how about this for a coin?

[xrayspecs]

$750 sunk into a couple old Engelhard or Perth 10oz poured bars will get you a couple beautiful collectible items that weigh a total of 20oz and which you'll be able to get your money back out of. $750 into this coin gets you 6oz of pretty and I suspect little if any hope of ever getting your money back out of it.

Those who collect for the love of collecting, rather than the opportunity to flip or sell on for profit, aren't interested in whether they are going to get their money back. They aren't buying it to sell later, they are buying for keeps and I can't imagine anyone would buy a coin like this for anything other than the fact that they love the way it looks and it would make a great addition to their intrinsic collection

As with any collector who does so for the love of collecting we often pay more than what others deem appropriate for something, simply because we can and we want that item for our collection, sometimes at any cost haha That goes for any collectable It seems to be one area where stackers just don't "get it"

 

[xrayspecs]

I do believe this is the coin CK was talking about on Sunday, won coin of the year in Berlin, can anyone confirm?

Surprisingly it wasn't even nominated... The Dutch coin with a QR code won
http://i1273.photobucket.com/albums...B588AE66-156-00000008A3332603_zps3c5e55a8.jpg
Source:http://news.coinupdate.com/royal-dutch-mint-takes-top-prize-at-coty-awards-1838/

Not really surprisingly, as it was only released a couple of months ago. Coin of the year tend to be a couple of years behind, don't they?

 

[Melty]

Fortuna Redux
on sale at apmex for only $860
$884 w/ a CC

 

[Andelis]

Wow the technique and work that has gone into that coin is really impressive. Not to discredit what they have achieved here, but I feel like coins are getting to a point where mints will create anything to be novel and different... we have them in many shapes (round, rectangle, triangle, map-shaped) and widths with distortions and varying relief.. could a legal tender obverse be potentially stamped on any lump /sculpted piece of silver and deemed a coin? What is the limiting factor? Having two sides?

 

[Melty]

could a legal tender obverse be potentially stamped on any lump /sculpted piece of silver and deemed a coin? What is the limiting factor? Having two sides?

round? because the redux has 3 sides.

hehe put a little loop on the redux and would make a great fishing sinker.

I want a silver Dark Side of the Moon square... The black would be prooflike and the prism frosted, with the colors colored. Made out of platinum (like the record went platinum)

That video is pretty impressive the amount of work that is put into making the die.

I can see this coin making alot of controversy for the 'coin toss' prior to Sunday football games.

or using it in a vending machine haha

 

[Melty]

does anyone know where they are for sale in euroland?

Im waiting for the euro to collapse a bit more and then swoop in w/ my $$ and buy it on the cheap.

 

[xrayspecs]

could a legal tender obverse be potentially stamped on any lump /sculpted piece of silver and deemed a coin? What is the limiting factor? Having two sides?

They're certainly moving towards "lump" shapes here haha

That being said I actually like this coin

But my take is that it's all just supply and demand. These novelty coins are selling more and more, so more and more mints are making a variety of "innovative" coinage. To have more flexibility on designs and faster approvals they issue through pacific nations but even Royal Australian Mint is making diamond shapes and coloured coins so it's clear where the money is being spent.

 

[robertc400]

Does anybody reacon the price will take off once all coins sold?

 

[TreasureHunter]

They wrote "glided coin" instead of "gilded coin"...