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Canada
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Hopefully I get it when I get home.
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Canada
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Got mine today, love how small the COA's are Rockdaddy, they like previously, not sealed (the COAs)? |
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Canada
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@Silveroid: Not seal the COA. For mine, it comes in a box (Xpresspost) so each coin is correctly stick to the COA card. For those that received the coin, does the coins look a bit small to you?
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The COA's are the same style, they're just shorter in length. At first glance the coins seemed a bit smaller, but after looking closer, they seem the same size. The coins also weigh the same in the capsule and soft plastic case.
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01/25/2013 5:59 pm
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Canada
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@ falcon: I agree. I was really disappointed with the subject of this coin. The sports coins never seem to do well. It seems like their $20 for $20 coins have gone a bit downhill. Most people didn't like the Queen or Reindeer $20 for $20 coin (especially compared to the previous designs).
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Canada
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I received my coins today. The coins are fine and I am not disappointed at all.
But what I don't like is the COA... A coin is not just a piece of silver, it should have some story behind it. There used to be a section in the COA that talks about why the coin is produced, the event or story behinds it. It was there in the polar bear, canoe, farewell to penny and even the diamond jubilee coin. But since the Reindeer coin that section is gone.
For this hockey coin, just looking at the coin and the COA, I have no idea why it got minted, for what reason, to celebrate the end of NHL strike? To remind us that 2013 is the 20th anniversary of the last time we won the Stanley cup?
Without a story behind a coin, I just feel that a significant part of the value is lost.
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United States
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Shopaholic,I respect your opinion but I don't think this coin really needs a story on the COA myself. Hockey as a symbol of Canada is pretty well known. I like the fact that it is a generic hockey player and not associated with the NHL. Growing up in Nova Scotia we always had hockey sticks and either played on the ponds in the winter; street hockey or floor hockey. Ironically, although I had been to many local hockey games in Nova Scotia, my first NHL level game I attended was here in Tennessee!
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Canada
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I agree with Canuck1us. Not sure why people complain about Hockey coin. It makes sense to me as hockey is always associated with Canada. It make much more sense than the baseball coins they are releasing.
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Canada
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I am not complaining about the release of hockey coins, and I know that hockey is well associated with Canada. What I would like to see is some reason or story why we mint this particular hockey coin, and what tell this coin apart from the many other hockey coins that RCM has released before or those that will be released in the future. This is just my humble opinion. |
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I agree, a little story about the coin couldn't hurt, especially for foreign buyers.
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Canada
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The hockey coin makes sense. I am getting a sense that the $20 for $20 series is just a random draw of Canadian themes. Anything goes that is Canadian, no story needed.
As for the baseball coins, I don't get it. I love baseball and love coin collecting, but even I wouldn't have proposed the baseball coins. I am excited about the World Baseball Classic coming up, but I wouldn't get coins to commemorate it all, especially those hideous coins, maybe a $20 for $20, even that is a stretch. Are they now going to make basketball and soccer coins too?
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I'd buy a Raptors coin, and they have made a soccer coin.
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Canada
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I haven't received mine yet, but judging by the picture of the collector card, isn't the coin logo just a tad huge on the front of the card? The polar bear logo and other versions were smaller in size if I'm not mistaken. Is the background representing the theme, "Hockey Night in Canada?" Just curious...
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Canada
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i was surprised at how fast my coins came this time. I got them yesterday and I placed my order about a week ago. maybe the mint is turning over a new leaf? or perhaps I was just lucky...
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Every year they should make a silver hockey coin for each Stanley Cup winner. Starting with the Los Angeles Kings.
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