World Silver Bullion Set

Colquhoun

Here's the list I am working off of at the moment for my Silver Bullion of the World Collection.
They must be a multi year bullion series avaliable in BU that were primarily designed as a bullion coin. Question is did I miss any?

One Ounce
US Silver Eagle
British Brittania
Canadian Maple Leaf
Austrialian Kangaroo
Austrialian Kookaburra
Austrialian Koala
Mexican Libertad
Austrian Philharmonic
Chinese Pandas

Misc.
Canandian Wolves (I know they are one year only, but were meant to be a series, not a pail of fail)

My goal right now is to complete BU slowly over the next few years and pick up proofs and privy marked pieces as they come along.

Dawg144

Australian Lunars

Are you working on just silver or all the precious metals? Because I don't remember seeing any silver koalas or philharmonics...

If you are doing gold and platinum, the South African Kruggerrand series comes to mind.

Happy collecting!

Doogy

<< <i>Australian Lunars

Are you working on just silver or all the precious metals? Because I don't remember seeing any silver koalas or philharmonics...

If you are doing gold and platinum, the South African Kruggerrand series comes to mind.

Happy collecting! >>



seems like i recall that the silver Phils are new; haven't seen a picture of one though

Dawg144

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<< <i>Australian Lunars

Are you working on just silver or all the precious metals? Because I don't remember seeing any silver koalas or philharmonics...

If you are doing gold and platinum, the South African Kruggerrand series comes to mind.

Happy collecting! >>



seems like i recall that the silver Phils are new; haven't seen a picture of one though >>




Looks like I was wrong, they do exist. Neat.

Colquhoun

Koalas in silver are newish 2007 and 2008
Yeah for now just silver. I am a slave for silver with fractionals, proofs, and privy marks its turning out to be a rather large project.. which is exactally what I want, something I can pick up a piece or two here and there and work on for years.
edit add: and not least of all the Monster Kilo Pieces

trozau

Isle of Man Cats

Hyperion

<< <i>My goal right now is to complete BU slowly over the next few years and pick up proofs and privy marked pieces as they come along. >>




you could try to do maple leaf privy coins and you'd need 100 lifetimes to pick them all up.
there are privy marks all over the place in european silver... get your typeset of the majors, then pickup the minors, then pick your favorite design and hit the privys, then again, that's all personal choice

weresteve

Austria 10 Kreuzer ... 2001 only??? At least it is the only date I have seen so far ...

drjules

A nice list to collect. Here is a well organized website to refer to

bullion

Dr J

drjules

You could also consider the New Zealand silver kiwi, very low mintage though

kiwi

Dr J

edsondl

I would suggest the Zambia elephants.

Unfortunately, the Gibraltar angels, Isle of Man Cats and Somalia Monkeys are in proof. I think that Gibraltar also had a set of dogs.
Also, Guernsey issues a one ounce silver coin called a eight doubles (in stock at http://www.guernseymint.co.uk/fine-silver-coin.htm), but I have never seen one myself and don't know if it was issued in 2001.

There are some other Chinese coins in addition to the pandas, such as the flowers, and lunars. However, I did not include them in my collection for 2001 world bullion coins, since they are not stamped "1 ounce silver", but are stated to contain that amount.

My collection of 2001 world silver bullion (1 ounce, stated as such, multi-year (non-commenorative))

USA
BU Silver Eagle
Proof Silver Eagle
Canada
BU Maple
Lunar Privy Maple
Colored Maple
Hologram Maple
United Kingdom
BU Britannia
Proof Britannia
Australia
BU Kookaburra
Proof Kookaburra
BU Kangaroo
Proof Kangaroo
BU Lunar Snake
Proof Lunar Snake
Guilded Lunar Snake
Isle of Man
Proof Somali Cat
Gibraltar
Proof Cherub
Mexico
BU Libertad
Proof Libertad
Somalia
Proof Monkey
Zambia
Matte Elephant
Proof Elephant
China
BU Panda
BU Panda D-mintmark

Good luck!

Colquhoun

I am begining to think what I need to do is divide them in classes..
1. Major Mutli-Year Bullion issued by State Owned Mint
Silver Eagles, Britannias, Kangaroos (or are they Perth Mint), Libertads, Philharmonics, Pandas
2. Major Multi-Year Bullion issued by Private Mints under State Contract
Kookaburra, ect
3. Privy marked, selectively plated and colored Bullion issues
Maple Leaf, ect
4. Minor Issues made primilary for collectors
Monkeys, Elaphants, Kiwis
5. Misc Issues (failed issues or issues that don't fit anywhere else)
Silver Wolves

Honestly this is becoming more and more interesting as I research it.. At first I was thinking of these issues as being somewhat akin to modern trade dollars.. but I am finding that this is a very complex rapidly growing area.. one that even has some issues that don't fit anywhere.. like 1 one ounce fine commeratives, stated or not.

TheRaven

I have been collecting these for years now in the 1/2 oz & 1 oz sizes.....

Alot of fun, but becoming more expensive with the rising price of silver.....

Canada is very annoying as well with all there material they put out.....

Colquhoun

I orginally planned to do this about 1996, but it got put on hold.. in hindsight I wish it hadn't. But I guess its better late then never.

TheRaven

Where do you guys typically pick up these coins from?

Can be hard to find alot of these.

edsondl

I bought most of mine from eBay, though the proof libertad came from a different website that specializes in libertads and onzas (another coin to add to the list, depending on what dates are of interest)

Other places:
panda america
panda usa
silver-eagle-coins

Google searching will help uncover many sellers, some international. Really it comes down to how much above spot one is willing to spend for a given coin. Many of these don't trade near spot, such as the britannias, especially if they are several years old.

Hyperion

www.jtcoins.com

nice guy, dealt with him a few times (but way before the metals runup)

drjules

I could certainly recommend silver eagle coins

Dr J