Fab 15

I've never been able to view my F15 series on my mint account. Only my regular orders.

Rogerd

I won't worry about it. The series is almost done. Thanks for the info

I did receive my Somali elephant today. Gorgeous coin.

Silverlynx
This is tough to answer as I had the 2011 and you have the 2012. From reading past posts for this topic a lot of people have cancelled the 2011 subscription with a guess of only 600 still remaining for the complete set. They have also said that they doubled the mintage from 5000 to 10,000 for the 2012 set vs. the 2011 set.

Others have commented that they don't want to pay $95 for an ounce of silver and in some cases less than an ounce when they can get the same coin cheaper. And I agree with this other than the fact that;
1. Some of these do have F15 privy marks which you can't get anywhere else.
2. Harder to find coins on your own. Andorra, Spain, African ones..
3. You do get the box and the watch free which is a bonus and alleviates the cost per coin
4. I don't pay for shipping because I'm MC member. Shipping is cheap for non MC members. It's in an envelope to ship.
5. Some of the coins are actually pricier on ebay

I am happy with my purchase. I'm glad I got the set. I have coins from around the world that I wouldn't have had otherwise. I did not purchase the 2012 set because it has taken an extended time to complete the 2011 set. If it would have been completed and the 2012 would have offered different coins I probably would have bought it. this is a set I intend on having for a long time.

I've seen the F15 2011 maple go for $300-350. So if and when I do decide to sell and get a price like that for my maple, it has paid for 3 other coins in that set as well. And you never know what silver will do in future.

Today the 2011 Kangaroo at sunset BU arrived in the mail. Sure I have a few of the proof versions and like them but having this one in the set has really stoked the fire!

This coin is a nice contrast to the proof and has a great eye appeal.





@Coin Chick Are you sure it was the 2011 F15 Maple that fetched three hundred and some dollars? It's not really that nice in quality, the field is far too grainy to deserve a price like that.

Anyway the F15 sub has a lot fewer sets than 600, with the delays, lack of communication regarding the set and high prices my guess is that there will be less than 430 sets completed. It is unfortunate that the follow through on this set was poorly managed and is likely to have cost much more than was projected. This is one of the reasons I chose to complete the set.

Through adversity there is redemption.

Holy smokes, the current owner wanted that Maple pretty bad.

That last set of pics didn't do the coins justice. Here we go again!

Since no one is posting the actual coins in pictures...

South Africa John Coatzee:








Spain Palma Castell de Bellver:







2011 Republic of Rwanda - African Zebra:







2011 France The Sower:





Minus the Andorran Eagle, which has been posted on this thread already, the bullion can be viewed elsewhere as its common.

@Hobbes The proof did not come with the square holder. Those square holders come with the coins of the 2011 F15 set, I haven't been able to find more anywhere else. Not that anyone should want them as they open far too easy and are not airtight.

@SilverLynx You are correct, the Palma and the Coetzee really should not be in the set as they are both 15gram items. Both coins were acquired after many people cancelled their orders, they were bought on the cheap (no buyers for these items) to try to stem the financial losses incurred this is my best guess as to why they are in the set.

There are many other Mints that make some wonderful coins for this not to be true. Sure wish we had gotten a coin from Russia in the set like we were supposed to get.

@poboxw, I recall reading stories which the black inserts deteriorate over time and damage the coin. Will it be the case with these ones?