Hyped coins/medals, where are they now?

[Kman]

I'm counting on you guys to do this post for me really in the replies because I can't remember/don't know what exactly to search for

Over the years there have been some hyped coins/medals beyond the traditional big mint releases, but how are they doing now?

I'm talking about things like the Chinese medals Numistacker was promoting

I remember some pobjoy mint error coins and miscellaneous penguin and snowman(?)

I think there was some Somalia coins that were pretty hot at one point

There was a leopard coin with the wrong denomination on it that had a lot of buzz 

Also those coke caps

I will google later and try and find some of the answers to the above, but in the meantime if you know or remember any of these types of coins and how they're performing now price wise, please share below, it would be interesting to find out. 

 

[sovereignsteve]

good idea for a thread, I await with interest

[Kman]

The 100 cedis, wrong denomination 2017 Ghana Leopard 

According to the thread at the time they were $24.18 at Apmex 36.74 Euros at GS.be 

Two sold on Ebay recently, one BIN £25 the other graded by NGC 69 sold for £51  

The coin

 The thread

 

[Elements]

Gruffalo...around £45 now. Quite a bit below issue price.

[Kman]

2017 Falkland Island Error Silver Crown 'Britannia Rules the Waves'

Royal Mint have a trademark for Britannia, so I believe only a certain % were produced with "Britannia Rules The Waves" on

You can find them on Ebay at £25 BIN price of graded 69 for £55

original thread 

 

[Kman]

2017 Rwanda Rooster

This is a tough one because I can't find any gold and only one silver proof for sale on ebay, so maybe they were a good buy, maybe they weren't

The bullion silver version is doing nothing special though, selling for I presume around the price you would have bought it for 

I think there were some other hyped Rwanda coins

[HelpingHands]

Mule Britannias with (was it) Year of the Horse? 

[Roy]

5 minutes ago, Kman said:

2017 Rwanda Rooster

This is a tough one

I think you are correct here. Some of the Rwanda coins did very well though, didn't they?

[Kman]

1 minute ago, Roy said:

I think you are correct here. Some of the Rwanda coins did very well though, didn't they?

That's what we're here to hopefully find out 😛 

I think I remember there was a popular lion/tiger/leopard (some sort of big cat lol) from Somalia or Rwanda but can't find it 

 

[Roy]

I was thinking about the ships? Never owned one however.

these:

https://www.apmex.com/blog/new-nautical-ounce-series-celebrate-historical-ships-and-american-exploration

[AppleZippoandMetronome]

Love this idea for a topic. I've found so much collecting seems to be based on fads so it wouldn't surprise me at all to find out coins are the same in that respect. I've said often what is popular and selling for a premium today rarely is the same tomorrow.

[goldmember44]

Great thread topic... I've been thinking about these things as well, being a relatively new stacker/collector. It would be good to know how some of these previously hyped coins are doing.

More than anything, I'd love to have a crystal ball and see what the Queen's Beasts are fetching in 10 years from now.

[ilovesilverireallydo]

Emus and Swans - super hyped... No idea what they are up to either. 
 

[universalcurrency]

Looks like the 2018 gold emu has kept up with inflation

https://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/Emu-1-oz-Gold-2018-Australia/273856514959?hash=item3fc31ecb8f:g:UwUAAOSwVJFc41fb

[sovereignsteve]

3 hours ago, HelpingHands said:

Mule Britannias with (was it) Year of the Horse? 

don't know how much they are now but they were never rare, over-hyped and could only go one way long term.

[999magnum]

Emus, Swans, Chiwoos, what else...all done. I learned so much watching these coins go from unbelievable artificial high prices to current levels, which is still high, but they are done. I'm always careful of people pushing a certain series or a coin. I really did learn a thing or two from the forum...

[FoolzGold]

If we stick to bullion coins it seems to me there are different categories of hyped coins here:

1) Bullion coins sold at a low premium that pick up extra value once out of production
2) Bullion coins sold with an exceptionally high premium based on limited numbers or other appeal
3) Error coins (I don't follow these so won't comment on them)

I'm leaving out proof coins, since in a sense their entire value over intrinsic PM content is based on hype.

It seems to me that the Queen's Beasts bullion coins fall firmly into the 1st category as the premiums on launch are only fractionally higher than bog-standard bullion coins (the latest gold QB sells for maybe 0.5% more than the current Britannia for example). Dealers are currently listing some of the earlier gold bullion coins now at a 50% premium, and silver bullion coins at 150%. Will these premiums still be this high (or higher) in 5 years time? Will the later coins in the series reach the same levels? I really wouldn't like to guess.

However, my own decision to buy them is based more on the fact that I like the designs (a lot in most cases) and that the overhead is so tiny compared to other options. Worst case they sell as any other bullion coins and my extra 0.5% investment is wasted. No big deal. Best case scenario? They're worth 50%+ over spot. Seems like a win-win to me, regardless of hype.

Bullion coins in the 2nd category - sold with much higher premiums based on a limited production run or some other appeal - seem like a much bigger risk in investment terms. Personally I like the bullion silver Rwanda lunar series and nautical ounce but I only buy these for their visual appeal and don't expect them to gain in value. It's quite likely that they won't really hold much (if any) value over spot in the future.

[Kman]

Thinking about it I don't know if these were exactly hyped, but they look absolutely ridiculous in the NGC holder  

[FoolzGold]

8 hours ago, Kman said:

Thinking about it I don't know if these were exactly hyped, but they look absolutely ridiculous in the NGC holder 

Personally I think the "in the NGC holder" part of your comment is superfluous.

[ilovesilverireallydo]

Also let’s not forget the disastrous UK Silver Stacker rounds. No closer to getting their third round out lol. 

Picked up the first release close to spot recently as a curiously. 

[augur]

On 18/06/2019 at 12:44, Kman said:

The 100 cedis, wrong denomination 2017 Ghana Leopard 

According to the thread at the time they were $24.18 at Apmex 36.74 Euros at GS.be 

Two sold on Ebay recently, one BIN £25 the other graded by NGC 69 sold for £51  

The coin

 The thread

 

From what I can see: the coin that must not be named sells for £35+ and in one occasion even double that. The BIN was just set far to low and probably with the 5 Cedis in mind. The graded one was btw Numis'.

I acquired mine for €24 from gs.be and that leaves a comfortable margin at any realised price. 

[sovereignsteve]

The Dutch Lion dollar re-strikes, proof silver; I seem to remember those being heavily hyped early on. They go for about £40 odd now.

[RoughDog]

On 18/06/2019 at 12:44, Kman said:

The 100 cedis, wrong denomination 2017 Ghana Leopard 

According to the thread at the time they were $24.18 at Apmex 36.74 Euros at GS.be 

Two sold on Ebay recently, one BIN £25 the other graded by NGC 69 sold for £51  

The coin

 The thread

 

That leopard obviously doesn't learn.  It had two front teeth knocked out last time.

[999magnum]

I just saw a new one. People on yt are trying to hype the 2019 emu big time with the third leg error, but of course it's not an error. It's the tree in the background with a bad finish. One youtuber who is a self proclaimed flipper, was making such a big deal about this that it was almost sad to watch. Especially him being an obvious older male, but acting like a giddy child talking about this "error".

[goldmember44]

Peter Rabbit.. must be the most hyped coin/s in history. Every year thousands of them are sold by the mint, and collectors eagerly grabbing them. But they are not even scarce... and only really the 2016 silver proof attracting a large premium. But I'm even unsure that the 2016 will retain a large premium in years to come. Less likely than, say, the Kew Gardens 50p of 2009.