2011 Uncirculated Set - Interesting Situation Is Unfolding

Too everyone concerned about this thread

there is an article on the front page of

Canadian Coin News saying these sets may of

been minted in Winnipeg with not as nice

dies as the Ottawa mint.

Here's what it says Canadian_coins

Dealers suggest Uncirculaled sets not as nice as last Years

By Bret evans

Canadian Coin News has received several reports that at least some of the 2011 Uncirculated sets, often called Proof-like or Numismatic BU by collectors, are not as attractive as sets produced in previos years.
One dealer said he believed the sets were not quite as sharp as in recent years, causing him to wonder if there was a sift in production.
"I think they shifted production from Ottawa to Winnipeg," he said. "The edges don't seem as sharp."
While the Uncirculated sets are usually produced in Ottawa on presses used for numismatic coins, in some years the Royal Canadian Mint has produced some or all of the sets in Winnipeg. While there have been some changes in packaging and coin postion, the most significant differance is that the Ottawa-made coins have sharp "wire edges" and Winnipeg-made coins tend to be less sharp.
Canadian Coin News looked at several sets and thought that while the dies had the look of NBU coins, the strike did not seem as sharp as 2010 sets.
Dealer and CCN contributor Terry Campbell said he thought the 2011 sets were not as nice as in previous years.
" I have one that has a great big carbon spot on the $2 coin," he said
Campbell loaned that set to CCN for photography. It is used to illustrate this article.
With the exception of 1997, the Mint used a W mint mark to identify Uncirculated coins made in Winnipeg, while Ottawa-made coins had no distinguishing mark. When the Mint's "circle M" logo was introduced to the coins in 2006, the use of the W mark was abandoned.
Canadian Coin News contacted the Mint and asked if production had been shifted to Winnipeg, but had not received an answer by press time.

So I guess we'll have to wait and see if there are 2 varieties Canadian_coins.

Dialog_gvf, If you're referring to the picture in Canadian Coin News

The back ground is white just for photograph purposes

See the first picture in this thread from C.C.

Wow... I sort through boxes of each denomination to pull the one or two super gems to put in my year collection (fifty cent excepted). If I were building sets of this quality I could just pick from the pile.

The coins looks like a regular strike for circulation and not a special strike for sets but still beauty . How much did they charged you for it ?

Going back to advertised set:



Clear disconnect between production, marketing and management.

Dialog, this was confirmed to me today when I spoke to a Mint rep. The question now is whether to shift production back to Ottawa, or not. If they do, we will have (at least) two varieties of UNC sets.

To answer the question if ICCS or CCCS could tell the difference between these NBU coins and regular business coins? I don't think so, unless something obvious in the design is discovered.

I picked up one at the post office yesterday to see what the fuss was about. Indeed they look like really nice business strikes. Set has a lot of bag marks , not really premium in my opinion.


I made some high res scans, these are huge so be warned. Check out the cheek of HRH on the loonie...

http://img.villagephotos.com/p/2011...nobverse.jpg
http://img.villagephotos.com/p/2011...nreverse.jpg