http://www.coinlink.com/News/gold-silver-bullion/unfounded-allegations-regarding-perth-mint-certificate-program/ Rare Coins & Currency News for Numismatic Collectors - Updated Daily Mon, 07 May 2012 19:57:47 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=abc hourly 1 http://www.coinlink.com/News/gold-silver-bullion/unfounded-allegations-regarding-perth-mint-certificate-program/comment-page-1/#comment-259154 NameRequired Fri, 19 Aug 2011 15:11:12 +0000 http://www.coinlink.com/News/gold-silver-bullion/unfounded-allegations-regarding-perth-mint-certificate-program/#comment-259154 So you say, but my experience is this: if you want to take delivery of physical metal from Perth Mint, you will be asked to pay exorbitant shipping charges (on the order of thousands of dollar to ship one pound) which make it infeasible to exercise. As my Stateside dealer said, you're better off closing the account and using the cash to buy metals locally. The shipping caveat was NOT disclosed to me when I entered the program. It suggests the Mint is not eager to disburse its holdings -- if any. So you say, but my experience is this: if you want to take delivery of physical metal from Perth Mint, you will be asked to pay exorbitant shipping charges (on the order of thousands of dollar to ship one pound) which make it infeasible to exercise. As my Stateside dealer said, you’re better off closing the account and using the cash to buy metals locally. The shipping caveat was NOT disclosed to me when I entered the program. It suggests the Mint is not eager to disburse its holdings — if any.

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