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,...
Another one I'm fond of - 1997 "Canada's Best Friends" silver half dollar set. Bonus points if you can name the 4 breeds, all Canadian. [ATTACH]
I think this was the first Canadian commem I ever bought. The 1985 silver "Moose" dollar. [ATTACH]
I've got a bunch of them so I thought I would post a few up. We'll see if this thread gets any traction. The first one is for @dwhiz :happy: It's...
I can't help but smile seeing a complete set of circulated Walkers in an old-timey Whitman folder. Makes me think it was put together by an old...
Thanks for the link. I, too, have never heard of these but it does sound like something that would have been done a century ago - put a coin under...
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