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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;Troodon, post: 342756, member: 4626&quot;]None, that&#039;s the problem lol...</p><p><br /></p><p>Though at least the US doesn&#039;t put out colorized coins, holograms, gold plated, etc. junk, and their commemoratives always have some connection to the culture and/or history of the United States.&nbsp; None of this &quot;Classic Cars&quot; stuff by say, New Zealand (who as far as I&#039;m concerned should be allowed to put cars on coins unless those cars were made in their country.&nbsp; At least the Lord of the Rings movies were actually filmed there, so they have <i>some</i> connection to the subject.)</p><p><br /></p><p>The Franklin Mint at least doesn&#039;t assert that their stuff is legal tender coins (except for ocassinal conis and proof sets minted for other countries, under those countries&#039; authorization).&nbsp; So they can be safely ignored.</p><p><br /></p><p>My problem is that the RCM is putting out such junk under the authority of a legitimate mint.&nbsp; Doing so is an embarassment to their mint and their country.&nbsp; Come on Canada, you don&#039;t deserve to be embarassed by your own mint... you&#039;ve managed to get your currency to a higher value than the US dollar... now how about following that up with some coins worth buying?</p><p><br /></p><p>(US Mint, wouldn&#039;t hurt you to think along the same lines... you&#039;re not as guilty as Canada yet but you&#039;re heading that direction... at least you&#039;re changing your coins finally but make sure you change them to something worth collecting that refelcets well on themint and the country.)[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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