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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;medoraman, post: 1945500, member: 26302&quot;]So I was just reading this article:</p><p><br /></p><p><a href="http://business.financialpost.com/2014/07/01/royal-canadian-mint-plans-to-produce-1000-and-1250-coins-to-fill-gap-for-collectors/?utm_source=feedburner&amp;utm_medium=feed&amp;utm_campaign=Feed%3A+FP_TopStories+(Financial+Post+-+Top+Stories)?__federated=1" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://business.financialpost.com/2014/07/01/royal-canadian-mint-plans-to-produce-1000-and-1250-coins-to-fill-gap-for-collectors/?utm_source=feedburner&amp;utm_medium=feed&amp;utm_campaign=Feed%3A+FP_TopStories+(Financial+Post+-+Top+Stories)?__federated=1" rel="nofollow">http://business.financialpost.com/2014/07/01/royal-canadian-mint-plans-to-produce-1000-and-1250-coins-to-fill-gap-for-collectors/?utm_source=feedburner&amp;utm_medium=feed&amp;utm_campaign=Feed:+FP_TopStories+(Financial+Post+-+Top+Stories)?__federated=1</a></p><p><br /></p><p>I knew Canada was producing a lot of coins every year, but I got to this sentence:</p><p><br /></p><p>&quot;Last year, the mint sold $167 million worth of numismatics and collectibles, a record, after having issued 201 new non-circulating types.&quot;</p><p><br /></p><p>201 Types for a country as small as Canada? Does anyone else think this is awfully excessive? It reminds me of the &quot;bad old days&quot; that killed the US commemorative program in the 1930&#039;s. Do we really think there will be long term support for such issues, or does this bode very ill for the future of any modern Canadian coins? I am not trying to hate on Canadian coins, (especially on Canada Day), but its simply a shocking number for a country with a population less than California.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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