Royal Canadian Mint turning into Franklin Mint?

What was the price of gold back in 1967?

 

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Gold was about $35 in 1967. It's now about $1200. The 2 tiered system started in 68/69 and the price was free to float since then.

 

I didn't say that the 1967 proof set had no numismatic value. I said that the set appreciated only because of the rise in the scrap value of the gold and silver. You can go to any coin show and every dealer has them. There are more out there than there are collectors. Most collectors of Canadian coins have a set and they are readily available.... that's what I meant. It's a neat set to have due to the historical value, but the price rises and falls directly in relation to the intrinsic value of the metals, nothing more.

 

There are tons of commemorative sets of "great nations" that aren't worth squat. Are you feeling we are demeaning Canada by talking about its numismatic products? Hate to break it to you, but coins are not a good substitute for national worth. Are all Canadians this touchy about how you're such a tiny country? Just seems like a Napolean complex here. Usually its the tiny little guy screaming how tough he is, not the 6'2", (sorry, 188cm), linebacker.

 

Forgive my ignorance, but I didn't even know Canada made such a gold coin that year. I never saw it listed in any of my coin books. Sounds interesting, I would love to own that set.

 

Ha, ha! that is funny, and probably often true. I guess I would just personally be a little bit more polite about it, though, but that's just me. Ha, ha!

 

As I said before, the 1967 set is a really nice thing for any Canadian to have and hold. The Centennial of anything is great to own and pass on to prodginy. Never feel bad about having a '67 set. I'm a Yank whose been on the North side of the border for the better part of 20 years and I still have Centennial and Bicentennial stuff from the US, some of which have gone to my kids and their kids.

 

I'm an American but I want to thank Canada for all it did for us on 9/11.
Take a read:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Operation_Yellow_Ribbon

 

Interestingly, after reading your last post, I went back to my N. American coin reference and I did, in fact, find that .5288 oz. Canadian gold coin from 1967. I have been wanting to assemble a Canadian coin type set from circa 1870-1967.

 

I just went to Royal Canadian mint website currently 184 silver products being offered

 

One of the enduringly well-designed coin sets of the modern era. When I began collecting (1969), the 1967 Centennial set with the $20 gold piece was the set I always wanted to have, and oddly, even today, still do not.

 

Thank you for posting that. Had it not been for President Ford revoking Roosevelt's Executive Order forbidding Americans to have gold coins dated after 1933, I wouldn't have this either.

 

Ummm, this is all I have for a 1967 set (Red case type) ... it merely has the medallion, rather than the fancy $20 gold coin ...



.... oh, and this homemade baby as well (in an RCM case) ...





very cool coins

 

The largest gold coin ever struck by the Royal Mint will be cashed in for 65,000 British pounds, roughly $102,121.50 US. The coin is legal tender on the Channel island of Alderney and is being auctioned in Hong Kong as an appeal to the wealth Asian gold market. The coin measures about 4.5 inches in diameter, which is about the size of a CD, and consists of 1 kg of solid gold. The face value on the coins is 1,000 British pounds, which is the largest denomination for a coin ever issued by the Royal Mint. - See more at: http://www.goldcoin.net/daily-news-...o-sell-for-65000-pounds/#sthash.nFw27Odv.dpuf

 

=> well, there is this $1,000,000 Canadian gold coin ... *sweet*



http://www.upscalehype.com/2010/06/largest-million-dollar-gold-coin-on-the-planet-2/

 

The 1967 flying goose dollar from the Centennial set is one of my favorite modern coin designs. It's just a very simple, beautiful and unpretentious representation of a common animal that anyone living in North America would recognize at a glance. I should really pick up a PL copy for myself at some point.



Recently, I toured the Winnipeg mint and at one point the tour guide pointed to a displayed commemorative that referenced 1867. When she asked the group what the significance of 1867 was, no one could tell her. I spoke up (I have read some Canadian histories, otherwise I wouldn't have known either) and the group, mostly Canadians (we had introduced ourselves before the tour) just kind of shrugged in an "oh, that" manner. Possibly someone knew but had an attack of shyness, but I found that experience interesting. But not as interesting as the time I found myself in a heated argument with an American who held an advanced degree about when the American Civil War had occurred. I told her the dates and she replied "well then what was that 1776 stuff all about?" It was a long painful discussion, especially when she cried "but Britain is our ally!" after I summarized the story of the American Revolution. I decided to skip the War of 1812. I still cringe when I think about it. One thing numismatics can help with is a sense of history. Seeing the Canadian 1867-1967 set in catalogs prompted me to research why Canada would celebrate this date. The best part of this whole hobby, at least for me, is when it intersects with history. And it often does. If I knew where that woman I argued with was today, I would be tempted to send her some coins.

 

Thank you for directing me to Colonial coins in Ontario. I have been wanting to assemble a type set of Canadian coins circa 1870-1967 for quite some time, but was not sure who to go to. I'm still wondering where to search. What do you think of such a type set? Is that something interesting to you? Are such sets popular in Canada?

 

I also learned a lot of history during my coin collecting experiences. Every thing from classic Greece, Ancient Rome, Byzantium etc. That is what helps make collecting fun.