Yes, it's beyond me, too. They are offering it as a medal in silver but I'm not much of a medal enthusiast. [ATTACH] [ATTACH]
There is an actual coin, a half ounce gold piece with a face value of $25. It will be released November 9th....
Mintage limits: Privy-marked 1 oz. ASE 75,000 Privy-marked 1 oz. AGE 1,945 24-karat $25 1/2 oz. gold 7,500
Yours look like PVC, soft and puffy, but it's hard to tell from a photo. The non-PVC can be broken in two by repeatedly flexing back and forth,...
PVC is soft and pliable. Non-PVC flips are hard and brittle.
The Mint loves to exploit collectors trying to maintain a complete set.
Navigating the Davis Strait in 1587. Commemorated by a silver dollar 400 years later. [ATTACH]
Canada Ballet commemorative in 2001. Proof pictured on top, the uncirculated at the bottom would be popular with the guys from Big Bang Theory -...
Another set of sterling silver half-dollars, these from 1996. Cute, cuddly, baby animals, 3 of which could kill you. I don't know why the Wood...
Here's a nice explanation: https://www.cointalk.com/threads/1959-jefferson-nickel-improperly-annealed-black-beauty.250868/
Also in 1997, a silver dollar for the Dog Team branch of the Mounties. [ATTACH]
In 1997, they commemorated the 25th anniversary of the 1972 Canadian victory over the Russians in a much publicized hockey exhibition. As a bonus,...
Great use of the concave motif.
Correct, correct, wrong, wrong. :happy: (hint: the Northeast dog is really more at home in the northwest.)
It's interesting to note that this is one of the 2 coins being issued this year by the U.S. Mint of their own volition - there was no act of...
Sure, why not? Anything interesting is welcome
Right (I mean left). Sometimes called the Southwest Dog. :)
[ATTACH] Then there's this weird football shaped set of millenium silver quarters from 1999
Dang, that's a big nickel. I like it.
I think this was the last one I ever purchased, as the RCM began spiraling out of control, issuing too many coins and too many of them wacky,...
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