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Canada
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I mean all the coins including the F15 coins. Are the F15 coins besides the Canadian Maple Leaf worth even close to $100 each? I've been on the fence about getting 1 subscription.
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Germany
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jsinger21...
IMO even the privy coins to me are not worth as much as they sell for which is usually between 100-150. Its kind of a gimmick to me but I can understand why some would like to have them in their collection because they are unique in its own way. My advice for you is to get them separate and you will save yourself a lot of money, enough money to expand your F15 collection to more than 20 coins like I did. The list below of what this years set will look like. I have highlighted the ones you can readily buy for much less than the $100 that the mint charges for each coin. Not sure about the other ones but my best guess is that they cost nowhere close to $100
1. Canada
2. UK
3. US
4. Austria
5. China
6. Aussie - Koala
7. Mexico
8. France (.900 Hero?)
9. Rwanda
10. Ukraine
11. Aussie - Kangaroo
12. Laos (some sort of special coin with gold in it)
13. Belarus
14. Andorra
15. Aussie - Kookaberra
Im not sure about the other ones but they shouldnt sell for $100. My best advice is to buy the coins separate, get yourself a nice presentation box and save yourself all that money. You can even go as far as getting the set as it was meant to be releassed by the mint and add the bullion coins from the list I provided that way you have a set that encompasses what the mint released and a bullion set from all over the world.
I believe the intention of this set is to display bullion coins from different countries but the mint has steered away from that and threw in there some random world coins to fill in.
Bottom line...save yourself the money you would spend on a subscription and spend your savings on more coins to make your set bigger and still have a set just like it was released by the mint
Edited by rodzm
05/30/2013 11:59 pm
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Canada
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 Absolutelly correct. Even if you have enough budget - better to collect them separately. This set isn't real F15 (3 coins from Australia - why?) , BU for the price of Proofs. On the CCF I do not remember someone, who wrote, that it actually great set. |
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Germany
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So I was finally able to locate one of the Ukraine 1 Hryvnia 2013 silver coins. Only two left by a seller in the Ukraine at $49 plus $15 shipping. Not bullion price by any means but to locate these have been near impossible. He still has one left http://www.ebay.com/itm/SILVER-Ukra...em27d3c07010 |
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Canada
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Good find, rodzmunfortunately I late and these coins sold out he still has something different for $110....but this priced as Numismatic and IMO doesn't really represent this country. Will search again. I finally decided for my F15 to take out RCM staff from this box (I have 8 coins) and to put there almost the same, but Proofs, plus some more in order to reach 15 coins. Added: Just searched ebay - they, Ukraine, has many nicely designed and themed Proof 1 or 2 oz silver coins. With capsule, COA and box. But all of them - .925 Silver (mentioned Standard Silver). So, nice to have couple of them, but they not F15. As a Commemorative - good coins, but not a bullion. Will search for the one, that rodzm mentioned (btw, it seems to be single and first Ukraine bullion). Edited by Silveroid
06/11/2013 3:09 pm
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Canada
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got my 2013 F15 SML in today pardon the bad pic. I did a cell phone pic for reddit and grouped it with my APMEX order that just came in. http://imgur.com/Dq7keWC |
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Germany
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So the Perth Mint now has another new series of bullion coins. The Australian Stock Horse is limited to 10,000 coins annually and the are selling for around 50-60 dollars  Looks like another for the set |
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Canada
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The Fab 15 from the RCM inspired me to create my own pure silver set. Unfortunately for the RCM, it wasn't starting with theirs. I figured 2013 is the year I go crazy on a complete set. There are a lot of silver coins produced so the criteria of my set is simple. Coins must be 1 oz or 31.1g and .999 silver or fine silver marked on the coin with the exception of the New Zealand Kiwi, Cameroon Cross River Gorilla and Burkina Faso. Here is a list of the coins I have purchased. Only awaiting 5 or so more to arrive before I have all the coins in my possession. The coins stated below is the order I have them arranged in my 60 coin mahogany box. It took some time researching, searching, purchasing and spending money to get this set to where it is at but I'm happy I did once it is completed. 