Canada 150: 2017 Special Edition Proof Set

not intrested

I will certainly pick up a set at some point to add the SD, Loonie and Twoonie to their respective collections, but hoping I will be able to find the individual coins reasonably priced somewhere so I can save a bit by not buying the whole set...

Idea is great but the chosen designs were poor, just too mush political correctness

Like we designs or don't, we will buy, since it one-year appearance for the Canada anniversary, not the overpriced set, but something simpler - base metal Proof set for example.

Does RCM plan to distribute the "special wrap roll" for all the coins, or even "Roll set"?

I can guarantee you these coins will NOT catch the attention of our youth because they are not into coin collecting the way kids were in the 1960's. When I grew up in the 60's, coin and stamp collecting was very big. There were a lot of coin and stamp stores around. Even department stores had a coin and stamp department.

Back in the 1960's there were no computers, no video games, no cell phones. Most had black and white tvs. None of the electronic toys kids love today.

Simply said, kids will care less about these coins. Just too many other distractions.

The other important thing to note is the variation from the norm. There is too much of it already. The Mint comes out with several different loonies, twonies, and quarters every year.

Just lookin at the coins on my desk, I have a lucky loonie Battle of the Atlantic $2, a wait for daddy coin, a poppy quarter, a Secord quarter, a Brock quarter, a and lots of Olympic quarters. Sometimes I get more special issue coins than regular coins in my change.

Back in the 1967, it was much different since most of the coins except for the dollar were the same every year for decades and suddenly there were different designs.

Just noticed that the RCM changed the ship date for the proof set from December 6, 2016 to February 10, 2017.

I wonder what the issue is...A problem producing one or more of the coins? A packaging issue?

Coin collecting is definitely not as popular now as in the '60s and its likely to continue the downward slide. In all fairness, I don't recall kids collecting coin in the 60s, it was mostly older folk, parents and grandparents who demonstrated their collection fever with avid and keen interest. But it's the memories that can become important years later. I recall my dad explaining to me what each of the animals symbolized but at the time it didn't make any sense to me.

Will kids will care a less about the 150th circulation coins? I suppose it depends on us adults and how important or not we view Canada's 150th anniversary and the special coin. I don't especially like it either and it wouldn't have been my choice, but that's not going to dampen my enthusiasms because it's not about me,. I intend on hoping to make it a memorable year for my grandson, maybe we'll see if we can accumulate 150 2017 coins by the end of the year (he's only 10).




Just my opinion but I thought it really weird for RCM to ship 2017 Proof anniversary coin in 2016, prior to the mintng and release of the circulation coin. Maybe someone of influence doesn't want RCM stealing the thunder. It wouldn't surprise me if the official release of the circulation coin involves celebrations including the PM, the respective artists and lots of selfies.

Agree completely. From the first announcement of the set, I have wondered why a December release and not a January - the typical month of release for the annual proof set.

When it ships, it ships. It doesn't make a bit of difference to me when I receive the set I ordered.