1967 $20 Gold Coin - How Many Left?

Funny though, I've also picked up the sterling silver Olympic sets - only 10 years later and they seem to have weathered the passage of time a lot better.

There were single Montreal Olympic coins in own cases no capsule such a sad sight seeing many of these coins going into 5 gallon melt pots.

I am in Aus and even I have a date set of Canadian 50 cent coins from 1937 -2016.
I do admit the larger Silver coins are nicer but the smaller nickel coins have the same great coat of arms on it
I think I have some of the more recent dates in Silver as well.

Oh my goodness, that would be painful to see. But maybe you wouldn't wish you could go to farm auctions...... It involves sitting around all day waiting often in the hot sun while the vast contents of garages, sheds, barns and granaries are sold. No idea what half the stuff is used for. Most often collectable items aren't published so one has to go early to find out if there's anything interesting, then the odds seem to work out that it will be auctioned my mid or late afternoon. Meanwhile all the farmers in the area go to auctions much like attending a social event, "strangers" tend to stand out like a sore thumb, as if they crashed a party. I don't go very often, no more than one a year....but the dynamics are still rather amusing.

That would be interesting, yes attending auctions can pass the time in an interesting way. I neglected to add, about farm auctions, after spending a good portion of the day waiting, it has become obvious "the strangers" aren't there to bid on plows, chains or machining tools.....they're there only for collectables, aside from maybe leftover furniture items that family members didn't want (dusty rose velvet chairs for example). So when the time comes and we toss up our hand in the air it's like an "ah ha!" moment and then it becomes a game between the farmers to try to up the bid, considering the stranger has already spent a good portion of the day there, they are not likely to want to walk away empty handed. Yes indeed, that strategy works and has cost me more than I intended to pay.

Anyway, about 1967 sets including the gold coin , I'd expect they'll become somewhat more popular as the focus turns to Canada's 150th birthday. My grandson was aware of the "rabbit" nickel but had no idea what year or what was the point.

The $20 gold coin has always been the Star of the 1967 series in my opinion.

I also wonder what will be in store for its 50th anniversary.

Yes I notice, seems the upcoming 150th anniversary hasn't increased the demand at this point in time anyway.

http://www.ebay.ca/sch/i.html?_odkw...&_sacat=3377

For sake of comparison, to those who might not know, the 1967 $20 gold contains 1/2 ounce, about the same as the 2016 Gold Delta.

There is probably 1500 collectors willing to pay 1300.00 for the Trek piece but very few 1967 gold coin collectors even with most of the units melted, even with the hype of the BOC coins only the highest graded command much premiums.