Real gold for football loving Fathers
(28/05/2010)

As England prepare for the FIFA World Cup TM in South Africa, there is new official merchandise which will undoubtedly make the ultimate gift for football loving Fathers – real gold.

The FIFA World Cup 2010™ Mascot set commemorates the event in gold and was created by the South African Mint. It is a two coin set featuring Zakumi, the 2010 mascot. Consisting of a 2006 R2 (1/4 oz gold) coin and a 2009 R2 (1/10 oz gold) coin, the set was first issued in the UK in November 2009 priced at £480, today the Mascot set is selling for £700. As limited edition commemorative coins, there are only 2010 Mascot sets available worldwide exclusively from the Scoin Shop. Also available exclusively at Scoin is the FIFA 2006 R2 (1/4oz gold) coin for £450.

For the ultimate in Football merchandise, consider the Laduma, meaning ‘goal’, prestige set of 10 gold coins currently priced at £5,400. There are only six sets available in the UK out of a limited edition of 500 worldwide, making this set highly prized. Recently the gold price hit a record high of US$1,254 per ounce. You get rarity and a booming gold price when you collect the FIFA Coins of 2010.

Discretely positioned near Debenhams in the prestigious Westfield Shopping Centre in West London, the new Scoin Shop has the exclusive UK rights to sell the FIFA World Cup™ Gold Coin Mascot sets. The first shop of its kind in the UK, the Scoin Shop – the only retail chain of coin shops in the world - sells new mint gold, silver and platinum coins.

“Commemorative coins are known to be a sound investment, rising in value as the price of gold rises and as their rarity increases. Long after the FIFA World Cup 2010™ has passed and the teddy bear mascots and t-shirts have become threadbare, footie fans who bought this ultimate official merchandise of the event will be reaping the rewards of gold!” says Alan Demby, the SAGCE’s executive chairman.

“With South Africa being the first country in Africa to host the FIFA World Cup, the South African Mint is pleased to offer football fans the opportunity to buy into the momentous occasion,” says Natanya van Niekerk, General Manager of Numismatic Coins, a division of SA Mint.

She offers several reasons for football fans to join the gold rush:
• With the countdown of the FIFA 2010 World Cup™ in full flight, commemorative FIFA 2010 World Cup™ coin sets were bound to generate frenzied interest;
• The limited mintages rendered the sets collectors’ items even before they saw the light of day;
• The gold price has been hitting all-time peaks, demonstrating international demand for the yellow metal in whatever form;
• Global interest in the 2010 World Cup is unprecedented, and with it a demand for all related merchandise.

“With only six Laduma coins sets available in the UK, football fans dare not delay.” says Demby.