Silver Stackers

Good find they are selling medals alot cheaper than I paid. Depending on what medals you buy there is alot of potential.

I have bought from Jay before. He is great to deal with.

Jay is fine, me and 25Grizzlies have bought plenty from him before. Luckymoneyro on the other hand...

I have also bought a few stuff from boybluejay or Jay. Free shipping is a real bonus for overseas buyers. It came extremely well packed and presented. He also has other interesting world coins.

Some of the copper/brass medals are superbly crafted and I buy them for that reason. If I like them and they are reasonably priced I consider them. They are purely a 'numismatic' buy. If they have longer term investment value  that is a bonus to me.

Something doesnt add up.

I read enough bad stories about luckymoneyro.

The medals, though with low mintages of 500 (earlier) - 8000, are certainly very lowly priced, if you can buy them in China. The medal market gained some serious attention last year and many companies started producing them. The collectors base have grew a bit, though price remains pretty low.

One thing with medal is, people in China always believe coins are legal tender and guaranteed by the government while medal is not.

If you like art, copper medal is perfect match. If you want investment potential, perhaps you have to wait a little longer, and I believe there are better option as far as investment goes, if you have some fund and shorter waiting period.

With medal, generally we are talking about A$50 to A$100 and you can get a OMP set complete with the packaging. That is the kind of selling price in China. It is different story if you buy NGC graded medal.

Thanks low it didnt seem quite right.

Sure is. I read there is a copper medal produced by a private company (non official mint) that is gaining a lot of popularity among the medal collector. So demanded that the price has jumped few fold and it is almost impossible to find one in open market now. That was quite a recent issue, perhaps just few years ago.

If I can find the link I will post it here. Read it few months ago.

Controversial theme though and first of its kind in China.

Large size copper medal is always an interesting subject. First it is medal so not many China collector want it. Those who collect copper medal in China are true collectors. Second, there are government mint vs private medal company. People always think government mint has higher authority than private medal company.

So the market is quite divided. It doesn't matter though. Some of the most beautiful and best performing medal (in terms of monetary gain) were produced by private medal company. I think it is about the theme (controversial them seems good), design (especially those with high relief), and finally mintage.

Unlike other market, medal collector don't usually quit. They are in this market because they love it. You can say this is pretty much a virgin market with no pollution from the speculator or investor, yet.

I like this medal... wonder if it is a medal struck by one of the official mints.

http://www.ebay.com/itm/2011-China-Xi-S … 3376a619d8

Last edited by silverfever (2012-05-29 16:07:41)

Picked up a Shanghai Mint Copper 1985 God of Longevity  Medal for $80.00 from Luckmoneyro.
It comes with COA. I thought for $80 it would be worth the risk.
I will send it to NCS/NGC for grading and will see how it goes.
It seems a little funny but luckmoneyro has the same medal listed for $120.00 in another auction.

http://www.ebay.com/itm/221038015413?ss … 1497.l2649

If things pan out luckmoneyro could be a gold mine.

the 120. 00 version has the same reverse as the ngc coin..........................