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<p>[QUOTE="cmbdii, post: 5117, member: 655"]Good post, Bill. I think the eagle is a beauty, too. The reason for the one dollar denomination is mainly for propaganda value. Their insinuation that the one ounce silver round is worth a dollar is a subtle attempt to boost public confidence in the flagging value of the paper dollar which has been steadily declining for nearly a century.</p><p><br /></p><p> I like the fact that the canadian mint is issuing the fractional sizes. they'll surely appeal to folks who like the idea of having nice, tradable units of silver just as they've been able to buy in the gold coins. That fractional avalability is probably going to boost sales of the silver Maples here.</p><p><br /></p><p> I'm a little ashamed of our mint using the face values assigned to the US bullion coins as a propaganda tool. There can be no other expalnation, since the standards for dollar values in coinage was set long ago by Congress and haven't ever been abolished.</p><p><br /></p><p> I for one really admire some of the Canadian circulation designs in the 80% silver coins. The '58 BC dollar is a beauty, even though they used the wrong totem pole and made it an unsuccessful issue up there, it's still a beautiful coin. So are the '67 silvers. The Canadian circulation silver issues have outshone ours many times.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>
[QUOTE="cmbdii, post: 5117, member: 655"]Good post, Bill. I think the eagle is a beauty, too. The reason for the one dollar denomination is mainly for propaganda value. Their insinuation that the one ounce silver round is worth a dollar is a subtle attempt to boost public confidence in the flagging value of the paper dollar which has been steadily declining for nearly a century. I like the fact that the canadian mint is issuing the fractional sizes. they'll surely appeal to folks who like the idea of having nice, tradable units of silver just as they've been able to buy in the gold coins. That fractional avalability is probably going to boost sales of the silver Maples here. I'm a little ashamed of our mint using the face values assigned to the US bullion coins as a propaganda tool. There can be no other expalnation, since the standards for dollar values in coinage was set long ago by Congress and haven't ever been abolished. I for one really admire some of the Canadian circulation designs in the 80% silver coins. The '58 BC dollar is a beauty, even though they used the wrong totem pole and made it an unsuccessful issue up there, it's still a beautiful coin. So are the '67 silvers. The Canadian circulation silver issues have outshone ours many times.[/QUOTE]
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