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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;SPP Ottawa, post: 1837586, member: 39508&quot;]Due to the problematic issue of forgeries with the Canadian Maple Leaf $5 bullion coins, I suspect the Royal Canadian Mint (RCM) choose these security features over eye appeal. You have to think in terms of their business model - the RCM bullion sales are a different animal from NCLT sales, with a grey area of animal-themed bullion coins or those with privy marks.</p><p><br /></p><p>In my case and I suspect the majority of buyers, the eye-appeal is irrelevant, because I only keep silver maple leaf coins for bullion value, and the added level of security is welcoming, considering how good some of the clad forgeries are coming out of China, or just people second guessing or wondering if their coins are real, as seen in this thread:</p><p><br /></p><p><a href="http://www.cointalk.com/threads/new-almost-perfect-fake-maples-eagles.240356/" class="internalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://www.cointalk.com/threads/new-almost-perfect-fake-maples-eagles.240356/">http://www.cointalk.com/threads/new-almost-perfect-fake-maples-eagles.240356/</a></p><p><br /></p><p>But as a collector, I can certainly sympathize in being disappointed when a series changes. </p><p><br /></p><p>Pictures from the RCM can be seen here (click on the ftp link at the bottom): </p><p><br /></p><p><a href="http://www.mint.ca/store/news/news-20300040?cat=News+releases&amp;nId=700002&amp;parentnId=600004&amp;nodeGroup=About+the+Mint#.Ur3A73lUOao" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://www.mint.ca/store/news/news-20300040?cat=News+releases&amp;nId=700002&amp;parentnId=600004&amp;nodeGroup=About+the+Mint#.Ur3A73lUOao" rel="nofollow">http://www.mint.ca/store/news/news-20300040?cat=News+releases&amp;nId=700002&amp;parentnId=600004&amp;nodeGroup=About+the+Mint#.Ur3A73lUOao</a>[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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