Ford Coins 12 x $0.50c Pieces

Triggersmob · October 19, 2017, 09:04:09 PM

I only bought 2 of the XY Falcon carded coins.
Placed the order on the 5th and just been
advised that they have been shipped. That's
2 weeks just to ship them. Now to see how
long they take to arrive.

brismike · October 19, 2017, 10:49:42 PM

I have a feeling that these two sets of Holden and Ford coins won't be the last we will see.

The Holden Coins were branded "Heritage" and went up to the 1980 VC Commodore.
the Ford Coins are branded as "Classic" and go up to the 1981 XE Falcon.

This leaves a huge gap up to the present time. So I suspect we will get another Holden and Ford Set from the mid 80's to the present.

The later Holden set could include the Gemini, Barina, Camira, Caprice, Crewman, Colorado, Malibu, Various HSV types etc.

The later Ford set could include the Meteor, Laser, Focus, AU Falcon, FG Falcon, Territory, Mondeo, GTF etc

The mint are onto a money spinner so why not?

Mike

jimmy1979 · October 20, 2017, 07:35:41 AM

Ordered my set from Downies on the 1st of October. Got an email a week ago to say my card is now being charged. Still have not seen the delivery. Ordered a couple of single coins from the mint and 2 spare tins 2 weeks ago. Still not delivered!!

interest · October 20, 2017, 08:32:22 AM

Quote from: 'brismike' pid='112427' dateline='1508415582'I have a feeling that these two sets of Holden and Ford coins won't be the last we will see.

The Holden Coins were branded "Heritage" and went up to the 1980 VC Commodore.
the Ford Coins are branded as "Classic" and go up to the 1981 XE Falcon.

This leaves a huge gap up to the present time. So I suspect we will get another Holden and Ford Set from the mid 80's to the present.

The later Holden set could include the Gemini, Barina, Camira, Caprice, Crewman, Colorado, Malibu, Various HSV types etc.

The later Ford set could include the Meteor, Laser, Focus, AU Falcon, FG Falcon, Territory, Mondeo, GTF etc

The mint are onto a money spinner so why not?

Mike

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JeffH · October 20, 2017, 08:34:57 AM

Hi Jimmy,
Downies advertises "fast" mail order service but it is anything but.

robbiegal · October 21, 2017, 11:10:48 AM

I'm having a bit of trouble remembering but with the Holden sets and the day at the Mint when they launched them and I accidentally happened to be at the mint i.e. not realising the launch was on, I met a friendly guy from the holden club that were the people who drove their heritage cars in and had them on display. He said the RAM had done focus groups with them regarding the cars and public opinion. But ultimately the choice of the cars for the sets was determined by Holden. So there was disagreement between what Holden saw as the most popular cars and what the collectors club members thought and what the public actually purchased and used.

brismike · October 21, 2017, 03:23:25 PM

When you compare the Holden coins to the Ford ones there is an obvious difference. Almost all of the Holden ones have got an image of one of the Holden cars including a human posing next to it. The Ford ones don't have any of that model posing with the car type of rubbish. You just get an image of the car. Good to see the RAM are constantly improving their product.

However they cheaped out on the coin cards that hold the coins with the Ford set. The Holden ones had a pop up type of insert. The Ford ones don't.
Plus the side of the Holden Tin had raised and depressed painted words, the Ford one is just painted on flat metal.

Mike

seedyrom · October 21, 2017, 03:59:20 PM

Haven't taken mine out of the box to see, but that's a shame. That embossing of the Ford logo is the cultural image of the brand

JeffH · October 21, 2017, 05:12:47 PM

And what silly prices they are starting to fetch.
The 12 coin set is selling lately around the $300 to $320 mark but check these out;
•2017 Ford Australian Classic Uncoloured 50cent carded UNC $299.99 A few more dollars would have purchased a full 12 coin set in the tin.
•However 2017-RAM-FORD-AUSTRALIA-CLASSIC-COLLECTION-50c-12-COIN-SET-with-rare-12th-coin $405 Buy it now shortly after.
•Yet, only two minutes prior 2017 50c UNC FORD AUSTRALIAN CLASSIC COLLECTION 12 coin set in tin went for $311.99.

Astounding nonsense happening there.

JeffH · October 21, 2017, 05:34:57 PM

Quote from: 'brismike' pid='112475' dateline='1508561605'Plus the side of the Holden Tin had raised and depressed painted words, the Ford one is just painted on flat metal.
Mike

However the lid is embossed with that classic logo.

interest · November 01, 2017, 11:15:40 PM

These Ford tins haven't reached the dizzy heights that the Holden can reached on Ebay.

seedyrom · November 02, 2017, 06:24:04 AM

Give it time. Ford lovers have more dollars than sense.

Though I really would like some space back. I went from panicking and having none, to having 7 of the damn things.
It's my retirement fund.

I don't see how they will reach the lofty heights of the Holden tins. The supply mechanism was poles apart.
There must be a heap of dealers sitting on a stockpile of Holden tins as they drip feed them to the community. The ford ones were so much easier to obtain by the general unwashed.