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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;Harry Behemoth, post: 1312944, member: 22117&quot;]I&#039;ve been collecting/researching modern Canadian silver five cent coins lately, so I thought I&#039;d summarize...</p><p>These coins come from Canadian silver proof sets (not specimen sets or proof-like sets!) starting in 1996 and are made of sterling silver (92.5% pure.)&nbsp; The mintages are very small compared to US proofs. </p><p>This is a fun set to collect and has a considerable amount of silver value.</p><p>&nbsp;</p><p>1996&nbsp; &nbsp;&nbsp; 112,835 </p><p>1997&nbsp; &nbsp;&nbsp; 113,647 </p><p>1998&nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp;&nbsp; 93,632 </p><p>1999&nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp;&nbsp; 95,113 </p><p>2000&nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp;&nbsp; 90,921 </p><p>2001&nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp;&nbsp; 74,194 </p><p>2002&nbsp; &nbsp;&nbsp; 100,000 </p><p>2003&nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp;&nbsp; 60,282 </p><p>2004&nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp;&nbsp; 57,614 </p><p>2005&nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp;&nbsp; 62,286 </p><p>2006&nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp;&nbsp; 53,109 </p><p>2007&nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp;&nbsp; 60,000 </p><p>2008&nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp;&nbsp; 60,000 </p><p>2009&nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp;&nbsp; 55,000 </p><p>2010&nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp;&nbsp; 55,000 </p><p>2011&nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp;&nbsp; 45,000 </p><p>These sell on ebay for not much over the silver value of the coin.</p><p><br /></p><p>There are also a variety of commemorative proof silver 5 cent coins with some beautiful designs:</p><p>1998 90th Anniversary RCM Silver Nickel&nbsp; 18,376 </p><p>2000 Voltigeurs Proof Silver Nickel&nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp;&nbsp; 34,024 </p><p>2002 Vimy Ridge Proof Silver Nickel&nbsp;&nbsp; 22,646 </p><p>&nbsp;&nbsp; (Vimy -- beautiful design!)</p><p>2003 Coronation Proof Silver Nickel&nbsp;&nbsp; 21,573 </p><p>2004 D-Day Comm Proof Silver Nickel&nbsp;&nbsp; 20,019 </p><p>2005 Royal Military College Silver Nickel&nbsp; &nbsp; 25,834 </p><p>2005 VE Day Comm Proof Silver Nickel&nbsp;&nbsp; 42,792 </p><p>2005 VE Day Comm Silver/Gold Nickel&nbsp;&nbsp; 6,065 </p><p>&nbsp;&nbsp; (selective gold plating, available only within the 2005 RCM Annual Report)</p><p>2010 75th Anniversary Silver Nickel&nbsp;&nbsp; 5,000 </p><p>2011 100th Anniversary Silver Nickel&nbsp;&nbsp; 6,000[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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