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Nach aktueller Auskunft der Royal Canadian Mint (RCM) sieht diese für das Jahr 2010 keine Gedenkmünzen in Palladium vor. Auch gibt es laut Aussagen der RCM diesbezüglich keine Planungen, so dass vermutlich auch in den nächsten Jahren nur schwer mit Münzausgaben à la „Big Bear and Little Bear Constellations coin series (2006)“ zurechnen sein wird.

Erfreulicher hingegen ist, dass auch für das Jahr 2010 eine Ausgabe der Bullion Ausführung des Maple Leafs in Palladium erfolgen soll. Genauere Angaben über das Erscheinungsdatum sind aktuell noch nicht bekannt. In Bezug auf die numismatischen Parameter kann davon ausgegangen werden, dass diese mit den Stücken der Vorjahre identisch sein sollten.

Nach den Ausgaben der Cookinseln (HMS Bounty) und Kanada (Maple Leaf), erfolgt nun die dritte Ausgabe einer Palladiummünze im Jahre 2009 durch die Insel Man. Im Gegensatz zu den Ausgaben der Cookinseln und Kanada, welche primär als Anlagemünze emittiert wurden, handelt es sich bei dem Stück der Insel Man um eine reine Sammlermünze mit einer maximalen Auflage von 1.000 Exemplaren.

Das 1 Crown Stück, mit der offiziellen Bezeichnung „20th Anniversary of the Fall of the Berlin Wall“, ziert auf dem Revers neben der Quadriga des Brandenburger Tores, einem geöffneten Stück der Berliner Mauer und durchtrenntem Stacheldraht, auch ein Bouquet von Rosen, als Attribut für Frieden und Versöhnung. Zur Abrundung der Gestaltung zieren die Schriftzüge „Twentieth Anniversary of the Fall of the Berlin Wall“ und die Nominalangabe „One Crown“ die Motivseite der Münze.

Wie bei den Münzausgaben der Insel Man üblich, ziert neben den Schriftzügen „Elizabeth II.“ und „Isle of Man 2009“, sowohl Königin Elisabeth II., als auch die Wappen der Insel Man das Avers.

Die Münze wird in einem sogenannten Schweberahmen (Bild rechts) ausgegeben und beinhaltet neben der Münze auch ein Originalstück der Berliner Mauer.

Der Erstausgabepreis soll sich auf ca. 550,- Euro (inkl. 19% USt) belaufen, wobei genauere Informationen zum Zeitpunkt der Publikation noch nicht vorlagen.

Neben der Münze in Palladium zu einer Unze, gibt es dieses Stück auch in Silber (925 / 1000; 28,28g; 38,60mm; Auflage max. 10.000) und Kupfer-Nickel (28,28g; 38,60mm; Auflage unlimitiert), sowie als Palladium Piedfort (= Dickabschlag; zu zwei Unzen) mit einer Auflage von 20 Exemplaren. Alle Stücke werden in der höchsten Prägequaltität, Polierte Platte, geprägt.

Numismatische Parameter:

Ausgabeland: Insel Man (engl. Isle of Man)
Nominal: 1 Crown
Prägestätte: Pobjoy Mint Ltd.
Typ: Sammlermünze
Prägejahr: 2009
Erstausgabe: Oktober 2009
Motiv: 20. Jahrestag Berliner Mauerfall
Randprägung: geriffelt
Gewicht: 31,103g (1 Unze) / Piedfort 62,206g (2 Unzen)
Material: Palladium (Pd)
Feingehalt: 999 / 1000
Durchmesser: 32,7 mm
Dicke: 3,0 mm / Piedfort 6,0 mm
Prägung: Polierte Platte
Auflage: max. 1.000 / Piedfort 20 (geprägt 200 / 20 – Stand Juni 2011)
Ausgabeform: Präsentationsbox mit Mauerstück und Zertifikat (COA)

