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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;COCollector, post: 2460778, member: 76108&quot;]2015 Australian Kangaroo has the best of both worlds...</p><p><br /></p><p>Priced like bullion. And there&#039;s potential collectible appreciation, with relatively low mintage (300,000).</p><p><br /></p><p>Backstory (as I remember it): Perth Mint debuted the &quot;new&quot; Kangaroo design for 2016. But they didn&#039;t mention the 2015 version (a prototype?).</p><p><br /></p><p>Bay Precious Metals in the U.S. acquired all 300,000 of the 2015&#039;s. Only recently (?) began selling &#039;em on <a href="http://www.ebay.com/itm/Lot-of-10-2015-1oz-Silver-Kangaroo-MINTAGE-ONLY-300-000-/331852795739?hash=item4d43f7cf5b:g:eGoAAOSwy-5XMgDm" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://www.ebay.com/itm/Lot-of-10-2015-1oz-Silver-Kangaroo-MINTAGE-ONLY-300-000-/331852795739?hash=item4d43f7cf5b:g:eGoAAOSwy-5XMgDm" rel="nofollow">ebay</a>.</p><p><br /></p><p>Australian collectors are especially peeved because they thought 2016 was the first of the new design. And they couldn&#039;t buy the 2015 direct from Perth.</p><p><br /></p><p>Latest news is, Perth is buying back 50,000 of the 2015&#039;s. Direct sales to Australian bullion customers supposedly begins this month.</p><p><br /></p><p>I prefer the cleaner-looking 2015. But I suppose the 2016 is more difficult to counterfeit.</p><p><br /></p><p><img src="http://i381.photobucket.com/albums/oo259/JBROWN7840/01%20Coins/Australian%202015%20Kangaroo%201_zpsgwjxf0zr.jpg" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" /></p><p><br /></p><p><img src="http://i381.photobucket.com/albums/oo259/JBROWN7840/01%20Coins/Australian%202016%20Kangaroo%201_zpspwnl8uph.jpg" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" /></p><p><br /></p><p>Cool security feature: There&#039;s a super-tiny &quot;A&quot; inscribed on the first A in the word Australian...</p><p><img src="http://i381.photobucket.com/albums/oo259/JBROWN7840/01%20Coins/cd8e0323-e764-41a3-b3ff-5c6abcb0e388_zpsontjahlc.jpg" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" />[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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