Topic: Selling Silver and Gold Bullion at Low Prices! Updated 10/3/16 - page 4. (Read 12406 times)

The ones I'm looking at ordering next are the Sic Semper Tyrannus SBSS rounds


SBSS are typically kind of low mintage, so its hard to find a deal on them using my regular tricks. Most of my purchases are just based on opportunity, so I hope that I'll get more soon, but there's never any guarantee.

Do you have any more or think about getting more of the SBSS coins? . Would like to collect the series.

I do intend on getting more of the others if I can find them. My last Kraken order bought out the entire stock from two rather large bullion dealers. Hopefully I can still find the others. The Elemetal privateer series is the one I don't mind if anyone purchases or not, because I'd be happy to hoard them myself.

From the picture I posted a couple of days ago, I am missing the first of the set, the Privateer. I was going to order a couple, but they are around 400% spot price. Not as pretty as the Kraken and Siren in my opinion, but theres no way this isn't a popular set. Finding them once they are completely sold out will be hell methinks.

I want a Kraken coin, but also 1 of each of the others. I can wait until you list them to save on shipping I suppose....or you can just sell me them now 

I've got a shipping software that elaborates on all of the legal breakdowns for each country. The USPS website kind of puts a blanket statement out, but it is often not straightforward. It may say that its flat out prohibited right there, but there may just be restrictions. Things like, how much you can send, what shipping service you need to use, etc.

Italy for example, any package containing metals over $100 must be shipped via priority mail and be manufactured in a given list of countries, etc etc. It very well could be not allowed, but that wasn't the case last I heard.


*edit* You are correct, I cannot ship to the Philippines, it is an absolute prohibition, not a restricted item.

So no, I'm unable to ship to the Philippines, sorry about that. On the upside, I can now spell Philippines.

I may have shipped to the Philippines once or twice, but I don't recall in particular. I have shipped to various countries overseas a multitude of times though. The only countries that I know of that I won't ship to, are Australia and Germany (as well as countries with US trade embargoes). I'd have to double check the Philippines' laws in particular on the importation of metals but it shouldn't be an issue. Typically speaking, if you are over a certain $ value threshold, customs will impose some VAT, the value of which changes on a country by country basis. I've never had any packages go missing, however because tracking stops updating for me once the package leaves the country, should any issue happen, I wouldn't be able to help.

One additional condition of shipping out of the country that doesn't apply to any orders placed from the US, is I need a phone number and email address. No I wont call you, but in case customs needs to contact you. Bad things happen if I don't provide contact info for the package recipient.

And one last piece of information. I declare package value at spot value. I figure if a package goes missing, insurance will only cover the spot value of metals, so its fair that I declare the package value at what the post office values the package at. I will not however falsify any information, though I will try and downplay the contents in the description, often as "Collectable Coins" to try and prevent theft.

PS: The moon skeleton pirates are a couple of pay grades above me, right now its only LED flash lights that turn me into a skeleton.

Nice collection you got there Mr Spitoon. Do you turn into a skeleton when the moon shines on you? 

Kidding aside, have you shipped overseas, like somewhere in the Philippines? I want to buy some of them coins for my collection. I do have a package forwarder but i have to fill a box before it gets shipped or else i pay full premium for it.

All prices/quantities updated. AMarks now shipping in single coin increments rather than full 20 oz rolls. Of course, you can still buy 20 oz rolls!

Aye! Well, then you can just shove off, and stop teasing us jerkasses, eh?!

Just the krakens at the moment, you jerkasses can find your own pirate treasures! These are mine!

Wait, are you selling the rest in that ^^ series, or just the kraken?   

About $4 for first class mail. I believe that comes with tracking to some extent though I'd have to go through the shipping label ordering process to be sure. Priority is around $30 and I know that would come with tracking, though I probably wouldn't recommend that option.

I see that US shipping is free.

What would it cost for shipping one of those MS69 2013 Panda's to the UK?

Thanks in advance

Thats the lame way to do it. I want to actually mint the coins myself so I can hand number the pieces and such.

You dont need a press. All you need to send your die to "mint" company and raw silver material

Having coins created isn't all that difficult or expensive. Selling at $5 over spot wouldn't be overly profitable, but it would be feasible. The upfront costs are $350-500 for the dies, the blanks themselves, and the design cost.

I'm sure I'll get around to it eventually, but as I said I don't really have the space to put a 50/100 ton hydraulic press at the moment. When I do get to it, I might grab a 200 ton one so that I can do US Mint styled quick strikes for the high relief proof stuff. The fancier things would be slightly more, probably like $10 over spot, but none of this 0.5-1 BTC premium nonsense.

If you are serious in this - i would like to participate. What this project will need is - a great designer and coin concept.

And of course premium will not be $5 over melt

I have no hate for the physical bitcoin makers, but I feel the same way. I know the cost associated with producing coins, and the premiums associated with even rare/historical/low mintage coins, and what people trade physical BTC for makes me cringe. I had a 1 oz silver coin (not really historical or anything) with a total mintage of 1000 and it was MS70 (1 of 15 MS70 coins in existence) and it sold at ~$250 over spot value. 1 BTC Brass Cas coins have a far greater premium than that, and they cost like $3 to produce.

I've been considering making my own Bitcoin related bullion and selling it at a reasonable premium ~$5 over spot for a while. Maybe throw a piece of duct tape over the back with a piece of a sticky note that has a bitcoin address on it. I have my eye on a 50/100 ton hydraulic press, but I'm having a hard time deciding where I'd put it.

It is not as simple as you think.

The best success of making "coin" wallet is - design of "coin" should as ugly as you can do it.

Just look on what are they selling - being in coins collection from 1985 I would like to cry when I see those pieces of shit.

So your coins are too good for wallets.