First purchase from coast to coast

I think a lot of those restrikes were made to get around a pesky American law back in the '60s that made it difficult if not impossible to import foreign gold coins that were dated after 1960.

 

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I see their ad in the Jan 5 Numismatic News, and they have the 1912 10 Corona for $123.30, yet the ad specifically states "1912 Austrian 10 Corona Gold Coins Select Brilliant Uncirculated .0980 ounces of gold and offered at a bullion-related price!". IMHO, this tells me they were selling it as a collectable coin, a 1912 10 Corona, not a restrike, and not a bullion piece. It's somewhat equal to buying a generic quarter eagle vs a quarter oz AGE...one is dictated by bullion spot, the other as a collectable coin. I'd pitch a b**ch, if you really think it should go back. They don't, to me, seem to be selling it as straight bullion, by their wording. You know what they say about the squeaky wheel........

I interpret the ad as it's more than just a bullion piece.

Anyone want to chime in and give their opinion? The ad I quoted is absolute verbatim. (page 2 in the Jan 5 issue)

 

Yep, I saw the same thing I saw in the ad. That's why I was surprised they were restrikes, the coin certainly doesn't look like a re-strike. Did they make 1912 10 corona coins as official coins are all dated 1912 restrikes?

Here was their response:
"Unfortunately due to company policy we cannot cancel bullion orders. I apologize on the delay of this response.



Coast to Coast Coins"


I'm no expert on detecting problem coins, however at first the edge of the coin (near the rim) appears almost like a reeded edge of a coin hit the coin there (There's a term for this, can't remember it). Or the coin (I'm guessing) may have been mounted in jewerly. Is there anything I can look for determine this?

Nevertheless, I like the coin, would like to learn more about them. It appears aged, however.

 

Looks like you got a nice looking gold coin and $14 over spot ain't too bad either. :thumb: good for you.

 

I agree with that. That is a really nice looking coin. And never let it worry you to much what people say about one dealer or another. Sometimes someone gets a rotten deal and it is repeated over and over and over and sometimes never really looked into. Yes I too have heard some poor things about Coast to Coast but the only time I used them, I was completely happy with the results. Actually better than a lot of others out there.
And try to remember that almost any company can make bad situaltions, poor ones, good ones, great ones. Companies are made of people and as you must know, not all the same.
However, a no return policy from anyone does make people a little scared.

 

You can't go far wrong buying bullion from Coin World advertisers. But the other coins they run in their ads, that were they good for the grade, certified coins, would cost a lot more than they are selling them for, are a different issue. Coin World gets the complaints and tries to mediate the issue. In cases of advertisers who are not ANA members, NGC or PCGS member-dealers, I would avoid. Ask them what organizations they are members of.

 

normally you're right mpc, but that's fairly typical for bullion. If they didn't do that, people would just play the price-fluctuation, make-order/cancel-order game to always come out on top.

 

If your happy with it, That all that matters