1. Andorra Eagle BU 2. Armenia Noah's Ark BU 3. Australia Kangaroo BU 4. Australia Koala BU 5. Australia Kookaburra w/ Snake Privy BU 6. Austria Vienna Philharmonic BU 7. Canada Maple Leaf w/ Snake Privy SPECIMEN 8. China Panda BU 9. Cook Islands Bounty BU 10. Fiji Taku BU 11. Gabon Springbok BU 12. Isle of Man Siberian Cat PROOF 13. Mexico Libertad PROOF 14. New Zealand Kiwi BU 15. Rwanda Cheetah w/ F15 Privy BU 16. Somalia Elephant w/ Snake Privy BU 17. Suriname Map BU 18. Ukraine Archangel BU 19. United Kingdom Britannia w/ Snake Privy on Rim BU 20. United States Eagle PROOF 21. Australia Stock Horse BU 22. Australia Kangaroo In The Outback w/ F15 Privy PROOF 23. Canada Maple Leaf w/ F15 Privy BU 24. Canada Antelope BU 25. Canada Bison BU 26. Belarus Ballerina w/ F15 Privy BU (Just purchased on ebay today) 27. Cameroon Cross River Gorilla 28. Australia Bindi BU 29. Burkina Faso Holy Crocodile ANTIQUE FINISH 30. Tokelau Pacific Crocodile ANTIQUE FINISH 31. Mongolia Argali Ovis Ammon ANTIQUE FINISH w/ Swarovski Crystals I also have (10) Year Of The Snake from Australia (2) Somaliland BU Tokelau BU Cameroon GILDED (not 1oz) Pitcairns GILDED Canada PROOF China PROOF Singapore PROOF (Not 1oz) Taiwan PROOF If you can think of any other coins that I may have overlooked, let me know so I can try to make this the most complete 2013 pure silver coin set. I have no interest in coloured pure silver coins and there are way too many |
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Canada
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Just received the very last coin from the 2012 F15 series. I've kept a couple but sent most of them back. Of all of them the 1st, the Maple is the best of the bunch and priced right. I have the Rwanda Rhino (privy F15) and just got the Cook Island Tiki (privy F15). It's pretty cool and a keeper, most of the collection was just BU but this one is actually proof. I'd post a picture but so far I've not had much luck. Awesome site. cheers and respect to all.
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Canada
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Ok so I just did a search on the Cook Island F15 Tiki. It's like it doesn't exist, does any one out there have any idea what I just purchased? One ounce, 999, 10 dollar face value.
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Canada
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I went and ordered 3 sets of the F15 (the maximum), as the "first" coin - the silver maple leaf - was an introductory price of $60 and the wood box comes with the 3rd coin. My thought was to cancel my subscription after the 3rd coin, and the boxes. But something weird happened today, the 2nd coin (the Britannia) came up as shipped while the 1st coin is still processing. I called, and the SML have been delayed, so they went ahead and sent the Britannia as the 1st coins and the SML will come as the 2nd coin. Also, the box has been delayed to the 5th coin. Nice scam by the RCM, give an "introductory" price that is actually later on, and then make you buy 5 coins instead of 3 for the box. No notice, no update to the website. I wasn't going to keep the subscription this long anyways, but if anyone is interested the watch has also now been delayed to the 6th coin (also not updated on the website). I'm going to cancel the entire subscriptions and return the Britannia coin, not happy with how this went. |
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Germany
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@rp14...wow that really blows. Things like this is what one can expect and I'm pretty sure people have tried the whole cancellation thing in the past just to get the one coin and box.
On a side note I recently acquired bullion coins 24 and 25 being the Australian Stock Horse and the Ukrainian 1 Hryvnia. The set has now cost me less than $1,000 for all 25 coins. Not bad and the set is a lot nicer IMO than the mint set
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Canada
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Waiting to receive my F15 maple and then I will cancel the subscription.
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Pillar of the Community
Canada
6768 Posts |
This subscription could bring to RCM additional profit, if they would pricing it properly, or in alternative - for $95 supply the coins that really proved to be best bullion from the 15 countries. |
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Canada
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I went and ordered 3 sets of the F15 ...been there,done that and bought the t-shirt... Back in 2011, I had no intentions of cancelling my 3 subscriptions because I was under the impression that all 15 coins would be F15 issues. When I started receiving the coins, silver was at $45 and climbing. So I bit the bullet and I resigned myself to over paying by hoping silver would continue its ascent. But that was not to be... In 2011 they did send the SML first but the next 4 coins were all bullion and then they sent the box and watch. Obviously, if the RCM were to send all the F15 coins first, everybody would have cancelled their subscriptions to be sure. Like I said here before, this collection, 3 total was THE worst silver purchases I ever made since I started buying in 2007. I couldn't even sell one of them at cost when silver was at $30. Go figure. Not even the COA's and paper work elevates the value. RCM is barred from my supplier list a long time ago. Almost nothing they have for sale is worth their prices. Not even their $20 for $20 is worth it really. If silver climbs to $80 an ounce, then yes but certainly not now. rodzm has the smartest idea by creating his own collection instead of overpaying for silver and giving RCM profits they don't deserve. |
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