Wedge Tailed Eagle bullion coin

I hear that this bullion coin will in fact be a series, each year a releases, is this correct? And if so, will the design be the same each year?
 
AgAuNEWS said:
Seen it reported that the mintage is 50,000 and it's exclusive to Ainslie Bullion in Australia and GovMint everywhere else.
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chrissilver said:
Mintage is 300,000 according to ArgentAgent47 who got an allocation of 250
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Hmm this is very conflicting info on the mintage, and exclusivity. ArgentAgent47 is based in the US, so if he got an allocation, then it's not exclusive to govmint. Someone is bound to be wrong between these two posts.
 
iluvbeanz said:
AgAuNEWS said:
Seen it reported that the mintage is 50,000 and it's exclusive to Ainslie Bullion in Australia and GovMint everywhere else.
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chrissilver said:
Mintage is 300,000 according to ArgentAgent47 who got an allocation of 250
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Hmm this is very conflicting info on the mintage, and exclusivity. ArgentAgent47 is based in the US, so if he got an allocation, then it's not exclusive to govmint. Someone is bound to be wrong between these two posts.
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He might of got those 250 direct from govmint? I do not know, but I saw him post a comment on YT that he got 250 and that the mintage is 300,000.
 
AgAuNEWS said:
http://world.mintnewsblog.com/2014/...an-wedge-tailed-eagle-silver-coins-available/
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I reached out to the Perth Mint and was able to obtain some additional details on the offering. The 2014 Australian Wedge Tailed Eagle Silver Bullion Coins will be sold exclusively by GovMint worldwide, with the exception of Australia where it will be sold by Ainslie Bullion. The total mintage for this version will be 50,000 pieces.
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This is my understanding. Was not made available to other Australian distributors. The bullion sample I saw was in a capsule. It is in a different layout/font style to the Kookaburra/Koala coins. Looked good.
 
Disappointed, I received the e-mail, then ordered and paid for it
as you can see, even now on their website it says "In Stock"

Until you pay for it and then it comes up as "Back-ordered"

This is mis-leading as far as I am concerned, I am not their banker and didn't agree to "loan" them my money
I see a product that is for sale and in stock, and still being advertised as in stock, I expect it to ship
So if you plan on buying one, be warned of this practice

http://www.govmint.com/2014-australia-1-oz-wedge-tailed-silver-eagle-pcgs-ms70.html

see images
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then after clicking, buying, and paying this comes up


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From the govtmint

Highlights

Year Issue: 2014
Country Origin: Australia
Composition Type: Silver
Denomination: 1.00
Grade Type: BU
Condition Type: Uncirculated
Purity: 0.9990
Coin Weight: 31.1 Grams - g
Mint Name: Perth Mint
Dimensions: 40.6 MM
Currency Type: Dollar
Mintage: Unlimited
 
From the govmint website "Mintage: Unlimited"

Can anyone confirm if this is correct, or if an error on their website?
 
I've never buy slapped coins before so what does gem mean? Since it is the cheapest of the three, I am only assume it's the worse. Which one are u folks buying? The $99 one seem a bit excessive for a bullion coin. Granted there's an autograph.
 
"GEM" means that PCGS did not assign a grade to it. In this case, any GEMs you see means it did not get MS69 or MS70. Seeing how these are from Perth, quality of GEM should still be pretty good. I'd wager that they're better than the croc bullion coins (on average).
 
I think you can request the GEM grade to be assigned instead of MS68 or lower if it doesn't make 69/70. That way you don't get back a whole bunch of 66/67/68 graded coins that no-one wants to buy.

Basically an "a collectible example of this issue" grade.
 
You can always crack it open and put it in a capsule, but then you'd lose PCGS slab and the Mercanti signature. I believed he hand-signed all of the labels rather than just a mass printed signature.
 
There are pictures of him actually signing the labels, pretty small signature! I don't want to pay $30 for a slabbed "GEM" only to bust it open. If there really are 50K of these, even Govmint could not have gotten them all slabbed. Could they? Need a source for buying these by the tube.
 
TasmaniaChrismy said:
Anyone has credible source to confirm the mintage limit?
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Well if being told direct by the wholesale manager of the Perth Mint isn't credible enough...
 
goldpelican said:
TasmaniaChrismy said:
Anyone has credible source to confirm the mintage limit?
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Well if being told direct by the wholesale manager of the Perth Mint isn't credible enough...
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I have heard that the 50,000 mintage that Perth Mint are publicly stating is in fact the mintage allocated to govmint, and that Perth Mint have the right to produce up to another 250,000 for themselves. If true, then this is very deceptive of them, they should be honest from the beginning. Though I would welcome an additional 250,000 so that I can buy an ungraded version.
 
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