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Granny bait? :(
Prices look to be under release price, yeah? Pity I'm long since departed from this scene though. Want me to list them on the MNS group? Or better yet, do it yourself? ;)
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Quote from: 'keldaw' pid='87624' dateline='1461141246'what is granny bait ? and what is MNS
Granny bait is one of trouts favourite expressions - coins your grandmother likes to buy from the RAM catalogue.
MNS is Melbourne Numismatic Society - its on FaceBook:
https://www.facebook.com/groups/1430907327204766/
Yeah, what he said. ;)
The medallion is a Bicentanary peice.
Not sure of the value Kel but they are not scarce.
as questions , that is the best way to find answers
and a big thank you all for your answers . ,, kel ,,
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Whack them up on eBay Mate :ok:
As Trout said try ebay but you may not get the price you want but they will sell if you auction them . I have a few granny bait coins i have been selling on the bay some sell well while others under what i expect but that's auctions for you . Be prepared to wait a while for your money tho 21 days i think.
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QuoteI feel offended by people on here saying I am selling granny bait ,
I paid good money for these coins when I bought them from the mint , and I am real happy with what I have , my age and sickness and kids and dawn not interested in my coins , is why I am trying to sell them while I am still here , save them the trouble of selling them later on ,.and I am not rich like the people that have only perfect and rare coins to buy and sell . what you do with your coins , that is your business , they are yours , but please do not offend me by calling my coins granny bait .
There was NEVER any intention of insulting you personally by anyone referring to some of your coins as "Grannybait". :ok: :friends:
The term "Grannybait" is used to describe the overpriced and often irrelevant bullion coins produced by RAM and the Perth mint along with other mints like the Franklin Mint.
It is an extremely rare event that these coins can be sold at a later date for their purchase price let alone at a profit and with most of them you can only get the current melt value for them, This is why they are referred to as "Grannybait" and this is NOT intended as a "Slur" on you Mate :ok::)
Jim , thankyou for explaining that to me as I had no idea ,
looks like the mint has sucked a lot of people in by using them tactics as a lot of people have bought them sort of coins over the years not only me .
still I am not really disappointed with what I have bought from them ,
reason being , that I liked the coins , so I bought them .
I offer this public apology to any members that I have offended .
I am with Kel on this. I would feel insulted having my proof coins described as granny bait.
I find the term granny bait insulting to grannie's and collectors,
in fact I think it is a kind of snobbery that pervades the forum
all of us have or do collect the Mint products at various times
and the old coins that we collect have all been Mint products from yesterday
I am upset Kel that you have been offended. I certainly feel the sting when I constantly see the put downs on the Mint proof issues - as if the members who like them or collect them are second class collectors and somewhat stupid. I have various modern proof coins or subscription coins but I have only once bothered to post a pic as I know there'd be a barrage of insults. And it makes us smaller pocket collectors feel inferior for liking and collecting what they like. not everyone is a savvy collector with deep pockets.
Again Kel - you have been here longer than me.
This is the stuff that loses members or makes quieter members too shy to post about their modern collections for fear of the insults.
Quote from: 'keldaw' pid='89086' dateline='1464041570'Jim , thankyou for explaining that to me as I had no idea ,
looks like the mint has sucked a lot of people in by using them tactics as a lot of people have bought them sort of coins over the years not only me .
still I am not really disappointed with what I have bought from them ,
reason being , that I liked the coins , so I bought them .
I offer this public apology to any members that I have offended .
I don't believe that it's you who has to apologise Kel
Quote from: 'robbiegal' pid='89087' dateline='1464042311'I don't believe that it's you who has to apologise Kel
I agree, no need for keldaw to apologise.
Well i certainly didn't intend to offend you with my comments Kel and you don't have to make an apology i thought it was all pretty light hearted around here , i have a dozen or so of these coins myself and have been selling them on the bay to fund my other coin needs and i have some that i like and won't be selling ,
was just giving some selling advise . If you like it collect it :good:
QuoteI don't believe that it's you who has to apologise Kel
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Me neither, Kel hasn't a nasty bone in his body and I like to think of him as a Mate of mine.
I own lots of "Grannybait" and they complement the standard issue coins in my collection beautifully :ok:
I personally don't have a problem with some of my coins being referred to as "Grannybait", They are what they are and I like them :)
Good luck with your sales Mate.
I suspect that you have the biggest collection (or did) than all of the collectors here!
but I still disagree that they are rightfully called granny bait - I think it devalues and insults the older women in our society (me being one of them)
and it devalues the coin for what ever it is
it is typical in this society that if people want to offend or insult - they use a female terms
just throwing out a woman's point of view here
I have started another thread to cover this discussion instead of "Bogging down Kel's sale thread :ok:
https://www.australian-coins.net/showthread.php?tid=4461