Article on Canadian dollars out
shirohniichan
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Yesterday I got my latest copy of Numismatist and saw my article on Canadian dollars was included.
The impetus of the article was my quest to find out how many different kinds of dollar coins the RCM has been producing lately. How many individual or sets of coins would I have to buy in order to get one of every design type, minting process, and metal? I found it a bit frustrating that in order to get some types I'd have to buy an entire specimen set or proof set, as well as individual BU, proof or specimen coins with identical designs but struck in different metals or with different finishes.
Confused as to whether a numismatic dollar coin you have is proof-like, "brilliant uncirculated," specimen or proof? Read the article to see which were produced in a particular year.
The impetus of the article was my quest to find out how many different kinds of dollar coins the RCM has been producing lately. How many individual or sets of coins would I have to buy in order to get one of every design type, minting process, and metal? I found it a bit frustrating that in order to get some types I'd have to buy an entire specimen set or proof set, as well as individual BU, proof or specimen coins with identical designs but struck in different metals or with different finishes.
Confused as to whether a numismatic dollar coin you have is proof-like, "brilliant uncirculated," specimen or proof? Read the article to see which were produced in a particular year.
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Nice job!
Shep
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The link by my signature is for my old article. The current issue of Numismatist isn't on line yet.
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Shep
I read the article and thought it was well done except (always the except) it would have benefitted by a table by period showing which designation was produced when. The categories of coins from the RCM had previously been confusing to me. Thanks for the clarification.
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Edited to add: I found it. Great article!!
While it isn't worth writing a new article, here is what I have found so far from the RCM for 2007 in the way of dollar coins:
2007 Baby Lullabies CD and Sterling Silver Dollar Set: $34.95
2007 Baby Keepsake Tins and Sterling Silver Dollar Set: $34.95 (note, the dollar design is different on this one)
2007 Premium Baby Coin Collection: $89.95 (has same design sterling silver dollar as CD set, but with gold plated devices)
2007 Wedding Set: $89.95 (has regular loon design in proof sterling silver)
2007 Specimen Set: $45.95 (has unique aureate dollar design)
2007 brilliant uncirculated silver dollar: $34.95
2007 proof silver dollar: $42.95 (same design as previous silver dollar)
2007 proof set: $89.95 (same design as proof dollar but with gold plated devices)
2007 Celebration of the Arts proof silver dollar: $54.95
2007 Gold Louis proof dollar: $104.95
2007 brilliant uncirculated set: $21.95
2007 circulation strike loon: $1.00
Unless the RCM churns out more goodies for us (e.g. a holiday sterling silver dollar), a collector will have to pay $646.45 CDN to get one of each dollar type and variety issued in 2007. Happy shopping!
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.... or we could wait a year and pay $300 after-market....
Very well written and very valuable to everyone's understanding of the types.
is that you end up being governed by inferiors. – Plato
<< <i>Unless the RCM churns out more goodies for us (e.g. a holiday sterling silver dollar), a collector will have to pay $646.45 CDN to get one of each dollar type and variety issued in 2007. Happy shopping! >>
Too late! I figured out what was happening years ago and got off that merry-go-round.
My Canadian dollar set now stops at 1967.
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<< <i>Unless the RCM churns out more goodies for us (e.g. a holiday sterling silver dollar), a collector will have to pay $646.45 CDN to get one of each dollar type and variety issued in 2007. Happy shopping! >>
Too late! I figured out what was happening years ago and got off that merry-go-round.
My Canadian dollar set now stops at 1967.
I think I've gotten as far as 2001. I don't have the 2003 old effigy proof dollar (from the limited edition proof set) and a number of other later issues. For a while I was trying to get an example of every form of wacky packaging the RCM could come up with, but it got too expensive. My all time favorite is the Centre Ice Loon (a 1997 Loonie with a small privy mark on the back housed in a huge book about hockey).
.... or we could wait a year and pay $300 after-market....
It was that way in the past, but times, they are a-changin'. The RCM no longer dumps excess product to Gatewest at half of issue price. As long as mintages are over 20,000 prices on the secondary market usually fall after a few years, but low-mintage coins have gone through the roof (e.g. enamel-effect coins).
I think I'll go back to waiting 10 years or until secondary market prices drop to 50% of issue price, whichever comes first. Finding some of the weird packaging gets really hard, though.
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