Perth Mint Suspends Silver Dragon Orders

Matthew 26:14

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From Perth Mint Bullion today :-

Temporary Suspension Of Silver Dragon Orders

September 05 2011

Topics [ silver bullion coins Australian Lunar Year of the Dragon ]

Posted By David Kerbey

WEBSITE INFORMATION

With immediate effect we are temporarily suspending orders for 1/2oz, 2oz and 5oz 2012 Year of the Dragon silver bullion coins.

This decision has been taken in response to unprecedented levels of demand for these three sizes, which is stretching production capacity to the limit. A temporary suspension in order-taking is, therefore, required to enable us to re-stock these product lines and focus on fulfilling all existing orders as quickly as possible.

I emphasise that this move will enable our production to catch-up with orders and that it has nothing to do with the amount of silver available at The Perth Mint, of which there is ample.

Going forward, it is our intention to re-start production of 1/2oz silver bullion Dragons first. I will post as soon as I can with an announcement that we are taking orders again to ensure that you have access to at least one small Lunar coin.

I'd like to apologise for any inconvenience that this temporary suspension may cause. This year we planned significantly larger inventories of the Australian Lunar series to be available at launch, but even we've been surprised at the level of interest in what must be the most popular coins so far this year!
 
1oz looks to have gone from the Mint also, this message about the 1oz Dragons:

"Product not available. This product is currently not available for your region. Please try again later or choose another product in order to continue."
 
I smell a rat! Just building the hype IMHO... these things are going to outnumber the chinese. Now where would you invest in 1 oz coins? Canadian cougars? 2012 Kooks? Or try source some 2011 pandas? or other?

P.s. I don't mind the hype :D
 
Yep - I saw the 1/2oz, 2oz & 5oz removed a couple hours ago... was wondering why. Thanks for info.
 
2012 Kookaburras. They will sell out too. 2011 did and the mintage is still only 500,000 for this year.
 
They should have thought of this earlier in the year and installed some extra machines :)

JOKES!
 
OMS said:
http://www.ebay.com.au/itm/2012-1-k...=AU_Bullion&hash=item45fcc951c0#ht_876wt_1139

IS THIS A TYPO OR FOR REAL?

IE Mint website = 2012 Dragon Silver Proof 1kg Coin 2S1216AAAA AUS $ 2,190.00


The ebay seller is Bullion Bourse... I see they've sold 6 of those (on ebay)...

Seems that some people are too lazy (or too silly) to do a bit of 'due diligence' :P

Same item can be had here >> http://www.bullionbourse.com/#ecwid:category=584923&mode=product&product=2114686 ... same seller :rolleyes:


As already mentioned, 2S1216AAAA is the proof.. mintage 500, and no longer available from Perth Mint (sold out within an hour of release ;) )


:)
 
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