Hi, This one celebrates Holland's liberation in WWII. Only 3,500 minted -- rarest of the Maples. I think it's a good investment. What do you guys think? Also there's a 1/4oz gold piece as well.
is it a medal? medals, regardless of how mnay were minted, just dont follow the same rules as coins. With only 3500, yes it will increase in value.. but ONLY with people collecting medals.. if its a coin ... GRAB it lol .. with only 3500, it will jump in price fast over time.
Daggarjon,it is a medal-coin,as it isn't found in circulation,the intrinsic value is more than the face value,& it is sold way above the face value. Aidan.
is it sold way above the face value for numismatic purposes, or just the bullion value? if its just the bullion, thenthe value will fluctuate.. if its numismatic in nature, then the value will hold tight to just how many people collect medals.
Daggarjon,it is sold way above the face value for both numismatic purposes & based on its bullion value.That is why it is classed as being a medal-coin. Aidan.
Aidan do you not yet realize how much you confuse people by using your own unique vocabulary ? Everyone else in the world, except Aidan, would call this coin ( it is in no way a medal ) a commeorative coin, or they would call it a NCLT coin ( non-circulating legal tender ). That being said, whether or not the coin acquires any numismatic value in the future is something that remains to be seen - it might ir it might not. To be honest, most of them do not.
whatever you call it, 'tis a fine looking specimen. the use of privy marks is quite a clever way to drive up demand for them, too. how long have they been using privy marks? are they common around the world? i don't know that i've heard of anyone other then our friends to the north using them with any regularity. very nice.
A privy mark is similar to a mint mark in that it is used to convey information about the coin. In this case it is the tulip on the coin. Privy marks have been used almost as long as coins have been minted. In years past they were placed on coins to denote various things such as the mint master, the engraver, the assayer etc etc. In today's world privy marks are still used by some but they no longer carry the importance they once did, they are used now more as an inducement to collectors than anything else.
DAGGARJON, I first saw a "privy mark" on an Australian Kookabura coin. The set that I am working on now is the 1999 Kookabura set with the 1999 State Quarters privy mark. I have several other privy mark coins, most are on the Australian Kookabura coin.The coins commerate something.....like commerating the US State Quarters. I don't know if the Perth Mint has commerated any other year of the State Quarters, the only year that I've seen is the 1999. I have the Delaware, Pennsylvania, New Jersey, Georgia, and the Connecticut, 1999 Silver, Kookabura commerative sets.....I guess that I'm finished!! LOL Unless they have made other years?? The coins look great in my opinion....a little bit different than a "plain" Kookabura. swick
A lot of the bullion kookaburras had privy marks and many of them had privy marks in gold that appear like inserts. (I think they are gold foil stamped on the coins, but am not sure)... The only other country to put them on their bullion is Canada... One thing nice about the canadian privy mark coins is that these coins have a frosted speciman finish, unlike the parallel lined background of the commonsilver bullion maple leaf. There has been a flurry of such products with the RCM issuing privys for everything like the chinese zodiac series, sunsigns, coin fairs and WWII. You can pick most of the common ones for bullion +$5 or so.
The Isle of Man also used to use commemorative privy marks on some of their coins between 1979 & 1986.The Pobjoy Mint uses a 2 letter die mark on both Gibraltarian & Manx coins,including on the medal-coins. Aidan.
The Tulip privy is another good one. But, I will have to correct you about the rarest one. It is in fact the gold maple leaf with the Viking privy. only 850 made. http://www.islandnet.com/~kpolsson/mapleleaf/gold.htm
Since the original poster (five years ago ) mentioned the mintage of 3,500 pieces, that will refer to the silver piece ($5, 1 oz). Don't know about the gold issues, but as far as I know, the lowest mintage of that Silver Maple Leaf with some extra privy mark is the 2007 issue from the "Fabulous 12" (today Fabulous 15) series - 3,000 pieces. Christian
Here in North America we don't use the term "medal-coin". In fact I have never before seen it used - but then there's a lot of things I haven't seen! At any rate, bullion issues like Maple Leaf gold/silver and the like are generally referred to as non-circulating legal tender issues (NCLT).
