is like comparing this sculpture:
to this:
It just doesn't make any sense at all to do it.
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