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Pillar of the Community
Canada
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@WildflowerAB, you are quite right. My LCS sells quite a bit of mint product for bullion, and if it does not sell, sends it to the refiner. There is that little demand for most of it.
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Pillar of the Community
 Canada
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WildflowerAB,
What shops can I get NCLT at buillion prices? I'd grab a bunch, if it was going for spot or slightly above. In the GTA, most coins sell for well below issue, but certainly not for spot. At least none that I know of.
I'm sure the markets vary with location to some extent. The GTA seems to have more NCLT collectors than most other parts of Canada. I think the prices reflect this.
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Bedrock of the Community
United States
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The US Mint has become just another rip-off hustler with the ability to produce its product for almost no cost. There will never be a shortage of decent and ignorant everyday buyers.  Edited by Coinfrog
10/19/2016 8:06 pm
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Pillar of the Community
Canada
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What shops can I get NCLT at buillion prices?
If shops sold at bullion, how would they make a profit (unless they bought at less than bullion, not likely to happen) And while I haven't calculated it down to dollar and cents, older proof, Specimen and uncirculated sets look to be very close to bullion. Until not too many years ago that was the mainstay of RCM's NCLT. |
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Canada
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Sorry WildflowerAB, that question was meant for Oriole.
I've only been to one shop that sells buillion at spot but that's 1 oz bars, not coins.
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CCF Master Historian of USA Commemoratives
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The US Mint has become just another rip-off hustler with the ability to produce its product for almost no cost. There are so many things about this statement that I disagree with...I don't even know where to begin a response! Collecting history one coin or medal at a time! (c) commems. All rights reserved.
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10/20/2016 11:33 am
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There are so many things about this statement that I disagree with...I don't even know where to begin a response! Then don't. Your time is more valuable than that... "Discovery follows discovery, each both raising and answering questions, each ending a long search, and each providing the new instruments for a new search." -- J. Robert OppenheimerContent of this post is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial 3.0 Unported License. See: http://creativecommons.org/licenses...0/deed.en_USMy eBay store
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Pillar of the Community
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@coinfrog
I guess I am ignorant. I buy coins:)))))))
And....I am a decent person. I think.
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Bedrock of the Community
United States
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Redzapsid, just take his as a good, and valuable learning experience. If you want to continue collecting these issues, just wait until after the issue date is passed by quite some time and then get them off of ebay for a much reduced rate. Today most things marketed as "collectable" are just that... collectable. But unlike years ago before the term "collectable" was used regularly as a marketing term, few modern items will likely have no added value since they are over-mass produced. Businessmen understand human psychology and are making large profits from it. Look up items from the Franklin Mint. They started long ago to marketing flashy items (with flashy TV commercials), marketed everything as "being valuable for generations to come," over-mass produced the items b/c people were willing to buy, and now a lot of people are stuck with stuff that has lost value. Unfortunately, people have lost a ton of money by these marketing practices. |
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