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<p>[QUOTE="jaceravone, post: 543649, member: 9474"]Sure, but thats not comparing apples to apples. You don't get to pick was goes into their base car and thats what we are talking about here. And even if you were to get the Limited delux model, there are still costs that are factored in to the underlying base price of the vehicle.</p><p> </p><p>All I am saying, whether or not the vehicle example was the best choice, is that there is more that goes into the pricing of a coin than just the base metal cost and we many times forget this. It is not hard to forget this especially when everyone, including the mint referes to these as bullion coins. The mint is a business, and like any business, there are associated costs to produce an item. The mint is not going to give these away. Someone has to pay to mine the ore, seperate the ore, melt it down, etc, etc.... and this person is the consumer.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>
[QUOTE="jaceravone, post: 543649, member: 9474"]Sure, but thats not comparing apples to apples. You don't get to pick was goes into their base car and thats what we are talking about here. And even if you were to get the Limited delux model, there are still costs that are factored in to the underlying base price of the vehicle. All I am saying, whether or not the vehicle example was the best choice, is that there is more that goes into the pricing of a coin than just the base metal cost and we many times forget this. It is not hard to forget this especially when everyone, including the mint referes to these as bullion coins. The mint is a business, and like any business, there are associated costs to produce an item. The mint is not going to give these away. Someone has to pay to mine the ore, seperate the ore, melt it down, etc, etc.... and this person is the consumer.[/QUOTE]
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