Star Trek - RCM - 2016

The 20 for 20 may be the best design of all.

This one screams enhancement. Once the platers add some gold to the 50th insignia, it will (unfortunately) be even better IMO.

Maybe something like this....

Used to buy them from CP for gifts.
$5 extra, but it worth "sealed" presentation.

Thanks, CC-Ottawa, for the picture.
The 20for20 has a best design in all series (including the gold coin).

You right, Decadon.
At CP and Dealers, these coins were for 24.95 ($5 extra) and 100for100 priced 124.95 .....

Silveroid...noooo don't buy from Canada Post for $6 extra dollars. LOL

Just order it from Imaginaire.com for $20. It's sealed at Imaginaire, if you order $50, it ships free.

Lol. Some good information. In rebuttal of the summary over there, I didn't suggest that new coin collectors were buying to flip. I suggested that new flippers (I.e. high tier MC, and those lucky enough to buy from a dealer, who don't usually flip) seemed to be buying on spec. Coin collectors and flippers are different and have different and often specific knowledge...though sometimes the lines gets blurred.

My thesis was that the folks who generally flip everything (coins, stamps, cell phones, Pepsi cans, whatever) seemed to be sitting this one out (at least as a flipping opportunity) and that speaks volumes to me as far as reselling the coin.

Of course for those who have no intention of reselling, all of that is moot.

But knowing that you have a chance to order from CP at issue in September, would you pay a premium on ebay or elsewhere? Not likely at least until CP is sold out or you're an unformed or indifferent buyer - plenty of which ebay sales prove exist every day.

I agree with most of that but it still does not explain why the usually bullish flippers on RFD are taking a pass. Most of them are high level MC and had opportunity to buy the coin from the RCM with all the benefits you and others have noted - 4 months to evaluate the market, 30 day return, no money out of pocket until Sept/Oct. etc.

Everyone seems to think the coin will sell for over issue though how much over is debateable. So what's the downside for flippers? That is, why are they staying away? If it only sells for a $100 over issue in September, then don't sell it, send it back for a refund. If it sells for $1600-2000, then that's a pretty easy return. Are they just afraid of ebay scams because it's a higher value item?

Or...are the real flippers realizing that other are acting on their posts and they are now saying one thing on-line to throw those lurkers off, while doing another in the real world.

Believe it or not, a few years ago, some of the user at RFD proposed a private forum where they could have off line conversations. That was prompted by the belief that too many lurkers were buying up coins based on public posts. Maybe they did it.

I think justsilver confirmed that CP will be selling the delta in September though more confirmation couldn't hurt.