Swiss silver Tuba coins

[bort]

The Swiss mint recently released a Brass Bands commemorative coin:

http://tinyurl.com/tubacoin

I wanted one, so I bought one, plus some extras since the shipping charges were going to be pretty steep to just buy one coin. I figured they couldn't be too hard to unload here at cost. So... I have 6 coins for sale at a break-even price of $31 each, plus shipping.

By comparison, to buy 1 coin from the Swiss Mint would cost you over $55 (it's 25 CHF per coin plus 30 CHF for shipping [up to 600 CHF], plus whatever international service charges you'd pay with your credit card). In other words, buying 1 coin like that just doesn't make any sense.

They are really cool, IMO, and they are all in (duh...) Mint Condition.

- Condition: uncirculated, in plastic wrapper
- Legal face value: 20 Swiss francs
- Alloy: silver 0.835
- Weight: 20 g
- Diameter: 33 mm

Here are a few photos (it's hard to photograph a coin!), but please look at the Swiss Mint website for better photos. The quarter is shown for a size comparison.









Please email or PM if interested. Buy one or buy them all!

[bort]

3 sold, 2 on hold

1 left and unaccounted for... act quick!

(I should have bought more, huh? )

[bort]

All are spoken for... I will update if the 2 on-hold coins become available again.

Thanks, and sorry for all of you who weren't on TubeNet in the past 30 minutes.

[TheHatTuba]

Bort going into the tuba coin importation business.

Really cool coins, congrats to the new owners.

[bort]

All sold!

[bort]

Great! Pretty wild, huh? Enjoy!

[tmz1m]

I bought one of Bort's coins last year and don't really need it. If someone would like it more than me, I'll sell it to you for $35 shipped (which I believe is what I paid). Just PM me.

[tmz1m]

Sold pending payment.

[bort]

Once again, sold in only 30 minutes. These things are still hot!

[Tubanomicon]

Let me know if you get any more in!

[bort]

I have no plans to order more.

I originally just wanted 1 for myself, but figured with the shipping costs that was a bit ridiculous (For 1 coin, the shipping costs more than the coin itself!). I ordered a handful thinking that at some point, they would eventually sell around here or on eBay, and if not, I'd just keep them for myself. I posted them here at-cost + shipping, and never thought they'd all disappear so quickly!

If I were to order more to sell here, I'd have to raise the price a bit and not sell at-cost -- to make it worthwhile for me to front the money and buy them. If there's a lot of interest, I might consider it.

[butch]

These coins are still available over here in Switzerland.

Again, had they either been the same size as a US half dollar or dollar (to fit in a western-style belt buckle) I would have bought the first one.

They are 32.8mm in diameter and 2.8mm thick.

Regards Butch

[arpthark]

Just to compare, half dollars are 1.205 inches (30.61 mm) in diameter and .085 inches (2.15 mm) in thickness.