Golden ChipMunk said:silversearcher said:fishtaco said:I have been questioning these 4 9,s kangas since there announcement! why change your blanks to 4 9,s just for your lowest premium bullion coin and keep the rest 3 9,s? Why not make all the new blanks 4 9,s for all coins? why in fact change at all? Its not like 4 9 maples outsell 3 9,s ASE,s and PM has introduced this new low premium coin as competition to both maple and ase sales not just maples.
I wouldnt be surprised if the blanks were from RCM,s supplier and Australian coins minted in Perth then coins for north american sales could be minted in Canada with Canadian 4 9,s silver keeping all kangas the same
I also believe the Funnel web spider could also have been minted on Canadian sourced 4 9,s as a trial run and the reason they have all milked up just like Maples.
Just a personal theory but its plausible! Why change your blanks for just one coin when they have worked so well thus far on all other coins and will continue to do so on "all other coins"?
I agree Fishtaco...It doesn't seem plausible that any of these coins in this series are " WHOLLY " Australian. Even the damn tubes when full rattle. Thus damaging coins during transport. Does ring true to the standard of the Perth Mint ? Perth Mint are usually more professional with their product...This all sounds like cost cutting to me. And sourcing the cheapest tender.......Cheers
silversearcher said:goldpelican said:RCM mint their own blanks. Perth Mint mint their own blanks. That's definitive.
They're not in business with each other. More like arch nemesis competitors![]()
Of course they make their own blanks. Doesn't mean they don't sell their own blanks to other mints. Perth Mint do make blanks and export them ( Perth Mint advertise this ). No reason why The Canadian Mint doesn't do the same. Besides, if Perth Mint are now making 9999 blanks, wouldn't you want the use most pure silver in ALL COINS rather than 999 purity ? Unless that super pure silver is known to milk spot or have issues. Sorry GP, the new Kanga may well be struck in Perth, but I doubt that the origin of the silver does. And the same goes for Croc and the spider, something doesn't seem right. But hey, for those who just want cheap silver and are happy to resell when spot is higher this may fit the bill. They are what they are - A LOW PREMIUM COIN ...They have no collector value.
The Perth Mint and is now wholly owned by the Government of Western Australia and trades under the name "The Perth Mint". Under the current freedom of information laws such information should be able to obtain ( unless silver importation is - TOP SECRET and is exclusive under the current act ). No reason why any tax paying Australian citizen can't ask.....
Cheers
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Canada made????![]()
Canada Supplied Blanks????![]()
Source???
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Perth have their own refinery and their own factory.
They refine Silver and Gold...
http://www.goldbarsworldwide.com/PDF/RB_1_PerthMintRefinery.pdf
American iphones made in china when America has its own tech materials cheap labor force and know how? "well why not its a global economy dont you know"
Canadian 9999 silver blanks used by PM when they have their own refinery "impossible would never happen!" lol
I think the recent immediate milk spotting on PM funnel web spider coins is due to outsourced 4 9,s silver and its plausible, I dont know if its true and you dont know that its false, bit like the person who believes their Gucci bag was made in Italy because it cost a lot like Italian designer handbags used to cost when they "were" made in Italy.
9999 pure silver and only the best purest silver used for our new "low premium investment bullion silver coin"
999 pure silver and not quite the purest or best used for our "high premium traditionally high quality collector bullion coins" DOH! lol