Well, I didn't get what I wanted exactly...but I did get a pretty sweet consolation prize.

Visited one of my favorite coin shops today - owner pulls out a small pile of world silver for me. Nothing too special in it, a few SP/UNC Canadian sets, a few French francs, a couple Bahamas early 70's silver proof 2 dollar coins. The usual.

Then he pulls out an album FULL of nicer world silver including some low-mintage proofs...but tells me he'd like to show it to someone first before he sells it to me. Rats.

Oh well. I still got a decent little pile of world silver.

Then he goes in the back to pull out a few more things (he definitely Lt. Columbo'd me!) and included in the tiny pile are these two gems:





I know the 1980 set (which has a lot of silver in it) is a little better...but the 1984 set is a LOT better. I feel like the Krause states that there is a mintage of 7,500 sets for the 1984, but I see quite a few listings online that state it's around 1,000 sets. I'm curious if someone has more precise information - probably someone like @7Jags would know?

So, even though I didn't get to buy an entire album full of nice world silver, I did get a couple cool sets to take home with me.

 

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Beautiful coins. Franklin Mint did such nice work.

 

Very nice haul. Are you still going to go after the Album? Good luck.

 

Sounds like a dealer to stay close to.

 

Yes, he told me I should come back and if the other person passes, I can buy it. Which would be super fun - although lots of conservation work as most coins look like they’ve been in the 2x2 for at least a decade or two.