Does anyone know if there will be a 'non-celebration' version?? Beyond the four coin set later this year? I don't really care for this 'look'...and would prefer to purchase a 'standard' single one ounce ... *** took me a couple of reads to notice this is a bullion, not proof version... my bad! Hopefully the proof will be out soon? anyone heard dates?
I have not kept up with the gold buffalo's..can someone enlighten me on the "celebration Issue and why it's different? Thanks in advance.. RickieB
I could be wrong, but I understood that it was a regular bullion gold buffalo coin, just in a display box with COA.
It is just another marketing gimmick to sell more gold coins, but the only difference is the packaging. I think the mint is overdoing it with gold this year and mintages will drop on nearly all gold coins due to oversupply and higher gold prices. We may see some new key dates emerge this year for gold. I expect the spouse coins to drop in mintage for the first two, the eagle series could be a low as the buffalo gold will be in all denominations. I think most will buy the buffalo and avoid the eagle perhaps and they already dropped last year over 2006. Platinum has skyrocketed due to shutdowns in South Africa so those coins could also see lower mintages unless the mint gets its act together and learns how to adjust prices without shutting down sales for a month at a time. Kind of scary to think they are this inept at sales, sorry to say. :hatch:
This is just a way to put the same coin in different packaging and sell it as something "new and unique" ... if you ask me. Also, there isn't even a mintage limit. I wouldn't go for it. Laura
That's the beautiful thing about this years Buffalo Bullion.... there isn't a set mintage, which could possibly result in a key date as Centdime mentioned. We won't know how many total were minted until the end of the year, but it has been my experience that the mint doesn't typically mint more than is needed to meet demands. Could be a big one! Now if I could just afford it.
The mint has made this item also unavailable, due to the ever increasing price of gold. This will no doubt be a super low mintage item.
