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It cost in total $735 for 28 coins, silver value at $847.1, 1020.6 grams or almost 33 troy oz. of sterling silver. This is my biggest purchase ever, and will probably be for a long time. The collection is worth around $1400 but will not get that price if I sell it today in this market.It is a great piece of Canadian and Quebecois history and I will keep it for a very long time. All of them are BU, any marks or scratches you see are on the sealed air tight capsules, though 2 are out of the capsules and one of the coins not in a capsule has a barely noticeable scratch ($5 boxing). Series I$5 Kingston $5 North America  $10 Montreal Skyline $10 World Map  Series II (which I find the nicest in design)$5 Wreath  $5 Torch $10 Zeus  $10 Temple  Series III$5 Canoe  $5 Rowing $10 Cycling $10 Lacrosse  Series IV$5 Marathon $5 Javelin  $10 Hurdles  $10 Shot Put Series V $5 Swimming $5 Diving $10 Sailing  $10 Paddling (Proof)  Series VI $5 Boxing (barely nitceable scratch near ``olympiad``) $5 Fencing  $10 Soccer  $10 Field Hockey  Series VII$5 Olympic Flame $5 Olympic Village $10 Olympic Stadium  $10 Velodrome  Hope you enjoyed the pics and all the hard work.Moved to Canadian NCLT forum - Sap
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 I do like the Series II designs. When I visited Montreal in 1979, the Olympics were still talked about and seen in signage.  |
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Australia
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10xloupe:
I have but 2 x 10 dollar coins only. I bought them when silver was $9 per oz.
Tough call to be able to achieve what you have!
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Pillar of the Community
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Does anybody know where I can an empty coin holder for the 28 pieces for quite cheap.
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Pillar of the Community
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@10xloupe: Which design is your favorite out of all of them? Mine is the Rowing one - the details are quite amazing when put side by side with the rest.
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Cool set. I went to those Olympics.
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Pillar of the Community
Canada
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Libertad: I mentioned my favorite series is the second one, and my favorite design is the Zeus one.
plcmac: Thanks, do you think the olympics were better back then or today.
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Pillar of the Community
United States
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Wonderful set, congratulations.
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Very nice! |
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Thanks for the comments. I don't think I'll ever be able to collect this decades coins, they're unoriginal. Wonder when the Canadian coins started to get so ``lame``. If you think I'm wrong then take this comparative test: Which is the better design:
These :  Or these: 
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You missed one of the best new coins made by RCM.  Ann of green gables  |
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That is simply awful.
I never was a big fan of the '76 coins though I have a couple sets but now they look like masterpieces compared to that garbage.
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Well at least they're not coloured lol
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Pillar of the Community
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10xloupe,J&M has the 28 coin holder listed here at the bottom of the page Like Ugly,I wasn't impressed when they first came out,bought some anyways,couldn't bond with them,sold them a few years later for bullion.Now I think they're more attractive than 90% of the NCLT recently available,wish I still had 'em. |
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Posted 12/30/2011 02:22 am
