Great Seal of Canada $300 gold coin sells out in one hour on 11-14-03

[Dry]

Front page of 12/01/03 CoinWorld. Has a mintage of only 1000, weighs nearly 2 troy ounces. Helloooooo eBay.

 

[TomB]

You hit the nail on the head!

[trozau]

Any pictures?

[Dry]

full story/links:

 

http://www.newswire.ca/en/releases/archive/November2003/14/c2253.html

[trozau]

Thanks for the link. 60 grams (almost 2 troy ounces) of 14K gold is 1.125 troy ounce AGW. It should go way lower on the secondary market than the original issue price.

[Oldtrader3]

The Canadian Mint site is a freaking disaster to get around and find what you want. It is as slow as lingering death and you can not find what in the Hxll you are looking for!!

[PovertyRow]

Thanks for the link. 60 grams (almost 2 troy ounces) of 14K gold is 1.125 troy ounce AGW. It should go way lower on the secondary market than the original issue price.

 

So often I see folks not factoring in the true pure gold weight (not here - just in general with friends, co-workers etc who say they bought such and such gold at so much a gram and a quick mental calc reveals they have been rather royally had.)