Granny bait or collectables

[trout]

I have a few NCLT coins, Masterpieces in silver etc.
I know they are not true coins as in the sense that they will never circulate.
What is your opinion on these type of coins.
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[stevo1962]

Not really my cup of tea but each to their own

[enworb]

I grab the ones with nice reverses or those that relate to a topic im interested in. Beyond that they are of little interest to me.

Very nice collection though!!!

[robbiegal]

they look pretty good in the 2x2's
much easier to have a look see
 even though I love the designs, I get bored with the ones I've had in the boxes just hidden in cupboards, so I just sell on to the hubby,
he always gets a good deal too

question
how do you open them - aren't the cases sealed closed?

[JeffH]

how do you open them - aren't the cases sealed closed?

Trout's a master cracksman/ break and enter exponent.:yahoo:

[trout]

they look pretty good in the 2x2's
much easier to have a look see
 even though I love the designs, I get bored with the ones I've had in the boxes just hidden in cupboards, so I just sell on to the hubby,
he always gets a good deal too

question
how do you open them - aren't the cases sealed closed?

the capsules are only pressed together :ok:
I simply insert a sharp knife where the 2 side's of the capsule join an twist.
Voilà the coin is freed :wavemulticolor:
I still have a heap of coins in their display boxes and will be adding these to my Granny bait collection albums :diablo: :dance:

[robbiegal]

thanks
i'll give it a go and see if I can severe my hand off

the aussie kangaroo & koala silver coins are sold world wide
a touch better than granny bait, i'd reckon

[trout]

thanks
i'll give it a go and see if I can severe my hand off

the aussie kangaroo & koala silver coins are sold world wide
a touch better than granny bait, i'd reckon

Most of the $5 silver coins are 36.31 grams compared to the 31 grams in the 1oz coins :ok:
10 koalas give 10 Oz silver and 10 $5 coins gives you nearly 12 Oz silver.
I started off buying these as a purely bullion collection but have since gotten carried away and have bought heaps of different coins and sets :dash1:

[robbiegal]

I think that they are beautiful coins

they look great and yes, they can carry an intrinsic silver value too

just the same as all my pennies have an intrinsic copper bullion value
which at times is in the high $7 per kilo! - I've done alright taking some of my shrapnel penny lots to the scrap metal guys here

[Goldseeker]

The collection looks good Trout but I would have left them in the capsules and original packaging.   I trust you still have the original packaging?

[trout]

The collection looks good Trout but I would have left them in the capsules and original packaging.   I trust you still have the original packaging?

Yes I have a big Packing box Full of clamshell etc :angel:

[ausjack]

Granny, and they're getting worse all the time. What other eye catching BS can we come up with next..only good as a block of silver and that's the only reason I have a couple of the 2012 1oz chunks :good:

[ausjack]

well lookin at most of the posts over the last week or so and granny bait is comin hard and fast so seems to be what collectors/people want so why wouldn't the mint go mad pumpin them out like there's no tomorrow :whistle2:
:stop: the press, new coin on the production line right now, "The Royal Baby" is this next and not far away :whistle2:

[Fulvio]

why wouldn't the mint go mad pumpin them out like there's no tomorrow

Quite right. Except, of course, they're supposed to be a MINT, not a Souvenir Factory!

Who is really being served by flogging off overpriced junk to unsuspecting victims? Sooner or later the penny will drop that its crap, they'll dump it (so we can buy at half issue price of course), and abandon a great hobby, never having found what its really all about.

But there's always more suckers where they came from, right? :dash1:

[ausjack]

:agreed: