What do you collect ?

I believe the correct term is 'spade-shovel', commonly used to sift fact out of massive piles of manure, here's an article: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Spade-shovels
As far as the poll, I'll vote for World Coins.

 

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Dopeuser,there's no article there.

Aidan.

 

Guys, this isn't the place to take back up your disagreement on the term Metal Coin. Aidan is the only person I know that uses the term and I would say that he will keep on doing so just like ya'll will keep on never useing it. Lets get back to the topic. There is no need to post again just to get the last word in on the topic.

Speedy

 

Too right,Speedy.There's more than enough threads about medal-coins.

Aidan.

 

One thing to keep in mind is that the face value on the coin doesn't necessarily mean it can be redeemed for that value if the price of the metal falls. For example, the $1 silver American eagle has a legal tender value of $1 US. But the $5 Canadian silver maple leaf does not have a legal tender value in Canada. So I guess you have to know the laws of each country. But I agree that the modern silver bullion coins from around the world are great collectibles and stores of value.

I checked off US coins since that is what I have the most of, but I'll generally collect any sort of gold or silver coin if I like it and the price is right. I also have a small but growing exonumia collection that I like a lot.

 

Actually the Canadian maple leaf silver & golds coins ARE legal tender in Canada.
Obviously your typical store or bank employee wouldn't know this, and would probably misinform you if you asked, but they are legal tender.

 

Aidan's hateful, militant bias against NCLT coins:

http://nzcca.com/forum/viewtopic.php?p=504&sid=ef4eb866bd43e6f31dd8c11b46104a4f

 

Well my collection isn't an item in the poll. But I collect euro coins
Does nobody do that????????

 

Counts as world coins. Euro coins are not a very wide field, as none of them are very rare and they are not so many of them at the moment and they are very modern...


Wow ! This thread has been way more sucessful than I hoped...

 

I received this information from the ScotiaBank bullion sales department. The person I contacted didn't know the answer right away, so he researched it and got back to me. So this wasn't an offhand comment by a bank teller or store clerk.

If you have a link to a Canadian mint or treasury website stating that it is legal tender, please provide it. I've seen the claim on various coin websites but never on a government website or document. What it says is that the coins carry a $5 face value, but this is required for the coin to cross certain international borders without being taxed, and is not proof that it is a legal tender coin.

If it is legal tender, I'd be happy, but I don't believe it is true.

 

It's easy to find web sites that say it's legal tender, but just because 'wikipedia' says its true, doesnt always actually prove much. The most 'reliable' thing I could find was actually from the Scotiabank web page http://www.scotiabank.com/cda/content/0,1608,CID8131_LIDen,00.html It states the 'Legal tender value ($Cdn)' of each coin, and then defines legal tender as "Legal tender is the face value of the coin and the minimum value guaranteed by the issuer but does not necessarily reflect the current market value."

 

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Thats because it's a good thread Jerome!!

 

And so where are you likely to be walking?

 

Jerome,there are some very rare Euro coins - from Monaco,San Marino,& the Vatican City in Rome!

The Irish Euro coins that are dated 2003 onwards are quite tough to find.I recently bought a set of the loose 2007 Irish Euro coins,including the Treaty of Rome commemorative 2 Euros from someone in Ireland.I had to pay a premium above the face value for them though.

Aidan.

 

That's what I originally questioned Scotiabank about. The example I gave them was, if silver fell to $4 per ounce, would Scotiabank redeem the coins at a branch or buy them back at their bullion desk for $5. The response I received was NO. So I'm not sure what to believe. The government web sites I checked at the time, about 2-3 years ago, talked about "face value" but never used the words "legal tender."

 

At the moment, nothing.

 

Israeli and Jewish Coins and Medals

 

I collect russian coins anybady also

 

Hehe, I sure do. (Groetjes vanuit NRW, Duitsland .) Checking "world coins" would be an option, but that is an awfully mixed bag most of which I do not collect. On the other hand, US coins are just a sub-category of world coins ... So while voting does not make sense, I will simply write what I collect: Euro coins (by type, with a focus on circulation and commemorative coins; collector coins to a limited extent only), other European coins (if I like them), US coins (again mostly circulation coins and circulating commems). I tend to avoid coins that right from the start carry a surcharge, but I have made various exceptions from that rule.

Christian

 

To me, the rarity cannot be really judged until the prices have really setteled...in 50 years time some of them will be rare, and some not.