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Pillar of the Community
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as with all other gilded versions - coin loses its charm of being the coin
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Pillar of the Community
United States
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WOWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWW!! A gilded one,,, I am in!!! .... and yes ebay is the best place to get these. Several well known german dealers carry them. Order ASAP so you dont miss out, heck get two if you can afford it. I only picked up one but I really dig elephants on coins, I would have gladly bought two. |
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Pillar of the Community
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question for anyone out here... has anyone gotten the gilded one yet?
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Ok, just an update,, found a dealer that is selling these gilded coins presale, for auction on ebay, get in the action if you have an elephant itch to scratch,, I know I do lol |
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United States
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you guys see they have a colored version of this coin out also? looks pretty nice, check around ebay for it. |
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Canada
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Not as big on the colored coins. Did anyone pick up the gilded one?
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United States
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@silverleaf-
No I havent,, I was thinking about it too tho, have you been looking for Zambia coins still?
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I've seen gilded. As I expected it didn't touch my feelings (let alone colored) so instead I've bought more of the same common Benin elephants.
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Yup, I did pick up a 2003 Zambia elephant but haven't dug any deeper. Not many around and premiums seemed high. I find the 2003 looks most like it belongs with the Somalia series anyway.
The Gilded one looks nice, but also too high a premium.
I wonder what the next coin in this series will be like.
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@silverleaf
Yea they are.. BUT.... I think in this enviroment, as PM prices drop, these are the coins you buy and add to your collection. To me, seeing silver drop is a great time to snatch up coins that are missing in my collection.
Bekiz, are buying these in rolls or how? If dont mind me asking.. you know you really should be blogging about this sort of stuff, you have much experince with these type coins.
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yup, I've totaled Benin elephants to 10 coins, gonna sell some in Japan right now, and keep some for several years. Blogging about coins - good idea, may be some day in the future ... for now I prefer discussing coins in open forum with you guys as I have better idea of what is going on and what the trends are. Yup, I agree with you about silver being low and some coins are more affordable than before. The good thing about coins and silver is there are issues that were minted in the past with extremely low mintage. The coins were unnoticed back then and gaining popularity right now. The examples are 1974-1976 wild life series - 36 coins with the total mintage up to 7000 coins. Different countries, different animals, great designs. Another example I've bought several sets of Equatorial Guinea 1980 four coins with mintage of 1000 coins. The coins were not available a year ago and out of a sudden some appeared in the market for about $60-70 a piece. Current issues of coins are not even close to these issues as coins now are issued in tens of thousands and often lack good designs. here is Pakistan, about 35 gr  |
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Valued Member
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I just received the 2015 Benin elephant and it looks great. Is there any info on if this will be a set number series or ongoing as long as there's interest.
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hey Silverleaf! I just won an auction for one,,, boy has the price dropped hard on these, even the 2014 can be gotten for about a 40% discount on ebay on auctions. Did you see the 2015 kilo Benin elephants? As far as your question, I am not sure,,,, I sure wish they did a proof one tho... |
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I noticed that as well and the 2014 is cheaper to buy then the 2015.
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