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Pillar of the Community
United States
1391 Posts |
Just like a rhinestone cowboy.
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Valued Member
Canada
242 Posts |
dont like the crystals on the coins, just dont get to me a guess....
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Pillar of the Community
Canada
1502 Posts |
me neither. A solid design in BU or PF beats fancy crystals/holograms/colour/glass any day
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Valued Member
Canada
278 Posts |
I don't mind some of the crystal coins that the mint has done....but others are just cheesy. I guess they need to make a profit somewhere though.
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Valued Member
Canada
287 Posts |
Yeah, they're getting a little carried away with all those crystals in coins these days.
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Pillar of the Community
United States
2408 Posts |
Pretty decent designs:   |
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Pillar of the Community
Canada
1502 Posts |
yes they are! subscribed to these 2 series already. The case is very fine as wel   |
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Valued Member
Canada
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I personally think that lotus dragon looks the best of any coin in any of the silver lunar series so far.
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Pillar of the Community
Canada
677 Posts |
It looks like I'll be getting both dragons this year. I see the price went up.
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Valued Member
United States
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went to edit last post and it was gone...I meant to say the crystals on the coins look like lady's Fashion Jewelry !
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Pillar of the Community
Canada
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Odd thing about this year's lotus dragon coin too, RCM decided to go with 9999 fine silver as oppose to the sterling silver of the rabbit and tiger. Switching the metal composition mid-series.... Edited by poboxw
08/21/2011 3:36 pm
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Pillar of the Community
United States
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I wouldn't be surprises if the RCM made a mistake in composition, like they did last year with mintage figures for the $15 Lunar Lotus - Year of the Rabbit (2011). They initially claimed a mintage of 19888, but COA numbering was set at 48888. On November 3, 2010 the RCM wrote to inform of the mintage error on the certificate and sent us a revised version. But what's interesting now is BOTH, the $15 Fine Silver Classic Chinese Zodiac Coin - Year of the Dragon (2012) AND the $15 Fine Silver Lunar Lotus Coin - Year of the Dragon (2012) will have mintages of up to 48888. By contrast, the $15 Fine Silver Coin - Year of the Tiger (2010) and the $15 Fine Silver Coin - Year of the Rabbit (2011) SOLD OUT due to low mintage of only 9999. Now, because of the SUPER popularity of the Dragon the RCM is trying to capitalize without regards to those who subscribed to the 12-coin set and those collectors who had hoped for continuity in mintages. Flooding the market with a staggering 48888 NCLT coins is never a good thing so I think in the long term this will hurt both sides. |
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It must be a miss print...Under spec's it's a 38mm with less than an oz of silver....sterling like the other 2
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Pillar of the Community
Canada
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It's scalloped though, so bound to loose a bit of weight if maintaining thickness and diameter
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I just think 48888 is WAY too many coins, fine silver or not.
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Posted 08/18/2011 2:13 pm
