Canada Mint set 1997 -- Please help

Hi all.


Please help me out, I have a 1997 (P/L) mint set for Canada.

Only two of the coins have mint marks, the dime and quarter have a small 'H'.

Is this normal?

Any idea of vlaue.

Also, is it normal for the coins to have a medal turn? and not a coin turn?

That is: If you flip the coins over from heads (side) vertically, the reverse would be upside down, and if flipped side to side the reverse would be 'correct'?

Thanks.

Also, any idea of value?
It is in the original envelope, with the card insert.

 

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I don't know anything about the H mintmarks or the value, but I can tell you that all canadian coins are oriented that way (obverse/reverse).

 

Thanks, I learned something today.

 

In fact I think coins from most countries are oriented this way, and US coinage is the exception... is this correct? I've often wondered the reasoning for orienting the obverse and reverse this way - is it strictly arbitrary or is it for a reason?

 

I have no clue.
Interesting question.

However, does anyone know the value of the set?

 

14$ winnipeg set, 30$ ottawa

 

I can hardly believe this thread has gone on this long without the OP's question being answered. I think what he is seeing on the reverse is the designer's initial H for Emanuel Hahn.

Incidently, silver coins before 1908 have the "coin" method of obverse/reverse alignment rather than "Medal".

 

Will you be telling Treshunt what the set is worth?

 

Treashunt mentioned a small H on his dime and quarter.
I am noting there is a small H on the dime above the waves at the left. On the quarter there is a small H in front of the caribou's neck at the bottom. This is the initial of the designer, Emanuel Hahn, and not a mint mark.