Meanwhile over in Oz:
Exchange $10 for $10 coin!
http://www.macquariemint.com/pages/10for10.asp
"To redeem your official "We Will Remember Them" Silver Commemorative coin for A$10 simply contact the Macquarie Mint on Toll free 1300 798 368 to advise our friendly client services staff that you will be returning your coin for redemption and then send it to us at the below address.
PO Box 255, Abbotsford, Victoria 3067
You will need to provide the Macquarie Mint with proof of purchase (Macquarie Mint Tax Invoice) and redemption is limited to
one coin per customer as per the initial offer.
Just received this via snail-mail pamphlet.
So they are going to give us $10 worth of SOLID "Silver" currency for 10 fiat dollars???
Only one per "customer"?...hmmm something smells funny down here atm.
Also note,these are "Official legal tender" of Kiribati and Nauru(Sold Out)
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kiribati
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nauru
Note this part from Wiki on Nauru:
"When the phosphate reserves were exhausted, and the environment had been seriously harmed by mining, the trust that had been established to manage the island's wealth diminished in value. To earn income, Nauru briefly became a tax haven and illegal money laundering centre. From 2001 to 2008, it accepted aid from the Australian Government in exchange for housing a Nauru detention centre that held and assessed the refugee claims of asylum seekers who had arrived unauthorised in Australia."
Also what it says on the "To Selected Households"(man I'm stoked to be Selected!!) brochure is that the offer ends 25th May 2012.
Only 150,000 Limited Edition releases and "This coin is
fully refundable from the Macquarie Mint**"
**Conditions Apply see
www.macquariemint.com/pages/10for10
Which leads to this:
"Disclaimer
• Macquariemint.com does not guarantee the soundness of an investment of
any product offered on the website."
Dang,I was halfway out the door too!! :crazy:
Something's wrong when they're doing **** like this and people are actually falling for it....yet they won't give a bloke on the street a cigarette or a cuppa.