More than 12 million wanted the Federer coin

you wanted the Whole time. 17 days. From the 2. to on 19. December, the presale for the Roger-Federer-coin of Swiss mint should be opened. Then, an incomparable rush: marketing Manager Christoph Tanner was followed by reports that the page has been accessed in three days, more than 12 million Times. Of the 55'000 copies in the first sale, 33'000 were sold, and the remaining 22'ooo come on the official day of issue, 23. In January 2020, on the market.

The great interest put on the online shop, the Federal mint lame. He had never experienced such a Run on a coin, says Tanner, is currently inundated with Calls and e-Mails. The Webshop would have kept the purchase of delusional of Federer Fans would have been sold out, the coin probably within a few minutes. So it took until Wednesday evening at about 22 o'clock, up to the first 33'000 were gone.

But not only for Fans of the coin is sought after, even in the case of business creators, as it turns out. On the auction portal Ebay only three days after the start of the pre-sale already has six offers are to be found, four of them from Switzerland, one from Italy and the last – the most expensive – from the United States. For the equivalent of about 75 to 180 francs the User to provide, Tanner calls them gold-diggers, the coin. The piece was at Swiss mint for 30 francs.

Because it ran so well, expanding the Swiss mint in may 2020: Then there is, once again, to buy a 40'000 coins. And there comes a gold coin of the Swiss tennis player on the market. However, it is much more expensive, between 600 and 700 francs to the cost. (mro)

Created: 05.12.2019, 14:24 PM