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Argyle Diamond Coins Sell Within a Month
Jul 6, 2017 9:57 AM
By Rapaport News
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RAPAPORT... Rio Tinto sold a set of diamond coins to an Asian buyer for $1.4
million (AUD 1.8 million) within a month of the collection’s unveiling, the
miner announced Thursday.
The anonymous collector snapped up the Australian Trilogy,
which features three coins, each with a colored diamond — one pink, one
purple-pink and one violet — from Rio Tinto’s Argyle mine in Western Australia.
The Perth Mint created the coins together with diamantaire John
Glajz, an authorized partner of Argyle Pink Diamonds — meaning he is permitted
to sell stones from the iconic mine. The collaboration has also seen the
creation of several limited-edition gold-and-pink-diamond bars and coins during
the past five years, which have been in demand among investors and collectors,
Rio Tinto said.
“We have seen, and continue to see, strong demand from this
high end of the luxury market,” Glajz commented. “The coveted Australian
Trilogy speaks the language of exclusivity, desirability and collectability.”
The Argyle mine produces the vast majority of the world’s
supply of rare pink diamonds, Rio Tinto said. However, it added, less than 0.1%
of the diamonds the mine produces are pink. The company expects the asset to
last until 2020.
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