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Rest in Peace
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Question: Are Johnson Matthey Cert's with 5 oz or 10 oz bars hard to find? I have never seen any before. Copymax can make you as many as you want. You have to remember, when those bars had $20-50 worth of silver content, a COA was just another annoying piece of paper to keep track of. Does your bank (or anyone else) give you a COA with each $20 or $50 bill? If you questioned that a $50 bill was counterfeit, would including a much-easier-to-fake COA change your mind? COAs are almost always just a sales gimmick, just like wrapping bars of silver in plastic, so you can't get a correct weight, size or SpG on them. This is why you won't find COAs on 400 ounce gold bars or the Moaning Loser. |
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Pillar of the Community
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I have thought about that an agree Biggfredd. COA is just a piece of mind. How easy could one copy a COA, the guy from the movie "Catch me if you can" could have been faking those back in the 60's....
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Pillar of the Community
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Great day at the show, congrats! It would have been fun to just tag along, watch you work the dealers. Did they give you a hand cart?
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Pillar of the Community
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Those America the Beautiful seems to be a must have set, 25 oz. of silver glory eh....
And those two stacks of Eagles there in the back ground look like a couple of power plant smoke stacks, lol....
Fantastic, happy birthday!!
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Valued Member
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Nice Assortment! Good prices! No Early Walker Birthday gift? Happy Birthday!
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Valued Member
United States
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That sounds like a fun day, congrats! And Happy Birthday!
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Pillar of the Community
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I'm green with envy, Trip... VERY nice haul and good prices to boot. WELL DONE!  Oh, and happy birthday, too!  Quote:
Question: Are Johnson Matthey Cert's with 5 oz or 10 oz bars hard to find? I have never seen any before. Not that I have seen. Both the J-M and Englehard silver and gold bars are widely bought, sold, and are easily recognized by anyone who buys / sells bullion bars. There have been some fakes out there, though; most likely from China. While a certificate of authenticity is a nice little add-on to have, I agree with Fred that it could be easily duplicated. Edited by Ed_B
05/21/2011 8:20 pm
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Thank you CC members for your responses. I really do appreciate them and I'm glad to know that I at least paid decent prices. The ATB set might have cost be a bit more (from a pure bullion perspective) but I was going to acquire it no matter what. Biggfredd is 110% right. I agree these JM certs are certainly possible to reproduce anytime at your local Copy/Office Max etc. It looks too easily reproduceable. With or without the certs, I would have still bought them (especially the 5 oz). I will say out of my entire purchase, I just look at this one Buffalo gold coin at least 2-3 times a day (until I get it out of my system) Just staring at it, as it stares back at me...  Edited by tripncoins
05/21/2011 8:55 pm
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Pillar of the Community
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I would sleep with that gold beauty under my pillow for a while, and give it a good morning kiss to start each day....
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I will say out of my entire purchase, I just look at this one Buffalo gold coin at least 2-3 times a day (until I get it out of my system) Well, Trip, that is the heck of it all. Your recent purchase has scratched your PM itch... for now!  |
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Nice purchase and what a great birthday present to yourself. Just wondering what the wife is getting for her birthday? LOL
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Pillar of the Community
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No wife - not/never married (yet) - no kids (that I know of at least) and 34.
Just working hard and investing hard.
(And dating women of course!).
Go Silver!
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Thats really a nice pick up! I can't wait for the next coin show coming up in June!
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Pillar of the Community
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My birthday is coming up. I thought I was going crazy ordering a 2011 Proof one ounce Buffalo. You really know how to throw a party!
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You got another gift heading your way, let me know if you ever want to trade some of that gold away. Thanks again Tripn
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