Got My Moose !

well, I guess if you are a Catholic and have a COA# that contains 66, better consider to sell your coin at a premium to Chinese people, in Chinese sayings 66 means "everything goes well"

Good news for sure.

Unfortunately, my mail carrier was empty handed today but I'm sure he'll have a delivery for me tomorrow.

Got the delivery today. The Moose is very well done - happy that I ordered a second from CP last week.

I was again amazed by the Group Of Seven Lismer coin. As with the Varley, after receiving one from the Mint, I immediately went to the Post Office and bought a second. There is a very high level of craftsmanship in these coins.

Somewhat disappointed by the 1/25th gold rush coin but will comment on that in another topic and include a picture to show a packaging issue.

Still conflicted about this coin... It Is a nice design. I like how the moose fills the reverse to the edge with no borders of blank space shrinking the design. I suppose the idea is to have the moose have more of a presence. The eyes are touched up really nice too. They almost sparkle like one of them crystal-pasted coins.

But, I still find the whole coin a bit unbalanced, with slightly too much white along the top and the antler doing a weird triangular thing to the left. If the moose was frosted more than the slight, almost just bullion finish it has now, I feel the it would pop out more. As is the moose looks slightly sickly to me.

As a fan of Bateman's work, I'm still a bit disappointed that this was the artwork the RCM chose. All the more so that the 1oz silver moose appears a bit underwhelming despite efforts.