Burning Maple Leaf Fire Black Ruthenium

@silveroid

I do like the flames flowing around the elephant actually lol. However, I am curious to see what the prices are in the end.... I am building a data base on prices before I bite.

I hadnt noticed that the Somalian elephant coins were now .9999 silver, yet another reason for stackers to buy them left and right lol

I am disappointed they basically just flipped the image of the elephant, tho I will let them slide on this since I am an elephant lover lol

Oh My~!! Stop showing me new stuff~!!!!!!!!!!!!

Not really, its still just colored/gold leaf bullion , kinda plain imo, I like Flames! Lots of Flames!

When this thread was first started a little over a year ago, several posters were very high on the 2014 Black Ruthenium Burning Maple Leaf coin and believed its market value had a very high long-term ceiling. Some of us cautioned otherwise, but its supporters were quite adamant. For a stretch, the conversation ceased being a pleasant exchange of opinions. (Take a minute or two to re-read the thread from the beginning and refresh yourself with the discussion.)

At one point, I posted that it was too early to tell how the market would ultimately view these coins and that, at the time, no one could be "right" or "wrong" about their future market value as the future was yet to be. I suggested that we return to the thread on May 1, 2016 to assess where things stood.

Well, I'm recalling it a bit later than planned, but based on the most recent "Sold" prices on ebay, I think a clear picture has emerged. The average selling price is lower than the original direct-purchase price back in March 2015, despite the fact the piece had a "mintage" (really a production run) of just 500.

Here are the prices of the 20 most recent sold pieces on ebay (all USD):

May-25: $61.00
May-22: $81.00
May-20: $69.99
May-08: $55.90
May-01: $81.00
Apr-21: $66.00
Apr-17: $76.00
Apr-12: $82.51
Apr-10: $127.50
Apr-07: $89.00
Apr-04: $129.95 [Buy it Now]
Apr-03: $91.00
Mar-30: $89.90
Mar-29: $89.99
Mar-28: $89.77
Mar-27: $97.00
Mar-21: $94.00
Mar-19: $100.00
Mar-17: $102.50
Mar-14: $102.50

The average selling price for these coins is $88.83 and the trend line is definitely down.

It's hard to argue with actual data!

I again caution those who choose to collect these privately-enhanced coins - collect them for enjoyment and because you like them (terrific reasons to collect something!) but not for their mid- or long-term investment potential.

Right on, also in Canada maybe regarded as a counterfeit enhancement.

9 years later....

I do not follow this up, and haven't checked the ebay, but saw one on sale at The Coin Shoppe:

https://thecoinshoppe.ca/product/bu...-toned-coin/

CAD 85, toned

Most likely the shop paid to former owner bullion price or slightly above.

I like this thread. This is another good reason that why we should only buy coins produced from reputable mint. This is another similar story: http://goccf.com/t/423743&whichpage=1 . The design is really good, topic is good, even some numismatic value for the people come from the island. But the mint is not reputable, made someone spend more than a thousand USD to buy this 10s years ago, and worth for only around 300 USD today, since the claimed gold foil is not actually gold foil but gold plated paper foil.