Canada QEII 80th B'day Coin - Issue Price?

By the time Thalia and I found out about the 25 cent piece that the Royal Canadian Mint issued, the run of 25,000 pieces had been sold out. Of course there are plenty of them on that Internet Auction Community.

I'm wondering what the initial issue price of this coin was. I checked the RCM website and that price is no longer shown.

Given that... how shall I put this delicately?... some RCM issues do not exactly maintain their initial issue price, I want to get a sense of what premium there might already be on this issue.

Thanks in advance!

 

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The issue price was $19.95 CDN / $17.45 US
Here's a cut & paste from the receipt....

SHIPPED ITEM(S)

627206 - A unique commemorative to celebrate one of the world's most popular monarchs!
1 x $19.95 CAN = $19.95 CAN Shipped

 

That is very dear for a 25c. medal-coin.Who in God's name would want to pay $19.95 for a 25c. piece?

Aidan.

 

Apparently quite a few, if 25,000 sold out. Not a bad return for the RCM though.

 

It is unusual in that it is a "crown size" 25 cent piece. It is colorized (or perhaps I should say "colourized" also.) And it's a lot less expensive than the gold coin with the same basic design!

Thanks for the info. Perhaps I'll wait until our next trip "North of the Border" to get one; I see that at least one dealer needed the order by last week to guarantee delivery by Christmas and I can't fault him for that at all. By that time, the price may have cooled off, or not...

This link should work, but even on broadband it takes a while to load, plus there are some sort of add-ons (probably Flash but I can't be sure):
www.mint.ca/RoyalCanadianMintPublic/en-CA/TheStore/Shopping/SilverCoins/627206.htm

You know which one of us wanted this coin more... hint, middle name "Elizabeth"

 

George,I could understand why Great Britain,the Isle of Man,St. Helena,Tristan da Cunha & Gibraltar had a 25 Pence crown,but a Canadian 25c. crown.That really takes the cake.I wonder what the 2008 edition of the 21st Century Krause catalogue will put on it.Canada also issued a gold $300 medal-coin with the same design as well.

Aidan.

 

Aiden been such a ardent Royalist I would have thought it would meet with your utmost aproval, and the people who bought it are all undoutably great Royalists as well :whistle: I like the design and will try to find one for my collection :smile

De Orc :kewl:

 

Steve,it would have got my approval if it had been issued as a circulation coin,not as a medal-coin.I can guess that WhispTech will have bought this to add to his Canadian medal-coin collection.Canada,like New Zealand,issues far too many medal-coins.

Aidan.

 

Aiden you kill me with that term LOL you are the only person in the entire universe that I have met who use's it :hug:

De Orc :kewl:

 

Steve,the late Jerome Remick was actually the first person to use the term 'medal-coin'.It was in his British Commonwealth catalogue that he used it.The 1981 Krause catalogue also used it to describe the 1969 & 1970 Pope of Rome Visit gold & silver pieces from Uganda.

Aidan.

 

I didn't think I would like this coin, but it looks quite nice. A little bit like a colored silver Maple Leaf. I wish it was in a capsule instead of a sealed blister packaging, but I appreciate the fact that they made a silver version of this nice design.

Pictures: http://www.beautifulcoins.com/ProductDetails.asp?ProductCode=110200619&Show=ExtInfo

 

Aidan, you're certainly trying your best to popularize the term "medal-coin." I am "guilty" of this too, I am trying to bring the term "accumulator" into use instead of "collector" in the model railroading field (which is much different from coins, of course).

Patrice, the RCM site says that the QEII coin is nickel plated steel, not silver, although it certainly looks nice anyway. When brand new, even the nickel plated steel coins for general circulation look quite nice.

 

You are correct, George, my mistake. It is a nice "three-ply nickel finish plated steel" coin! See how I couldn't "feel" the coin because of the blister packaging? A shame!

 

Yeah,but it is extremely odd that the Royal Canadian Mint is charging C$19.95 for it though! I will be getting the British 2006 Queen Elizabeth II's 80th Birthday commemorative 5 Pounds crown to add to my collection.

Aidan.

 

That's a nice one too, Aidan.

And don't forget... next year is the Diamond Anniversary of Her Majesty and Prince Philip... I see the Royal Mint is already discussing that commemorative!

BTW, an answer on "Jeopardy" yesterday began with "The Duke of Buckingham..." and described him. Someone knew the question: "Who is Prince Philip, Daddy?" :thumb:

 

George,the Diamond Wedding commemorative will be another 5 Pounds crown,which you will be able to buy for,well,5 Quid.The obverse will depict the conjoined portraits of Queen Elizabeth II & Prince Phillip,just like on the 1997 one,but will have a different reverse.

You can find some information by going through here; www.royalmint.com .

Aidan.

 

I finally got one of the British 2006 Queen's Birthday commemorative 5 Pounds coins.It was the first one since 2002 that I have been able to get.

Aidan.

 

Canada is member of Commonwealth, and Queen Elizabeth is Queen of Canada - so it reasonable for Canada issue coin. But only 25000 pieces, Quebecois must have shot down mintage.

 

Krasnaya Vityaz,of course Canada is a member of the British Commonwealth.I don't think the Quebecois had anything to do with the mintage.It is very unusual for a crown-sized medal-coin to have an extremely low mintage figure,given the fact that it isn't even silver.

Aidan.

 

Update (don't tell Thalia)...

I did get one of these Canada QEII 80th Birthday coins from "Beautiful Coins" and it is very nice. :thumb: They're in the USA so it's here in time to put under the tree.

I have it on good authority from Santa :secret: that Thalia may be getting some spending money for Christmas so that Diamond Anniversary coin is certainly possible as well! Thanks for the heads up, Aidan.