I had a quarter coin mark 2000 Nestle Canada. I'd like to know if it was a legal coin or something found in food package. Thanx.
Hi vodkarouyn, and welcome to the forum. The commercial reference sounds like a token, but to give you informed opinions we would need to see some clear pictures of both sides.
The Canadian Mint would never issue a coin honouring a commercial enterprise, unless it had a significant part in Canadian History. It is most likley a promotional item.
< The Canadian Mint would never issue a coin honouring a commercial enterprise, unless it had a significant part in Canadian History. It is most likley a promotional item. > Want to bet on that. Check out all the privy marked bullion issues that carry marks for commercial enterprises. The worst one is bullion piece with the Family of Eagles privy mark. Family of Eagles was a multi-level marketing ponzi scheme. The Canadian Mint is willing to sell out if the money is right.
Poor Charles Ponzi. He would be so sad to learn that his name has become an uncapitalized generic label.
These privy marks were never meant to honour or commerate these commercial enterprise, it just tells who placed the order for the bullion.
Nestle Coin The medallion you speak of comes from a 1999/2000 Special Edition Canadian mint set. They were part of a millennium promotion where you sent in some UPC labels and a couple of bucks to get the set. The Nestle medallion replaced the regular RCM one. Many of these Nestle sets also contained the September/November mules. If you have that complete set, you're talking about $250-300. The current value of the medallion is about $10-15 depending on grade. Since it is scarce, the value is increasing.
So my whole set of the nestle in the box also in the oval stand with all 12 coins plus the 2000 nestle coin & whoever said that the Royal Canadian Mint would never do that go out wrong it's got the royal Canadian logo on the box & on the oval stand also has the logo below 2000
