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Valued Member
Cyprus
349 Posts |
some of the Perth Mint coins go up in price some don't.
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Valued Member
195 Posts |
An over expensive novelty,in this case its a coin Kmart, Big W ,Walmart ,Toys'r'us ,Target sell same theme but diffence is they sell stuffed toys,games,software Novelty until next new movie then theirs another batch of novelties and former ones are forgotten
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Bedrock of the Community
Australia
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You had all better believe Sap, he has got it 100% right. They are as equally successful as the Royal Australian Mint in the marketing of NCLT's, but they do not make Australian coins for circulation. Perth Mint also has a very successful bullion coin business.
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Pillar of the Community
United States
1064 Posts |
I'm with Sap, and I'm sorry to see another commercial, just overwhelmed with them in today's world...
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Bedrock of the Community
United States
10038 Posts |
 Hmm... it seems to me in the past I once told a friend (something to the effect of) coins were becoming so commercialized the next thing we would see would be Ninja Turtle quarters! I don't know. Maybe my age is showing. But I miss the days when special coins were made commemorating historic events such as the US bicentennial. Although I admit some of the contemporary designers hit an area I like, I dislike seeing massive amounts of commercialism on coins. What next - a tribute to the invention of the Big Mac or Twinkie?
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Pillar of the Community
United States
4778 Posts |
how do these things even get past the idea stage?
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Valued Member
Poland
114 Posts |
There are probably enough people buying them to make minting them profitable.
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Pillar of the Community
United States
1391 Posts |
AlmostCollectible, I saw you post and thought... 
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Valued Member
195 Posts |
Great demotivational allranger send that to Perth Mint
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New Member
Australia
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I don't believe in coloured coins at $115 an OZ I was talking to a Melbourne dealer about them,he said they haven't minted all of them yet They wait until they have enough orders,The Germans mints order colored coins & repackage them them self's.
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Valued Member
United States
406 Posts |
I hope the US mint doesn't get word of this, it might give them ideas... I don't want to have to buy a Dansco album for the new 2022-2036 Autobot Quarter series. 
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Forum Mom
 United States
5877 Posts |
I have been excited about these coins ever since I first saw them in 2009. My youngest son (17) has been collecting Transformers since he was little and is now adding some very expensive and valuable ones to his collection of almost 1000. These coins give me a way to combine my hobby and his into one. I plan on getting him all five that are available for Christmas this year. I know he'll absolutely love them and they are still a good investment, even if they are selling for 3x spot price. From what I have seen, there is a big Transformers collector market out there. I am sure that it has proven to be very profitable for the Perth Mint to mint these. As far as whether Transformers are an appropriate coin design, I do not feel that this is any more inappropriate than putting the US First Ladies on gold coins. To be honest, I find the Transformers coins a lot more desirable as collectibles than those.
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Bedrock of the Community
United States
14454 Posts |
some of the stuff they have been putting out here the past few years just renditions me of something that I would expect national collector mint or one of the other private mints to be pushing
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Pillar of the Community
United States
619 Posts |
Ah yes, the 2011 Walking Megatron. 
Edited by CPC24 07/15/2011 07:59 am
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Valued Member
195 Posts |
I purchase the normal circulated type coin sets from RAM only each year
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