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LinkBack Thread Tools Rate Thread Display Modes 08-02-2009, 09:35 PM   #1 (permalink) hamish Junior Member   Join Date: Aug 2009 Posts: 1 transformer error i received my perth mint transformer coins in the mail today and one is a bit unusual. its missing a stripe on the chest and its blury. the first photo is a normal coin and the second photo is the unusual coin. I'm interested to know what people think. should i return it? or should i keep it? does anyone else have one like this? Attached Thumbnails     Last edited by hamish; 08-02-2009 at 09:55 PM.   08-03-2009, 11:58 AM   #2 (permalink) just coins Just coins dealer   Join Date: Feb 2009 Location: upstate NY Posts: 1,313 My Mood: What is this? JC   08-03-2009, 12:05 PM   #3 (permalink) krispy krispy     Join Date: Jun 2009 Location: Brooklyn Posts: 5,606 My Mood: They are 'novelty' silver coins with graphics/color applied, come from the Perth Mint in Australia and these are based on the Transformers anime/cartoons, comics, toys and movies. ...oh yeah, for an incredibly low low price... NOT! __________________ ★ ★ 2nd Annual CoinTalk Fundraiser: Official Thread! ★ ★ (Donatations being accepted: March 1st - March 27th 2010)   08-03-2009, 02:27 PM   #4 (permalink) rockdude Coin Collector     Join Date: Aug 2008 Location: ca. Posts: 2,742 My Mood: Are they actual coins? How much silver? __________________ “Life is tough, but it's tougher when you're stupid.” John Wayne   08-03-2009, 02:31 PM   #5 (permalink) TheNoost huldufolk     Join Date: May 2008 Location: Michigan Posts: 4,466 My Mood: Transformers, more than meets the eye! __________________ $2 superstar.   08-03-2009, 02:34 PM   #6 (permalink) krispy krispy     Join Date: Jun 2009 Location: Brooklyn Posts: 5,606 My Mood: Quote: Originally Posted by rockdude Are they actual coins? How much silver? if you follow the link, it states 1 oz. silver / coin. __________________ ★ ★ 2nd Annual CoinTalk Fundraiser: Official Thread! ★ ★ (Donatations being accepted: March 1st - March 27th 2010)   08-03-2009, 08:44 PM   #7 (permalink) jessash1976 RPM-Re-Punched Mind     Join Date: Jan 2009 Location: Owosso, MI Posts: 924 My Mood: Just looks like a bad color job to me. I ordered some state quarters that were supposed to be "top quality", only to get 20 off-centered colored coins. Rip-off. Now, with these being from the Perth mint, you should be able to send it back for a better one. I mean, these are the Transformers are they not?   08-03-2009, 08:52 PM   #8 (permalink) Goldstone Digging for Gold     Join Date: May 2009 Posts: 780 I'm not so into the colored coins __________________ Goldstone   08-03-2009, 10:01 PM   #9 (permalink) pennywise Collector of dust     Join Date: Mar 2009 Location: Ct. Posts: 609 My Mood: You say it's missing a stripe on the chest. Where's the chest?   08-03-2009, 10:07 PM   #10 (permalink) krispy krispy     Join Date: Jun 2009 Location: Brooklyn Posts: 5,606 My Mood: Quote: Originally Posted by pennywise You say it's missing a stripe on the chest. Where's the chest? Must've left it back on Cybertron. __________________ ★ ★ 2nd Annual CoinTalk Fundraiser: Official Thread! ★ ★ (Donatations being accepted: March 1st - March 27th 2010)   08-03-2009, 11:26 PM   #11 (permalink) jessash1976 RPM-Re-Punched Mind     Join Date: Jan 2009 Location: Owosso, MI Posts: 924 My Mood: On the right chest thingamagig, there is a stripe missing. It has to be just a bad color job. Or, it might be some kind of acid being applied to it. Look at the left shoulder pad. It appears that there is pitting on the shoulder.   08-04-2009, 11:35 AM   #12 (permalink) Conder101 Numismatist   Join Date: Sep 2002 Posts: 5,098 They keep calling this thing a coin but I'm not even sure it is NCLT. I've not seen a denomination, or a claim for what country it is supposed to be for. As far as I know it is just a colorized silver round. __________________ Slab collector and researcher reported as of 12/29/06 132 companies 332 production varieties   08-04-2009, 11:39 AM   #13 (permalink) krispy krispy     Join Date: Jun 2009 Location: Brooklyn Posts: 5,606 My Mood: The link I posted yesterday to the Perth Mint says: Issued as Legal Tender "Issued as legal tender under the authority of the Government of Tuvalu, the coin bears the Raphael Maklouf effigy of Her Majesty Queen Elizabeth II on its obverse." "Monetary Denomination (TVD) 1" __________________ ★ ★ 2nd Annual CoinTalk Fundraiser: Official Thread! ★ ★ (Donatations being accepted: March 1st - March 27th 2010)   08-04-2009, 07:50 PM   #14 (permalink) coins2006 Member   Join Date: Mar 2007 Location: Loxahatchee, Fl Posts: 48 I also ordered the 2 Transformer coins. I got them for my grandson. I received a E Mail from the Perth Mint that they are behind in filling the orders and i should have the coins around August 14. I know the premium is high but the mintage is only 5000. Not looking for an investment just a gift for the kid who likes Transformers. Who knows maybe in 50 years they may be worth something if not the coin the 1 Oz. of silver. Charlie   Bookmarks Digg del.icio.us StumbleUpon Google Would you like to support CoinTalk? Coin Talk Code of Honor 1. Post unto others as you would have them post unto you. 2. Keep it clean, like a 1950s family television show. 3. 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