Lake Superior Coin

@ SPP-Ottawa an my fellow NCLT collectors:

This discussion reminds me of a very famous and fabulously funny Monty Python sketch, which I am happy to share with you here: (Skip the ad.)

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JaEt6YSkggc

I'm afraid aswitzer, it's really a waste of your time. You may have very valid points to back up your argument, but in the end it's futile.

Here's the short version: (Definitely a laugh and a half.)

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=f771wXxw2vs

SPP, that is the point everyone was making. That mintages, boxes, and other specifications are very relevant to NCLT collecting and that is why they come up in discussions so frequently here.

If you like NCLT just for the look of the coin, than that is your perspective. But there is no need to tell people to not discuss the other relevant factors about the coin. If my focus on NCLT coins was mintage, would it be reasonable for me to tell everyone else that discussion the look of the coin is irrelevant and a waste of time? Everything about the coin is relevant and should be talked about.

Scratch that. Mintage is 10K.

This thread has turned into a bunch of garbage. There are many people who have the same mentality as SPP, and a few other members that posted their similar views. There are more of us, We just have better things to do than pout about a wooden box, or mintages over and over. SPP posts 1 or 2 comments and he's apparently ganging up on someone? Have you counted and read your own comments since? People have been driven away from posting in this section because of petty, redundant talk of all the "unfair treatment of customers from the RCM" and how they can't make a buck or two. Boo hoo. Get a grip... Collect something else if no one is ever satisfied. Start a different thread with the heading "the mint lied again" or "I've called them 5 times today to order and cancel just to order again" I will stay away from posting on those ones. Maybe they would be more efficient if they weren't being harassed non stop with petty questions... I have purchased over $50,000 from them in the last 3 years and I have nothing to snarl about. The delayed shipping is a bummer but I got over it.. I buy what I like and appreciate if I get the perk of a fancier box. I always get a high quality item and I don't expect to profit or break even on any of my purchases.. Nothing material I buy increases in value.. Vehicles, jewellry, designer clothing and purses, furniture, other collectibles. It's tiring hearing about how people think NCLT coins are an exception. They aren't. I purchase my bullion with the hope it will increase in value over the next 30 years, but am not banking on it. Maybe a hobby like this is out of some people's league and they need to find something less expensive to collect that makes them happier or that they don't count on for profit return. Just my point of view which everyone is apparently entitled to.

If the mint tells me they will mint 10,000 then I expect them to do that and not more. If they mint less then whatever they do with the unsold inventory is up to them. Why does RCM promote the fact that certain coins have very low mintage? You see it all the time on their website. Scarcity and collecting go hand in hand for the majority of collectors. Seems like a conversion gone silly.

Different opinions for me isn't garbage.




Good for you, but it's not the case of everybody.




Well, maybe because you don't care about the investment so how you'll get a profit buying stuff nobody wants.

But many people do consider this a hobby and an investment.