We talk about the MapleGrams yet?

Weiss

25 x 1 gram .9999 gold $.50 face value coins from the Canadians:







MapleGrams from Goldmart

Barndog

interesting. I thought they would be cool to own, but then figured I would have to expend smoe energy keeping the cardboard/packaging intact -- and that's not my thing.

BAJJERFAN

Who wants to piss around with a lousy gram of gold?

Weiss

<< <i>Who wants to piss around with a lousy gram of gold? >>



Pamp and Valcombi, to name two:






I see them as kind of pointless, too. But I can also see when they might be handy. In a SHTF scenario, or in less developed countries, or those like India with a lower average wage where gold is a commonly purchased commodity.

bronco2078

I like them at melt . The sellers of these seem to feel they deserve huge premiums though. I will stick with my dos pesos

jmski52

Impractical. That's why they invented silver.

Mission16

"MapleGrams"
First time i saw that, I thought it was some kind of syrup-of-the-month club.

nibanny

Very cool looking coins and packaging!
I had/have the Valcambi, the mini-roo half gram, the 1/25 oz Philha, the quarter Sovereign...all demanding high premiums when you buy them but have a little market, at least in my experience. I will probably end up making a bracelet for my wife!

BAJJERFAN

<< <i>Those MapleGrams look pretty cool. I imagine premiums are through the roof. What is the dimension of the holder? >>



Goldmart is advertising $4 per gram over spot per their email. So about $100 an ounce over spot.

VanHalen

Sounds reasonable

A surprisingly low mark-up over melt. 25 grams in 1g coins for $1079 that melts at $979 is not too bad. Much better than those Valcambi combi-bars.

hchcoin

Are they about 1/2 the size of a dime?

tneig

Nice examples. I started with a gram of gold.

Overdate

Will the TPGs be offering mini-slabs?

Edited to add: Actually, I don't see any of the Canadian or Australian 1-gram and 0.5-gram coins being offered in TPG slabs. Are they eligible, or are they too small for the holders?

MsMorrisine

Troy oz is ~31.1g

$4/g over spot is more like $124.4 over per ounce


Still not interested.

Call me when they can be bought at spot shipped.

steveben

am i the only besides maybe @Weiss who collects these?

oh... and if you decide to, good luck finding a 2014 set!

Weiss

I think they're interesting, but I don't think I have a single one.

Interesting.

jmski52

I'd rather have the 3.11 gram American Gold Eagles, but steveben - your collection is impressive. It's funny how people get started collecting - they buy one and like it so much that they have to keep buying the next ones.

steveben

@jmski52 said:
... steveben - your collection is impressive. It's funny how people get started collecting - they buy one and like it so much that they have to keep buying the next ones.

thanks. yup...thats how you do it. i have done pretty well with them so far.

MilesWaits

Steveben, I too dig them and bought one set that was 8 grams “MapleGram8” and just bought this year’s which was 25 grams...Yes they are over spot but so what!
Don’t let the gram cranks get you off of your collections game!
You have a very cool rhythm going on!

Baley

The title does sound like a Syrup Of The Month program.

Nice little gold pieces to collect and save for a rainy day.

Got loupe?

ricko

I have mainly stayed with the AGE's....I do have a couple of smaller gold coins. I do wish I had picked up some of the smaller gold years ago (as I did with the Eagles).... Just for SHTF scenarios.... Cheers, RickO

steveben

fyi, i have the 2022 set...and recently realized that is a complete set of type 1s since king charles will be on the 2023 edition (see post above for the rest)