New Superman Series

I dont understand your logic silveroid. You buy genuine superman coins you arent really interested in and now you are trying to legitimize the fake Superman coins that are undermining and ripping off honest collectors ......Ive had enough of wading through fake coinage also known as counterfeits to have any sympathy for these weak arguments......are you serious? or is this some kind of apres april fools joke you are playing here? Fake coins out of China have hurt our market big time and is part of the reason coin buyers are afraid of ebay...Silveroid ..are u really sure you want to promote fake Superman coins as an alternative to your idea of the evil and expensive RCM plot to make genuine original pop art coins? this is how you sound to me.....Think about it.....we are all getting hurt by replicas....now we are getting used to them...it doesn't mean we have to collect them too..but then ..each to his own..If you think Superman replicas are the way to go Silveroid then who am I to pass judgement?

Everything is like that though lol, take a car, it has what, $1000 worth of raw material but they charge $15k to millions of $ depending on the car.

Its all how its assembled / packaged and marketed that make people want to pay more then the raw material value.

Plus most people cant build a car from raw materials them selves.

Same with coins, can you mine your own silver? Can you refine your own silver? Can you make you own dies? Can you strike your own coins? Can you market your own coins? most people cant so this is why you pay the premium for something "Of Value"

Problem comes when there is too much of a good thing which devalues the product.

If I had one potato and 10 guys that have not eaten in 2 days, that potato is worth a high premium, if I have 10k potatoes then after the first few potatoes were sold , the rest would be less in demand / less premium.

Ugh I am rambling, there is a lesson here, don't drink and type.

They will do another Superman themed coin/s since they sold out of all the last two batches, is this smart? maybe to them it is as far as profits are concerned, but to the heath of the NCLT market, then no its not smart, but I don't think there is any stopping it now, companies main goals are profits and mostly they only look short term, worry about long term later.

Same as shipping your industries to china or some other foreign country , its all about more profits, be damned if it hurts the economy long term. When you take away $30 to $40 an hour jobs and replace them with minimum wage jobs at tim horton/ macdoalds etc, the economy cant help but slide into the crapper.

Its all about profit , common sense be damned, this is the way it is now or maybe has always been this way.




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I wouldnt call myself a collector of NCLT coins in general.....I prefer numismatic coins and ancient coins. NCLT coins are produced to satisfy sentimental needs of the population to commemorate events, ideas ,icons of popular culture and as well themes of nature and human endeavour. With such a huge range of expression to cover it is no wonder that most coin collectors will be enticed to buy some NCLT coins for personal reasons. This has slowly but surely become a worldwide business of all the major mints and the annual output of designs and technology has become staggering.......its good business as well ..when you take an ounze of silver currently worth about 17 USD and turn it into a product that is worth 100.00 or more that is pretty good business..This can easily engender a cynical view which is reflected in comments in this forum......I think you have to look at this NCLT phenomenon as ART on coins..It can only be compared to the Art market where originality always commands the best price and where fakes abound. The RCM has devoted itself to producing Art these days. The Superman theme has succeeded because it has a proven brand of 75 years and it will continue to outshine most of the RCM NCLT over the years....This in itself is a good enough reason to invest in it despite the proliferation of fakes. But I will still say that interest level is the only reason to invest in coins because that will keep the coins in your collection longer.....Those people who are offering 2014 Superman gold at slightly above issue price are giving others the opportunity to get in on the low 2000 mintage and in another year it will be very interesting to see how much these gold coins will cost..Even if there is another 2015 Superman release it will still increase in value along with the 2013 gold and provide even more incentive to get the new 2015 Superman series which will almost certainly materialize.....

Has anyone heard of fakes being made for the 2014 gold superman coin? The only one I was aware of was the replica one that is significantly bigger than the original. I sold my gold coin a few weeks back and the buyer seemed very skeptical of my coin saying that the Chinese are making fakes of them with the same mint packaging and fake COAs and everything. I bought mine right from the mint so I wasn't too worried about it but I tried looking up some information on them when I got home and couldn't seem to find anything.

SolarPenny

I would be wary about the buyer ,he may had bought the gold fake and will switch the gold with yours and say you sold him a fake.

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There have been fake holders on ebay as well. Of course, you can check the barcode, but who actually does that...
As a rule of thumb, only buy expensive coins from a trustworthy seller (actually read the feedback comments, don't just take a 99.9% positive rate for granted), even if it means paying a little extra.
The slabbing can be expensive and in most cases devalues your coin. A 69 coin typically sells for the same or less than a coin in OGP. Anything lower than 69 and it will cost you dearly...
I also noted from my own experience that slabbed coins are more likely to develop milk spots. Hence, I don't buy these.