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New Member
Canada
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Alright, so I don't much about coins, but I just know that my brother loves collecting coins, and he loves Star Wars, so when my mom & I saw this
<<<Editing a staff removed link is a no no. Maybe a short vacation will help you understand our rules here. Please contact admin@coincommunity.com to express your willingness to adhere by the same rules everyone else is held to.>>>, we had to pick it up for him as a Christmas gift! Except we purchased ours from The Shopping Channel (not allowed to post the link for some reason).
When it arrived, we were quite shocked to see it did not come with a certificate of authenticity. Again, I don't know much about coins, but I do know if something is mint (these coins are mint to just 25,000), I figured it should have a COA. I got on the phone with The Shopping Channel right away, and they of course had no idea what they were talking about. The girl told me these coins are from The Canadian Coin & Currency Corp, not from The New Zealand Mint, so that's why it doesn't have a COA. I then got in contact with The New Zealand Mint, but over a week later, I haven't received a response back... I have sent a few e-mails during this past week but I just keep getting told "I will follow up with the Mint Master and see where he has got to with your enquiry" but then no response. It should not take them this long to look in to this matter.
I just want to know why this set of coins would not come with a COA if they have a mintage. Without a COA, they're worthless, and they can be mass-produced.
So, I've joined this forum in hopes someone here can help me understand why this set wouldn't come with a COA or if it should have indeed come with one.
Help here would be greatly appreciated.
Thanks! Edited by blue_firefly
11/21/2013 9:50 pm
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Rest in Peace
 United States
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I think you are attatching way to much importance to the COA. They are really pretty meaningless. First off, they are not in any way tied to a specific coin or set. Also, if someone counterfeits a coin, faking the COA is even easier. Having a COA in no way limits the mintage, US mint proof sets have COA's, and are produced in the millions, COA and all.
As to that set, whether or not it should have a COA I don't know, but to a coin collector it wouldn't make any difference. Those are at best NCLT (non circulating legal tender) coins produced by someone using a flag of convenience country. They are in the eyes of most collectors "not real coins" and are collected just as an added fun little extra.
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Posted 11/21/2013 9:09 pm
