Perth Mint platinum coin sales surge
By GCRU Gold News on Wednesday, March 18 2015, 22:51 - Permalink
“The last two years in platinum have been terrible,” Neil Vance, wholesale manager at the mint, said by phone from Perth on Wednesday. “Suddenly when platinum, a more exotic style of metal, becomes cheaper they buy platinum. They see it as an opportunity, it’s perceived better than going with gold when it drops under the gold price.”