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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;chrisild, post: 1518134, member: 39&quot;]Sure, for a US $1 coin that costs about $50 when you buy it from the mint, they will honor the $1 face value. Fine; I just think that it is pretty silly to say that a newly issued coin with a denomination of &quot;X&quot; is &quot;not worth X&quot;. People who buy that Canadian $20 piece will do so primarily because they like the design, or maybe the occasion that it commemorates. Not because they think &quot;oh, fine, a $20 coin - let&#039;s go to the nearest store and buy food with it&quot;.</p><p><br /></p><p>Personally I do not like &quot;surcharged&quot; coins (I mean coins that are issued with a price tag that says much more than the face value) a lot anyway, and tend to avoid them. And yet from time to time I may find something about such a piece interesting, and then buy it. Of course I&#039;m well aware of the fact that such pieces are hardly ever used as means of payment. People who are focused on &quot;intrinsic value&quot; and nothing else should buy bullion, and not collector coins. <img src="styles/default/xenforo/clear.png" class="mceSmilieSprite mceSmilie2" alt=";)" unselectable="on" unselectable="on" /> Others may well find pieces like the one mentioned in the first post great.</p><p><br /></p><p>Christian[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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