At the end of 1994 the Perth Mint received permission from the Australian government to issue a palladium coin series. The first 40 AU$ emu palladium coin was issued in October of 1995 in proof quality. In 1996 a bullion edition (BU quality) with the motif of the proof version of the previous year was also issued. The bullion coins were packed in capsules and sold by the Perth Mint for 110% of the actual palladium price at the time of issue. The proof issues were sold in a distinctive black wooden box including a certificate for a fixed price in a range between AU$ 350 and AU$ 425 (depending on the year). The maximum mintage per year was set at 2500 pieces in proof and 5000 pieces in BU quality (detailed issue amounts Auflagen), but not all coins were minted in the maximum allowed quantities. The production of the 1998 issue was suspended when Russia blocked the delivery of palladium, rapidly driving up the price of the metal due to low availability. Many palladium coins were melted down at this time, and therefore one must often pay a premium fee for palladium coins minted during this period. In the year 2006 the Perth Mint resumed minting the 1998 BU emu coins, but the maximum planned amount of 5000 pieces has not been reached. One can find additional information about this extra mintage in the 1998 section.

The obverse of the coins shows Queen Elisabeth II. , the reverses show the following motives:

1995 Proof: Emu with eggs
1996 Bu: Emu with eggs
1996 Proof: Emu with two chicks
1997 Bu: Emu with two chicks
1997 Proof: Emu with pup
1998 Bu: Emu with pup

The design of the obverse is made by Raphael Maklouf. The responsibility for the reverse design is different. Louise Pinder was responsible for the 1995-1996 in proof and 1996-1997 in Bu. Milena Milan was responsible for 1997 proof and 1998 Bu

The following parameters specify the Emu palladium coins:

Denomination: AU$40
Weight: 31,185g
Material: Palladium Pd
Ounce: 1
Fineness: 99,95%
Diameter: max. 36,10mm
Thickness: max. 4,00mm
Edge: 225 serrations

As you see on the photos, there are more differences between the both versions (BU and proof). The BU issue was primary made as an investor coin and a part of the background is matted and elements of the illustration are glossy minted. In comparison to this the proof issue has a glossy minted background and matted elements of the illustration. A proof version of a coin is always minted with special glossy polished treated coin blank and polished dies. There is also a higher pressure and a restriction of the minting speed for proof coins to get the best possibly pieces. The price for the proof coins is much higher then the real material price because of this special necessary treatments. Also each proof coin has an additional “P” (the mintmark of the Perth Mint).

You can find this mintmark on the proof coins here:

1995 Proof: Below the Emu’s neck at the upper grass beginning
1996 Proof: Below the Emu’s tail at the upper grass beginning
1997 Proof: At the foot of the young Emu

Here I will give you an overview about the different issues. To get more detailed information about the different issues, please click on the listed minted amounts or find your right coin, when clicking on the years in the navigation on the left.

Caption:

? real amount not known
– Typ was not issued

In 1997 the Perth Mint has issued a so called „Typeset“, which contains only a presentation box for the Proof coins – this box was issued without coins!n One year later the Perth Mint has issued a set, which shows on 3 Prints the motives of the coins. This prints have been issued also without the coins and should only be an extension for the proof coins.

In 1995 the first Palladium coin was issued by the Perth Mint. This coin was the AU$ 40 Emu coin 1995 in the quality Proof. The maximum amount of this issue is 2.500 pieces, all pieces have been minted. The coin was sold for AU$350 official issue price in a black wooden box including a certificate to prove the authenticity. A maximum of 75 coins has also been issued in the Metal Proof Set 1995.

This Four Metal Proof Set has a maximum edition of 75 pieces and it was packed in a wooden box with green coininlay and certificate. The set contains the following 4 coins in proof quality:

In August of 1997 the Perth Mint has issued a so called Typeset, because they want to offer collectors a noble presentation box for the proof emu coins. This typeset contains a black box for the three issued proof coins and a detailed booklet with information about the complete EMU series. The price without coins was AU$65, the maximal production amount was 750 pieces.

