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<p>[QUOTE="mlov43, post: 2365817, member: 16729"]This is pretty typical for many commemoratives, esp. "olympics" commemorative coins. The hosting-country's central bank or mint almost always thinks they'll be super-popular. But like a lot of things associated with the olympics, that isn't always the case (just look at all the rotting former olympic venues scattered around the world!). Usually what happens is that they make far too many coins. After the 1988 Seoul olympics, coin retailers in Korea complained that they had lots of excess commems left over after the event was over, and demanded that the Bank of Korea buy them BACK from them! Basically, they made too many coins, and in too many varieties of each coin (mint strikes and proof strikes). As a consequence, Korean olympic commems are some of the cheapest silver coins you can find because they have little numismatic value (currently, anyway) past melt. It seems your Mexican olympic commem is a victim of similar circumstances.</p><p><br /></p><p>Common, and lots of examples in higher grades... </p><p>Sometimes, that's just the way I like my silver, though![/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>
[QUOTE="mlov43, post: 2365817, member: 16729"]This is pretty typical for many commemoratives, esp. "olympics" commemorative coins. The hosting-country's central bank or mint almost always thinks they'll be super-popular. But like a lot of things associated with the olympics, that isn't always the case (just look at all the rotting former olympic venues scattered around the world!). Usually what happens is that they make far too many coins. After the 1988 Seoul olympics, coin retailers in Korea complained that they had lots of excess commems left over after the event was over, and demanded that the Bank of Korea buy them BACK from them! Basically, they made too many coins, and in too many varieties of each coin (mint strikes and proof strikes). As a consequence, Korean olympic commems are some of the cheapest silver coins you can find because they have little numismatic value (currently, anyway) past melt. It seems your Mexican olympic commem is a victim of similar circumstances. Common, and lots of examples in higher grades... Sometimes, that's just the way I like my silver, though![/QUOTE]
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