What Makes You Choose A RCM Coin? [poll]

Feel free if you have an opinion that isn't in the choices to express it below :)

Oops! That's a massively important factor I forgot to add :)

Sounds like the definition of an investment.

Anyone who buys for that reason ought to invest in a Charltons - Vol 2 first and study mintages versus market price. Recent past history is a valuable reference!

Yeah, I'm still trying to wrap my head around that... I see mintage #'s on some fairly nice designs at, for example, 8500. To me, that seems rather small, but I gather it's relatively huge in relation to "coins likely to appreciate due to rarity" and folks would rather see... what? under 5k? under 2k? under 1k? something silly-small?

I see 8500 mintage and think it might be hard to find in a few years, but I guess not. so, just how many "collectors" out there area really collecting, vs. how many dealers are sitting on stockpiles of these for the next decade+?

Then on the flipside, you have something like the 2015 Panda.... 31 grams of silver selling at more than double spot, and mintage was 8,000,000.... certainly more than enough for every collector who might desire one to get one thousand or more, if they have the budget. So, why so much premium on the 2015 Panda? Will it last, or is it one of those fad coins right now? I'm far too inexperienced to have any clue about that...

BUT back to the OP, low mintage certainly helps fuel a desire to get my hands on something, I suppose, which is odd, because I have no real expectation of "making money" doing this. I think, if I'm being honest, it's because the lower the mintage, the higher the quality seems to be, and not much more... At the end of the day a pretty coin is a pretty coin, and that's my main draw: the design and the delivery.

I chose series as well but beyond that, it must compliment either my circulation collection or hold some other special personal and meaningful significance. An attractive design just isn't enough, I admire far too many but I can look at a photo without feeling compelled to buy the real thing (which would probably get stored away out of sight anyway). And I will add, at times collecting complimentary series can become like the tail wagging the dog -- the NCLT collection of SD outnumbers the $1 circulation releases, varieties included. But still, it's worthwhile. Same for loonies and toonies, slowly working on the completion of the NCLT side as well.