To make the EMU Palladium coins more popular the Perth Mint has issued in the beginning of 1998 a limited set of three prints (graphics) that shows the motives of the EMU issues. The prints has been designed by the designers of the coins (Louise Pinder and Milena Milan). This prints are limited to a maximum of 250 pieces and each set has its own serial number. The issue price was AU$90.

In 1996 the Perth Mint has issued the bullion issue EMU 1996. The maximum mintage was 5000 pieces. A maximum of 2000 coins has been sold in a set together with a phonecard for a fixed price. The remaining coins have been sold loose in a capsule. It is not sure if they have been minted completely. The issue price of the Perth Mint was 110% of the actual palladium price.

In 1996 there have been issued a maximum of 2000 coins of 1996 in a set together with a phonecard. The issue price was AU$235. This set from Australia, which contains a phonecard, is the first set with an included phonecard in the Australian coin issue history. The phonecard is unused and packed in a protective cover.

In the year 1996 the Perth Mint has issued the 1996 EMU coin in proof. The maximum mintage of this issue is 2500 pieces, but only 1144 pieces has been minted! The coin was sold in a black wooden box with certificate of authenticity for AU$350. A maximum of 100 coins was issued in the Four Metal Proof Set 1996.

This Four Metal Proof Set has a maximum edition of 100 pieces and it was packed in a wooden box with green coininlay and certificate. The set contains the following 4 coins in proof quality:

In August of 1997 the Perth Mint has issued a so called Typeset, because they want to offer collectors a noble presentation box for the proof emu coins. This typeset contains a black box for the three issued proof coins and a detailed booklet with information about the complete EMU series. The price without coins was AU$65, the maximal production amount was 750 pieces.

To make the EMU Palladium coins more popular the Perth Mint has issued in the beginning of 1998 a limited set of three prints (graphics) that shows the motives of the EMU issues. The prints has been designed by the designers of the coins (Louise Pinder and Milena Milan). This prints are limited to a maximum of 250 pieces and each set has its own serial number. The issue price was AU$90.

In the year 1997 the Perth Mint has issued the bullion issue EMU 1997. The maximum mintage of this issue is 5000 pieces, but it is not sure, if they have been minted completely. The issue price of the Perth Mint was 110% of the actual palladium price.

In the year 1997 the Perth Mint has issued the last Emu Palladium coin in proof. The maximum mintage was 2500 pieces, but because of the high palladium price only 769 pieces has been minted. The coin was sold in a black wooden box including certificate of authenticity for AU$425. A maximum of 100 coins has also been issued in the Four Metal Proof Set of 1997.

This Four Metal Proof Set has a maximum edition of 100 pieces and it was packed in a wooden box with green coininlay and certificate. The set contains the following 4 coins in proof quality:

In August of 1997 the Perth Mint has issued a so called Typeset, because they want to offer collectors a noble presentation box for the proof emu coins. This typeset contains a black box for the three issued proof coins and a detailed booklet with information about the complete EMU series. The price without coins was AU$65, the maximal production amount was 750 pieces.

To make the EMU Palladium coins more popular the Perth Mint has issued in the beginning of 1998 a limited set of three prints (graphics) that shows the motives of the EMU issues. The prints has been designed by the designers of the coins (Louise Pinder and Milena Milan). This prints are limited to a maximum of 250 pieces and each set has its own serial number. The issue price was AU$90.

In 1998 only a small mintage of the 1998 Emu has been minted in BU version, before the production has been paused completely. Because of the up going palladium price, it was harder and harder to sell the coins. The Perth Mint has not finished the mintage, they have only suspended it. So the possibility for the mintage of the complete planned amount of 5000 pieces exists.

