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CaptHenwayCaptHenway Posts: 32,119 ✭✭✭✭✭
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With the palladium eagles coming out later this year, what are the alternatives?

I would assume that Maple Leafs and bars are 99% of the current market, with the Russian Ballerinas and the Bermuda ship coins making up the rest. Anybody agree or disagree?

Other than the Tonga pieces, which people don't like because they are o nly 98% pure, what else is out there in market-recognized palladium?

Thanks,
TD
Numismatist. 50 year member ANA. Winner of four ANA Heath Literary Awards; three Wayte and Olga Raymond Literary Awards; Numismatist of the Year Award 2009, and Lifetime Achievement Award 2020. Winner numerous NLG Literary Awards.

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  • CiccioCiccio Posts: 1,405 ✭
    I agree with your analisys, Capt. I would consider the JM Stillwater rounds as well. I don't know though, how many have been produced.

    Is it confirmed that the Pd Eagle will be produced this year? I know there should have been a market evaluation first.
  • WeissWeiss Posts: 9,941 ✭✭✭✭✭
    Limited to NCLT-y stuff? Really not much of a difference between those and bullion, is there? PAMP and Credit both offer Pd bars in various weights.
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  • TIPPAHNUMTIPPAHNUM Posts: 79 ✭✭✭
    These are nice.

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  • secondrepublicsecondrepublic Posts: 2,619 ✭✭✭
    The PAMP bars seem to be among the most popular Pd products -- probably tied with Canadian Maple Leafs for first place.
    "Men who had never shown any ability to make or increase fortunes for themselves abounded in brilliant plans for creating and increasing wealth for the country at large." Fiat Money Inflation in France, Andrew Dickson White (1912)
  • botanistbotanist Posts: 524 ✭✭✭
    Don't expect any 2011 American Palladium Eagles. The law enacted last December calls for a market analysis study first, with the coins to be minted within a year after the conclusion of the study, if indeed the study committee comes to the conclusion that the coins will be popular and profitable. Should we assume a positive committee conclusion? Note there is no time limit for the marketing study, why can't it take 5 or 10 years? And when will the study committee be named? It apparently hasn't happened yet, or we might have heard something. Who will be on the committee? Might it include the new Director of the US mint, whenever a new one assumes office? The mint has now been director-less for over two months. Even American Palladium Eagles by 2012 might be overly optimistic. In the meantime, Pamp Suisse Fortuna bars might be a good way for an individual to hold small amounts of Palladium. I don't particularly like any of the other existing choices, including the Canada Maples. Incidentally, Dan Carr offered a 2010 Palladium one-tenth ounce coin of his own quite attractive indian-head design but I thought they were too small and he was only able to sell a little over a hundred of them.
  • WeissWeiss Posts: 9,941 ✭✭✭✭✭
    Is it really "necessary" to hold physical Pd?

    I like physical metals as much as the next metals hound. But I don't believe it will ever be a SHTF form of exchange. And there is so little traffic that it's likely to be bought at a discount over the counter.

    Don't get me wrong: I'm first in line to buy the Pd eagles if they ever come out--if the design they've chosen is the design used.

    But I think trading paper on Pd makes a lot of sense. Right now, at least.
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  • calleochocalleocho Posts: 1,569 ✭✭
    Everyone I know has heard of gold, silver and quite possibly platinum...but if i mentioned Palladium they would probably think i just made that word up.

    At my local coin show (about 30 tables) there is a dealer with a palladium half ounce Russian ballerina at spot ...and he hasn't sold it in at least 6 months.

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  • PerryHallPerryHall Posts: 46,113 ✭✭✭✭✭


    << <i>Everyone I know has heard of gold, silver and quite possibly platinum...but if i mentioned Palladium they would probably think i just made that word up.

    At my local coin show (about 30 tables) there is a dealer with a palladium half ounce Russian ballerina at spot ...and he hasn't sold it in at least 6 months. >>



    Wow! Is Palladium really that difficult to sell?

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