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Henry M Smith Valued Member United States 337 Posts	Posted 01/20/2014 12:51 pm Poll Question Of the two, the Royal Australian Mint and the Perth Mint, which is your favorite? And, if you don't mind adding a comment, why? Poll Choices The Royal Australian Mint The Perth Mint Report this Post to the Staff

Nevol Formerly nancyc Australia 5385 Posts	Posted 01/20/2014 4:32 pm I only buy 'real' coins, not souvenir trinkets at highly inflated prices which is what the PM sells. Sorry to any PM customers, just my humble opinion. life is a mystery to be lived not a problem to be solved Report this Post to the Staff
b_j_w_79 Valued Member Australia 414 Posts	Posted 01/20/2014 4:37 pm RAM all the way for me! Report this Post to the Staff
shanew Pillar of the Community Australia 1041 Posts	Posted 01/20/2014 5:16 pm I don't buy there stuff Report this Post to the Staff
Jeff Pillar of the Community Australia 877 Posts	Posted 01/20/2014 8:32 pm No Granny bait for me either. Report this Post to the Staff
Sap Moderator Australia 16806 Posts	Posted 01/20/2014 11:33 pm I too would rather spend my money on old coins with "real history" rather than modern NCLT. But if I had to choose between the two, I'd pick the RAM. The two mints have distinctly different artistic styles, and I simply prefer the look of RAM products. Don't say "infinitely" when you mean "very"; otherwise, you'll have no word left when you want to talk about something really infinite. - C. S. Lewis Report this Post to the Staff
mrcruise Pillar of the Community Australia 552 Posts	Posted 01/22/2014 06:48 am I'd pick neither I would support any mint that puts collectors first rather than profit but that will never happen Report this Post to the Staff
Henry M Smith Valued Member United States 337 Posts	Posted 01/22/2014 5:54 pm As for a mint that puts collectors first, maybe what was started in Canada will catch on. The Royal Canadian Mint sells $20 and $100 coins for face value. These are silver commemoratives. And small quantities of quarters and other coins. The problem is they do not sell these specials worldwide. Now, The Royal Mint in the U. K. started selling 20 pound coins for 20 pounds. Perhaps an Australian mint can see the value of helping collectors get a real interest. Perhaps they just did not think of it yet. Report this Post to the Staff
mrcruise Pillar of the Community Australia 552 Posts	Posted 01/23/2014 05:34 am Thanks for that info Henry, wasn't aware of that That does give me hope that perhaps it will catch on with Perth Mint & RAM...but I must ask - what percentage of precious metal is in those coins If it does I'll certainly be back on board rather than buying from ebay I would be even happy if they release coins only without packaging with a markup....that's a start But paying $80+ for 1 oz coin is not my cup of tea - more than happy to wait a year or 2 and pcik up for $50 or less Let's not forget, the majority of collectors are not made of money Report this Post to the Staff
FNQ Pillar of the Community Australia 507 Posts	Posted 01/23/2014 12:58 pm The £20 coin is just over half an ounce of 0.999 fine silver Report this Post to the Staff
robster Pillar of the Community Australia 674 Posts	Posted 01/23/2014 6:32 pm Perth Mint advertising on a Telstra Phonecard. Report this Post to the Staff
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