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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;Vess1, post: 1371456, member: 13650&quot;]This was posted over in coin chat.&nbsp; Was wondering how many of you guys know about it and what some of our Canadian friends here thought of it.&nbsp; They&#039;re celebrating the 200th anniversary of the war of 1812 with an all silver proof set.&nbsp; Every coin is 99.99% silver.&nbsp;&nbsp; Some of them have very attractive gold plating including the 1 cent, the Loon dollar, the $2 and the commemorative dollar.&nbsp;&nbsp; </p><p><br /></p><p>&nbsp; <a href="http://www.mint.ca/store/coin/fine-silver-proof-set-200th-anniversary-of-the-war-of-1812-2012-prod1230006" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://www.mint.ca/store/coin/fine-silver-proof-set-200th-anniversary-of-the-war-of-1812-2012-prod1230006" rel="nofollow">http://www.mint.ca/store/coin/fine-silver-proof-set-200th-anniversary-of-the-war-of-1812-2012-prod1230006</a></p><p><br /></p><p>&nbsp; Melt value is $70 right now.&nbsp; 2.07 oz of silver total.&nbsp; I own very few Canadian coins and no proof sets but this one really grabbed me.&nbsp; I bought one from the mint today.&nbsp; I think it will go nicely with our own Star Spangled banner commems coming out this year.&nbsp; &nbsp; </p><p><br /></p><p>&nbsp; 20k mintage.&nbsp; &nbsp; Anybody else jump on these?&nbsp; Was this well known and I was just unaware up to this point?&nbsp; &nbsp; Any comments on the price?&nbsp; It is the first time they&#039;ve ever made a set like this.&nbsp; I thought it was pricey but I got one anyway.&nbsp; I&#039;m sure the manufacturing process is a bit more in depth with gold plating details (which I think are very attractive on these.)&nbsp;&nbsp; Although I&#039;m sure they&#039;re making a good profit on them as well.&nbsp; &nbsp; We&#039;ll see what they do.&nbsp; Mine won&#039;t be for sale anyway.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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