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<p>[QUOTE="baseball21, post: 2393733, member: 76863"]The Royal Australian mint dabbles in things like that but I think the Perth mint is who you were thinking of that does most of them coming out of Australia. They have some winners and some losers, but they do come up with some interesting series and try and push the envelope with new things that can be done with coins. I wouldn't use them as an investment vehicles but if people like it go for it. I do appreciate their different approach as well as opposed to churning out the same recycled ideas year after year. </p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>If I remember correctly it had to do with how they advertised them. I believe they got fined for being misleading about the amount of silver and a court ruled that the claim the silver was from the WTC vaults couldn't be verified. I can't remember if they ever got in trouble for the coin itself or if it was just how they were representing it. </p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>Again it's has been a while since I looked into it but I believe it was an out of court settlement instead of a drawn out battle going after a higher number.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>
[QUOTE="baseball21, post: 2393733, member: 76863"]The Royal Australian mint dabbles in things like that but I think the Perth mint is who you were thinking of that does most of them coming out of Australia. They have some winners and some losers, but they do come up with some interesting series and try and push the envelope with new things that can be done with coins. I wouldn't use them as an investment vehicles but if people like it go for it. I do appreciate their different approach as well as opposed to churning out the same recycled ideas year after year. If I remember correctly it had to do with how they advertised them. I believe they got fined for being misleading about the amount of silver and a court ruled that the claim the silver was from the WTC vaults couldn't be verified. I can't remember if they ever got in trouble for the coin itself or if it was just how they were representing it. Again it's has been a while since I looked into it but I believe it was an out of court settlement instead of a drawn out battle going after a higher number.[/QUOTE]
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