Probably because of the palladium coins of Canada (in 2006 was issued a so called „Constellation Set“ with coins with a mintage of 300 per coin) in 2006 the Perth Mint was requested to mint palladium coins again. The Perth Mint declared that this was the wish of an overseas dealer. In Germany the 1998 palladium coins has been appeared in bigger amounts and because of this, I think that a German dealer, was responsible for this further mintages. Because of the sales problems the Perth Mint was not sure, if they should produce the coins in the maximum mintage. So they supposable they have produced „two smaller amounts“ of the 1998 EMU coins (which are included in the planned total amount of 5000 pieces), but the maximum mintage seems not to be reached. The coins of this „test amounts“ are the same, but there is a difference with the packaging in the capsule. It is possible to see the edge of the coin in the capsule in one part of the issue and not (or hard to see) possible to see it in the other capsule (you could see it in the photo). This „new mintages“ has been delivered to the dealer, who has given this order to the Perth Mint to see how this sales gain interest or not. It seems that this test has not been successfully enough, because the Perth Mint is not planning further issues for the moment. The official arguments are that the Perth Mint is not satisfied with the quality of the mintage. It is not easy to mint coins in Palladium, because there is a high error quote and it is expensive to recycle this scraps.

Finally it would be important to say that the price of this coin has decreased because of this extra mintages from around 1000 Euro before to around 300 Euro. This example shows that the amount of palladium coin collectors is very little at the moment, but there could be a change in this behaviour, because the collecting of palladium coins offers a broad variety of different coins, with only very little different issues.

In the United States the grading of coins by specialised companies is very popular. These companies use the Sheldon System, developed by Dr. William H. Sheldon in the year 1949, to rate the quality of a coin. There are 70 different gradings, which help defining the quality of a coin very detailed. The Sehldon System uses special letter combinations and a number from 1 – 70 (which means best quality). For coins in proof quality the Sheldon System is very useful, because there are 10 different ratings only for different proof qualities. Also it is possible that proof coins are graded under 60, if they have scratches or other damages, there exist graded proof coins under AU-50.

Also in my opinion the grading system has not only advantages. There are many different grading companies in the US. A test of these companies by PNG (Professional Numismatists Guild) and ICTA (Industry Council for Tangible Assets) in the year 2006 has shown big differences between the opinions of the different grading companies. So you should not only belief in grading results, you should also have your own opinion about the quality of coins. PCGS (Professional Coin Grading System) and NGC (Numismatic Guaranty Corporation of America) have been the winners. A disadvantage of graded coins is that they are not packed in their original packaging any more, because they are repacked by the grading companies in a special “coin slab”, which includes the grading certificate with the grading grade and the name of the coin and an own identification number. The problem is that the original certificates are not together with the graded coins anymore and also it is not possible anymore to see the letterings on the edge anymore. Sometimes it has been happened that the coin slabs have been opened by force and high graded coins have been replaced with lower graded coins. Coins with very good “grading” have much better prices then lower graded coins. Also there could be big price differences between a MS-69 and MS-70 graded coin in the market.

At the moment there is no possibility to grade coins in Europe. Only empty coin slabs can be ordered in the US and you could do the grading yourself. To avoid such own gradings, PCGS has a special database, where all graded coins are indexed and could be find with the identification number (PCGS-database).

Also PCGS has graded EMU Palladium coins (for example):

To see the process of a grading just watch the advertisement film of PCGS: :

PCGS.com Video (Cable/DSL)

PCGS.com Video (Dial-up)

