This is where hokiness ends for me, calling this a coin. How hard would it be to redeem in a financial crisis. Certainly won't fit in a vending machine, and gaddds, the price for 1 ounce of silver?
Except the Oreo quarter was "minted" but The Onion. The Australian thing is truly face-palm-worthy reality.
It says in the ad "Do dangerous predators lurk in your collection?". No, but dangerous predators sure do lurk in some catalogs.
Yea Australia has gotten a bit out of hand with its coinage lately. And their proof sets are super expensive! How about we get rid of these weird coins and make some cheaper proofs eh?
Australia wasn't the one to start things like this, they are just jumping on the band wagon. The first time I saw something like this was about ten years ago when two neighboring countries in Africa did it and their two "coins" also fit together to make one larger map. Mints all over the world have learned that collectors are suckers. If they coin it, preferably in precious metal, there will be people that will buy them.
Well I have one of these not the one pictured , but the kookaburra one issued at the Australia Pavilion in Shanghai World Expo 2010. I do collect bullion coins,and one series I collect is the Australian kookaburra . At the time the only place you could buy this coin or oz. Bullion was in Shanghai . A mintage of 30,000 and price was the reason I purchased . As far as your question Tommy of spending well no bullion coins fit a vending machine . And why would they? It's a ounce of .9999 silver for the most part worth spot. However ASE, kookaburra , maple leafs are more so works of art then just plain bars of silver. And yes it's just bullion but only 30,000 produced. I also have collected privy marked bullion. Low mintage coins to commemorate an event. I've only seen one ASE with the privy mark USA produced for the Berlin world expo of money. They are extremely rare. And are the only ones I know of produced by the US Mint ever! Now Australia had the mold and airtight ' s why not produce another series if the sales are there? To each their own I like my 1 oz. Map of Australia and I like my kookaburra coins as well as maple leafs,and ASE. Sorry for the bad picture but taken quickly after a long day with a pad cam. These were never offered by the Perth mint for retail sales. Only at the expo only in Shanghai China.
I love collecting Australian coins, but this is not one for my collecting tastes. I believe these continentally-shaped coins are issued by the Perth Mint. I like the round or 12-sided (50-cent) real varieties.
