Its a little pricey for 1oz of silver, but typical of a Canadian specialty coin. Just really neat. I have already placed my order for one. Came to about $124US with shipping added. At a mintage of 8500, these would have been sold out in less than 10 minutes and hundreds of collectors would have taken to social media decrying how they were robbed by the big dealers and the little collector got screwed, but because it is in Canada, they are still available after one week. http://www.mint.ca/store/coins/1-oz...4A680274E77140E1E8DE3515.node1-1#.WBvqX_orI2w
Or maybe because it's a goofy novelty. Then again, I said the same thing about the US Baseball HOF commemoratives.
Not my cup of tea but to each his own I would buy more Canadian NCLT coins but they are so expensive!!! I understand mintages are low but just too much money for me. So I pass on 99% of them.
I think it's cool but I don't see the point in paying that much for what is essentially an ounce of silver.
There is always the possibility it will be the next one of these: http://www.ebay.com/itm/Tuvalu-2006...r-Coin-1oz-Deadly-and-Dangerous-/221834653237 I remember when these were "only" about $750 and thinking only someone with serious mental illness would pay that much...,, Now they're three times more. Thing is, the Canadian issues don't have a great track record for appreciation. I don't think I can name a single issue that has gone up substantially. I like the small half ounce $20 coins that they have issued the last few years, to me those are the most attractive product they have offered recently in silver. Some of the gold issues also have very nice designs. If you are in it for the artwork, you can't go wrong with the Canadian Mint, --far better than anything coming out of the US Mint now days-- so long as appreciation isn't a primary goal then the football coin is a winner.
Coin arrived the other day and I am pleased. Nothing fancy about it. Just like our Baseball commemorative. At a time when I am unloading all my Canadian coins, this one will be a keeper.
It's another of the RCM's 'granny bait" pile of non-numismatic stuff. I would estimate that you can buy nearly 90% of the RCM's NCLT 5 years down the road for 70% or less than issue price and, for bullion, even less. Major Canadian dealers get to buy this crap from the Mint for deep discounts and then they unload it a few years later when they don't sell