Ende 1994 erhielt die Perth Mint vom australischen Bundesschatzamt die Genehmigung zur Ausgabe einer Palladium-Münzserie. Im Oktober des darauf folgenden Jahres erschien die erste Palladium AU$ 40 Emu Münze in der Qualität Proof. 1996 wurde die Serie um eine Bullionausgabe (Bu) erweitert, die grundsätzlich das Motiv der Proof Version aus dem Vorjahr trägt. Die Bullionausgaben wurden lediglich in einer Kapsel zu 110% des aktuellen Palladiumpreises von der Perth Mint verkauft. Im Vergleich dazu wurden die Proof Ausgaben in einem edlen schwarzen Holzetui mit Zertifikat zu einem Festpreis zwischen AU$ 350 und AU$ 425 (je nach Jahrgang) verkauft. Die maximalen Auflagen pro Jahr lagen bei der Proof Version bei 2.500 und bei der Bu Version bei 5.000 Exemplaren (detaillierte Auflagen). Allerdings wurden teilweise nicht die kompletten Auflagen ausgeprägt, da die Emu Münzen zu der damaligen Zeit nicht sehr beliebt waren. Des weiteren wurde die Produktion der 1998er Ausgabe ausgesetzt, da auf Grund Lieferblockaden von Seiten Russlands kaum Palladium zur Verfügung stand, was den Palladiumpreis stark ansteigen ließ. In dieser Zeit wurden etliche Palladiummünzen, so auch die Emus, eingeschmolzen. Dies hat zur Folge, dass heute teilweise sehr hohe Aufschläge für Palladiummünzen beim Erwerb zu zahlen sind. Im Jahr 2006 prägte die Perth Mint die 1998er Ausgabe nach. Ausführliche Infos zu der Nachprägung finden Sie in der Rubrik 1998.

Die Wertseite der Münzen ziert Königin Elisabeth II., welche Staatsoberhaupt von Australien ist. Auf der Bildseite sind folgende Motive zu sehen:

1995 Proof: Emu mit Gelege und Eiern
1996 Bu: Emu mit Gelege und Eiern
1996 Proof: Emu mit zwei Küken
1997 Bu: Emu mit zwei Küken
1997 Proof: Emu mit Jungtier
1998 Bu: Emu mit Jungtier

Das Design der Wertseite stammt von Raphael Maklouf. Bei der Bildseite wechselten sich zwei Designerinnen ab. Louise Pinder war für die Ausgaben 1995-1996 in Proof sowie 1996-1997 in Bu zuständig. Die Ausgaben 1997 in Proof und 1998 Bu wurde von Milena Milan gestaltet.

Folgende technische Parameter spezifizieren die Emu Palladiumausgaben:

Nominal: AU$40
Gewicht: 31,185g
Material: Palladium Pd
Unze: 1
Feinheit: 99,95%
Durchmesser: max. 36,10mm
Dicke: max. 4,00mm
Randprägung: 225 Rillen/ Vertiefungen

Wie Sie an den beiden Bildern erkennen können, gibt es weitere Unterschiede zwischen den beiden Versionen Bu und Proof. Bei der Bu Ausgabe, welche zu Anlagezwecken gedacht war, wurde ein Teil des Hintergrundes matt gehalten und Elemente des Bildes glänzend geprägt. Im Vergleich hierzu wurde bei der Proof Ausgabe der komplette Hintergrund der Münze glänzend geprägt und die Bildelemente matt gehalten. Bei der Prägung einer Proof Münze werden speziell behandelte Ronden, die auf Hochglanz poliert wurden, sowie polierte Prägestempel verwendet. Des weiteren wird bei der Prägung von Proof Münzen ein höherer Prägedruck, sowie eine langsamere Prägegeschwindigkeit gewählt, um makellose Stücke zu erhalten. Dieser Aufwand lässt erklären, weshalb die Proof Ausgaben zu einem Festpreis, der weitaus höher war als der Materialpreis, verkauft wurden. Ein weiteres Unterscheidungsmerkmal der Proof Münze im Vergleich zur Bu Ausgabe ist, dass bei jeder Proof Münze ein „P“, als Münzzeichen der Perth Mint, auf die Münze geprägt wurde.

Sie können dieses Münzzeichen bei den Proof Ausgaben an folgenden Stellen finden:

1995 Proof: unterhalb des Emuhalses am oberen Grasansatz
1996 Proof: unterhalb des Emuschweifes am oberen Grasansatz
1997 Proof: am linken Fuß des Emu-Jungtiers