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Message:: [QUOTE="lordmarcovan, post: 5252211, member: 10461"]Like [USER=27832]@-jeffB[/USER] said, it's "rare" in terms of what is usually found in a donation bucket, that's all.  Not rare in the general sense. Valuable, yes, due to the gold content, but not "rare".  They struck 645,500 Austrian Philharmonic 1-ounce coins in 1995.  Which isn't an astronomically high mintage, but not really low, either. The press and general public generally tend to miss the distinction between what's actually rare, and what is merely valuable.  But I suppose they can be forgiven for that.  At least this story reported the value accurately. Regardless, it's a nice donation.  Sure, the SA has to go through extra trouble to auction it or sell it to see the proceeds, but that's $1,856.95 worth of gold at today's spot price, so it's worth the hassle for them.[/QUOTE]