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Pillar of the Community
Canada
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@poboxw as in your picture of the coin?
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Pillar of the Community
Canada
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@RoyalSilver: Yep. My wife and I run the ebay account with id "encalibur" |
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Pillar of the Community
United States
2408 Posts |
Dooby - Nice art work! Wow.
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Pillar of the Community
 Canada
567 Posts |
@ Dooby Rak, that's an awesome job you did on the coin.
That really makes the little bugger really pop!
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New Member
Canada
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@ Dooby Rak, What huge difference you add that green color! It makes the coin much enjoyably!
I buy it if mint will sell this modified version. :)
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Pillar of the Community
Canada
933 Posts |
@poboxw wow what are the odds of that? I took the best pic I found on google :P
would you say that coin is worth $99 ? I have yet to see one in real life, maybe i'll stop by canadian coin and currency and take a look
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Pillar of the Community
Canada
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@RoyalSilver: i'd say so. I'm asking high prices for it on ebay to cover for multiple layers of fees, but I feel that anything under $100 is a fair price for sure. My only complaint is that though twice as thick is good, smaller diameter is not. |
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New Member
Canada
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The colourized mantis that Dooby did is awesome! It wouold have been cool if the RCM had done something like that. Anyway, have just joined the forum, been collecting for a while, and I am the photographer who took the mantis photo featured on the coin. I now have a silly question...when I took my tour of the mint, they presented me with the coin and COA 0001/7500. Friends are saying I should sign it, and others are saying no...I searched but could not find a topic on this....so thought I would ask here. Cheers, |
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Pillar of the Community
Canada
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Welcome and congrats on photo and coin, myself I think you should sign it and sell it to me and I will look after it for a long time otherwise maybe sign it and get it certified or what ever you call the process so it can be proved it's your signature
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Valued Member
Canada
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I can't imagine any negative effect of signing it. That actually seems like a cool idea.
That being said, once you sign it you can't take it back, but there's no harm in waiting to see if you change your mind.
Congratulations!
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Pillar of the Community
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To bad you didn't come on before this. I would've suggested you get a pic with the Mint director handing you the coin and COA. Any articles would help the provenance. Many US mint designers sign their slabbed pieces. Signing it will slightly help it's value. It's really something to hand down to your children.
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CCF Master Historian of USA Commemoratives
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As long as you keep the coin in your possession, I don't see the need for you to sign the COA. Will it have any more significance to you if you add your signature to it?
If, however, there comes a time when you wish to sell the coin, either signing the COA or a letter attesting to the special nature of the coin would likely be very attractive to a potential buyer.
Collecting history one coin or medal at a time! (c) commems. All rights reserved.
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New Member
Canada
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Hey thank you all for chiming in! I've got provenance covered, the coin is framed with the original photo and with a plaque stating presented to Robert Ganz by blah blah on the date etc. I have photos of the COO of the RCM handing it to me, and I have all the press releases that mention my name etc, including the one on the mint website. I was concerned that signing it might do some harm, not that it is relevant as I do not intend to sell this in my lifetime; but who knows what my kids or grandkids are going to do. I had a tour through the "really cool" places in the Mint, and saw where and how all these coins are made, from the 1kg silvers to the 1/15th golds. Very very cool and such excellent people there. (but no one really answered me when I asked about the glowing quarter or the two loons that I have been waiting forever for! Unfortunately I am under a signed NDA now so I am not sure what I can talk about and what I can't, so the safer bet is for me not to talk. As for collecting, I am restarting a hobby I started as a kid. Small collection, no high value coins, just coins that *I* like to look at and own. Cheers, |
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Pillar of the Community
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You certainly have an enviable restart. Welcome aboard.
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Valued Member
Canada
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Quote:The colourized mantis that Dooby did is awesome! It wouold have been cool if the RCM had done something like that. Anyway, have just joined the forum, been collecting for a while, and I am the photographer who took the mantis photo featured on the coin. I now have a silly question...when I took my tour of the mint, they presented me with the coin and COA 0001/7500. Friends are saying I should sign it, and others are saying no...I searched but could not find a topic on this....so thought I would ask here. Cheers, Welcome and congratulations. If you have the chance to visit Vancouver, I will absolutely take my mantis coin and ask you a favor to sign on my COA.  |
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