Vintage Silver Dollar Collection

These look neat.

Share some info with a yank if you don't mind. Are they reproductions? How much would shipping be to have some sent down here, if they'll even let me order something like this? I'm not a big Canadian/world coin collector but I do have a few Canadian pieces that are favorites in my collection. Just curious. Thanks.

The advantage is that you will be contributing to the financial well being of the Royal Canadian Mint. :) That and you get a box to put the overpriced coins in.

Seriously, this set will only be worth its price if the following occurs

1: the RCM assures that the coins will all be in the same condition (which they haven't)
2: that the coins are of at least of a certain grade (again, haven't even mentioned grading).
3: that the display case reaches some higher standard (likely cheap stained plywood lined with thin plastic felt, judging from recent issuances)
4: and guarantee that the series will be finished within a reasonable and fixed amount of time (very well may take months to ship. the 2011 F15 series is only 6-8 coins in, and we're almost half way through 2012 already).

So no. My advice to neighbors on both sides of the border is to buy the coins individually and not pay the RCM an arm and a leg to take the fun out of collecting coins.




Is there a mismatch between the obverse and reverse? Everything looks quite normal I thought

bad collection....they should of minted new ones instead in pure silver...that would have been a collection....ill pass on this one for SURE....bummer! I was wishing for something special.

People will buy these coins. If I can sell Glow in the Dark Dino coins for $110 that I bought for $30, then there stupid enough people out there to buy this set. Just watch the home shopping network. Makes me shake my head sometimes. As for the mint, if they think they can take old coins and repackage them and sell them as new and charge a huge profit they are nuts. Those multiple record setting sellouts must have effected their heads. Now it sounds like they are scrounging through the basement of the mint looking for old scrap coins to sell. I'm not touching this with a 3048mm pole (10 foot pole for the Americans).

Although I will not Be getting this set, I think it is a very good idea.

Many novice collectors, including myself, only recently started collecting due to the popularity of new coins such as the glass ladybug/bee, dino, and other modern enhancements. This set will introduce new collectors to "vintage" coins and increase interest.

So yes it is overpriced for those in the know, but it is a good product for those who want an rcm-endorsed vintage coin set. I'm sure we've all spent way more money on way stupider stuff.

I agree with Dooby, silverdollarnuts, and others. There are many example of the RCM re-minting "vintage" designs to commemorate bygone coins. Digging out old coins that are commonly available in Any coin shop and repackaging it for sale is no way to do it. I'd bet my coin collection that the grade of the coins will be no-where near what the price demands. I'd bet twice over they will Not look nearly as well as the pictures on the mint website either, which in and of itself ticks me off.

Please don't walk the path of the sleazy salesmen RCM. You are our National Mint for pete's sake. Have some integrity.

The coins in this collection are not re-strikes or modern reproductions, they are original coins minted in the years shown. The RCM is gathering classic, original coins and then packaging them as a set for collectors.


Regarding whether it would have been better to sell reproductions of these classic coins rather than sell the originals at what is likely a higher price than can be had on the open market...

I would be very disappointed in the RCM if they re-struck the coins. Why do we need more re-strikes of classic original coins? IMO, the RCM has already done too much of this -- 1908-1998 sets, 2010 Voyageur Dollar, 1911-2011 sets.

I believe that long-term collector interest can be generated by producing new coins with fresh, creative, well-engraved designs and minimal faddish "gimmicks." Interested collectors will naturally seek out what came before and find their way to the earlier coins. Re-striking coins that are readily available in the marketplace strikes me as a mistake!

@dialog_gvf: Agree that the coins I listed are not 100% re-strikes, but my point was that I would prefer the RCM not largely recycle old coin designs for which originals can still be purchased by collectors of even modest means.

I would welcome using this method to make pattern coins or extreme rarities available for affordable prices (like the 1911-2011 silver dollar), but do we really need modern reproductions of classic coins that are available for $30?