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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;Gerard, post: 45555, member: 2763&quot;]<b>Acquisitions</b></p><p><br /></p><p>I acquire the commemorative stuff from local dealers.&nbsp; I normally wait a year or two before I buy the commemorative stuff.&nbsp; In 90% of the cases, they can be had for considerably less than original issue price.&nbsp; In some rare cases, it could cost more.</p><p><br /></p><p>For example the Queen mum commemorative dollar originally sold for about $50.&nbsp; It sold out quickly and now commands upwards of $300.&nbsp; This is quite unusual in Canada.&nbsp; While most NCLT coins are issued in the 20 - 30k range, there is little demand for the coins outside of a few circles.&nbsp; In most cases it&#039;s due to the exagerrated price they charge for the coins.&nbsp; There is an increase interest from overseas (primarily South-East Asia, Germany and Japan).&nbsp; The American market is increasing exponentially as coins with mintages with less than 10k can be had for less than $1000 sometime much less.&nbsp; This is unheard of in the US.</p><p><br /></p><p>The Royal Canadian mint dealt with a terrible backlash a few years ago when it was discovered that they dumped Silver Canadian Maple Leafs into the US at about half the original issue price to gain interest.&nbsp; As you can imagine, the dealer community in Canada flipped.&nbsp; </p><p><br /></p><p>Late last year the RCM announced that in order to sustain a viable demand in the secondary market they will only issue mint sets in the year they were minted.&nbsp; All unsold inventory would be destroyed and melted.&nbsp; The Canadian coin community is waiting for word in the next few weeks on the melting of any unsold 2004 inventory.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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