Will the Canadian Set Registry succeed?

shirohniichan

NGC has no plans to launch its own Canadian registry. Can the PCGS Canadian registry survive on its own since it will be all alone?

dpoole

No. Too foreign.

shirohniichan

Come on-- it's just barely foreign. Had we followed our "54 40 or Fight" slogan, it'd be domestic.

braddick

No. Too French.

shirohniichan

I'm not talking about French colonial tokens here, OK? What about 20th century Canadian coins?

oreville

I don't know.....if 25 people enter sets within the next 6 months will that be a success?
Will I be tempted to do a Canadian registry set, I don't know. Would it even qualify? Now that is an interesting question in itself.

michael

succeed? it will go gangbusters as there are many that have canadian coins that are just as rare as the rarest us coins but at a fraction of the price and they can post finest sets and have great sets at a fraction of the cost!! comapired to the same us coin sets!

and if not then others will go buy them and get them certified and post them themselves! and with an eye to making money in another yet untapped market

but to me the us stuff is still the best of the best! but that is what i like and know and specialize in!!

it might take longer or never get off the ground floor so to speak but i guess only time will tell

i have been wrong many times before but i have always had lots of fun so to me i really do not care either way...............lol

sincerely michael

toothpuller

Personally I don't think there will be that much interest even if, as Michael rightfully says, the coins can be purchased to complete sets at a fraction of the cost of US coins. Even today some of the esoteric sets in the US Registry have poor participation.







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Spooly

No Darkside Registry!

mdwoods

I hope the Canadian Registry makes it. Their first small cents were very cool IMO. The large cents were pretty neat as well. mdwoods

kieferscoins

Unknown. I have never seen a slabbed canadian coin in person.

Cameron Kiefer

Cocoinut

The low prices, attractive designs, and the fact that they aren't plentiful makes Canadian coins appealing. I might try to put together sets of cents, dimes, quarters, and dollars if the coins were easier to find.

Cameron,

These won't be the same as seeing them "in person", but they should give you an idea of what they can look like.

Jim

gmarguli

It will fail horribly. Many of the US sets have failed.

Foreign coin collectors don't care about top grade so you're not going to get people fighting over top pop coins. If it ever does happen, they'll be buying ICCS coins and not PCGS coins.

oreville

Yes, ICCS is king of the hill in Canada coin grading. PCGS is not #1 in Canada. Even ICG is quite well respected in Canada. NGC is a distant 4th in Canada.

Even PCGS graded coin with ICCS co-grading attached to the PCGS slab is not trusted as much as ICCS flips alone.

shirohniichan

Foreign coin collectors don't care about top grade so you're not going to get people fighting over top pop coins. If it ever does happen, they'll be buying ICCS coins and not PCGS coins.

Liteside man speak truth.

oreville

I spoke with BJ yesterday who is indeed working on putting the Canadian Registry set together for PCGS.

I do not think she minds if the number of Canadian sets registered does not hit the hundreds and hundreds in very short period of time as she realizes that this is for the long haul and like any fine wine, it needs to take its own good time to ferment.

Also she will have an easier time keeping up!!!!!!!

She already had two of the most well repected names in Canada numismatics (other than Sid) in her folder for getting assistance and I suggested that she also keep Charles Moore in mind as well since he is in California and relatively convenient to CLCT's locale.

Of course, my favorite is Mike Walsh.

I also suggested to BJ the concept of a denomination type set. Example a type set of just 10 cents for instance. This could also apply to US coins registry.

shirohniichan

Does anyone know what the catagories will be? I doubt my George V type set will have a registry.

boston

I can't afford to collect them, but feel that there are a number of issues that deserve some respect.
The large pennies, dimes, quarters and even the nickels. I feel they do have historical value and
were minted with the same respect and dedication of U.S. Treasury coinage.

Many don't remember when Canadian currency was valued more than the U.S. Dollar.

DAMN, I must be getting old!

Bob

Edit: I'm am refering to pre 60's coinage. Really like the early 20th century and back to the 19th.

STEWARTBLAYNUMIS

The Canadian Set Registry will succeed and I will help it suceed!!

I will also participate in the Canadian Set Registry

I will also say that my present George V Canadian small cent collection is finer and will rank higher than the Belzberg George V Canadian small cent in the Registry.

Canadian Collectors do indeed care about finest known and highest quality.Canadian coins are much rarer in high quality and much less expensive.I can also state that the Canadian collectors that I have met are a wonderful bunch.

As a matter of fact I saw a former Miss Canada at the Pittman sale outbidding everyone for Canadian Bank notes

Stewart

shirohniichan

How many potential participants would favor type sets by monarch? I'm getting tired of the typical date runs per denomination and am looking for a change.