Sure there are criminals already salivating over this to melt down and sell. Didn’t Canada lose their biggin’ while displayed in Germany to some unsavory “coin collectors”?

Now Mint, please let us know if Space Force will be coming.

Good to see you back my friend 🙂

Fear the Turtle! Oh, sorry, thought we were writing about the Maryland Terrapins 😉

Hideous Perth Mint.

Hmm Cali, the auction for the Ingot is in Winter Park, FL over the next couple of days — I’m staying at a hotel in Orlando literally 15 minutes away! I’m all in!
＼⁠(⁠°⁠o⁠°⁠)⁠／.. I’d like to see it live, never been to one in person–no bids though ..well maybe a couple early on for the thrill lol. I’m already on a diet of beans & cornbread from going crazy on the high grade Morgan’s, $2.5 Libs, V’s & Kennedy’s this winter–no mas for a while…
ಠ⁠︵⁠ಠ…..
I’m going to look out to the East in a couple of hours–the 2 Astronaut’s are set to blast off tonight, the big engine Rocket!– I’ll take that freebie thrill no problem!

I’ve always been fascinated with Shipwreck treasures and the salvaging efforts. Like the Ship of Gold, the USS Central America, great stuff, those Spanish Galleons were so awesome too…
Also movies about ship/sea adventures and the like. From Jaws to The Poseidon Adventure(original)… Who else has a ship/sea favorite flick!?

https://www.coinworld.com/news/world-coins/gold-bar-from-'atocha'-wreck-in-sedwick-auction

PS Perhaps, REB you might consider a trade? Your stash for this one? JK
PSS Kind of minuscule when compared to the 1 ton, behemoth below! Melt is over $73 million! (“Measuring about 80 centimetres wide and 12 centimetres deep it is the biggest, heaviest and most valuable gold bullion coin in the world.”)

Sound advice, and looking forward to reviewing your report. Thanks E1 for highlighting this fascinating(to me) Modern Mint Variety.

Rick,

I don’t want to speculate at this point. However, it is a real number. I will collect and post the data on the 16th. Thank you for the significant update.

Cheers

E1,
Agreed, I hope there’s no more -69’s. Another 1 or 2 I think that would be ok, let a couple more collectors go for the prize. Any more than that then I suspect the P Mint’s die/hubsman walked out with a heavier shoe heel on a certain day after work.
One thing to be sure of is that Dave Santiago has handled more high quality 1C V’s than anyone else. Via eBay messaging(in Feb) Dave informed me that 3 of the 4 NGC-68, and 12 of 16 PCGS-67 were his submissions, not to mention the early ANACS V’s that he and Mike Diamond presented to them to attribute the very 1st “V”s… He said that he has kept Top Pops, and that he will be submitting more for grading. We’ll see what the next twist is for the continuing V saga.. Below is a Great Collections Extra “V” MS-68 from ANACS that sold 2 weeks ago for a ‘mere’ $700 net for the seller. It’s a very early ANACS(shoulder descriptive).. Not sure what to think about that sale?..