Falcon Lake UFO Silver Coin

Thanks, but checked "UFO coin," "2018 UFO coin" on ebay.

No active listings or solds coming up at that price in the last couple of days.

@silveroid..you have to do your own homework on the veracity of the Falcon Lake event..Of course there are always going to be 4 views on any UFO issue as follows:: 1. they are real 2. they are not real 3. who cares? 4. undecided

yes... the 2018 loch ness coin is released by The Royal Mint...and it wouldnt surprised me if they issued their own UFO coin as well because they have had some notable UFO sightings such as the Rendlesham Forest 1980 UFO event which was witnessed by the bunch of military personnel. The Uk has declassified a lot of info on the constant stream of UFO related events in their area such as crop circles etc....but please note..Im personally not going to debate the UFO issue in this forum..this is about the Falcon Lake 2018 coin ..its availablity, popularity and design

@john 100...I tend to agree although I'm sure that there will be one of the main deciders in the RCM who probably is a believer in the reality of bugs bunny and Batman

I wish this is true of their thinking at the RCM, but I truly believe it is all just greed, we build them, you keep buying them, why change. Kind of funny to hear from a previous post that the RCM themselves didn't think much about this coin, thus the spit production.

It doesn't matter what we think or what the RCM had in mind when creating this coin.

The UFO community appears to see it as a government admission of the "unexplained event." That's why they're going crazy for this coin, especially with only 4,000 mintage. That's a very small number compared to the thousands (millions?) in the community.

RCM has the most diversified nclt production in the world and produces some amazing coins. You only have to look at the USA to see how dull coinage can get in comparison.If the USA produced a UFO themed coin it would be very significant and make the Falcon lake coin look pale in comparison. The fact is right now they wouldnt legally be allowed to produce such a coin because the powers that be would suppress it...The same isn't true for Canada and pretty much every other country which is starting to loosen up their anti uFO attitudes..I will bet that you will be seeing UFO coins from the UK, France, Mexico, Italy, Australia as well as more coins from Niue ,Burkina Faso and other govt mint UFO themed releases due to the RCM decision to do a UFO theme so ......I applaud the RCM for going out on a limb with the Falcon Lake Coin 2018..3 cheers..im sure they will be taking flak from the USA for this coin....

Comparing the RCM to Franklin mint is not a fair comparison. Franklin mint is not a strictly coin mint anyways..just look at their cat. Why do the USA nclt collectors flock to the RCM? because it is a real govt. mint next door. RCM produces all the stuff they wish their US Mint would produce but doesn't.. US mint is extremely conservative but you can purchase gold and silver bullion coins from them directly, unlike the RCM, and they have great coin offerings if you want USA coins...so for a G7 govt mint to produce a UFO coin is unheard of. If the Franklin mint produced a UFO coin I couldnt care less..Im not interested in German enhanced UFO maple leafs either...but many are...Give me a govt mint produced UFO coin..I will buy it.

I am surprised that folks are conflating the fact that the RCM is a crown corporation and the hypothesis that the Falcon Lake incident was an alien encounter into a tacit acknowledgement that the government is stating the Falcon Lake incident was a real alien encounter.

Nothing could be further from the truth.

The RCM are in the business of making money (coins) for us to use in day to day transactions. They also are charged with returning a profit to the government and it that role they issue NCLT. They are not a legislative or policy branch of the government. As a crown corporation, they are at arms length from the government and while they operate under a government mandate, they have a fairly wide remit to produce product that will make a profit.

Generally speaking their product is aligned to Canadiana, either flora, fauna, culture. history or geography but they have in the past expanded from this. Some of their issues: 2011-2012 25cent Tooth Fairy, any number of Santa Claus coins, 2001-2002 50cent Folklore series, 2016 Venetian Glass Angel $20, 2014-2016 25 cent Haunted Canada Series represent fantasy or belief's held by segments of the population or as in the case of the Folklore series...just plain old stories.

It is an overreach to suggest that there is official government sanction for Falcon Lake because of a coin issued by the RCM just as much as other coins issued should lead to belief that the government believes in santa claus, angels, the tooth fairy or a haunted brakeman.

I would lay you odds that the thinking behind this coin was that the RCM designers looked into Canadian History and found an event they though may have appeal and designed and made a coin to represent that event. There is a 0% chance that the release of this coin has any impact on any official position the Government of Canada has on Falcon Lake... whatever that position may be. When you issue as much product as the RCM does on an annual basis, you have to cast a fairly wide net to come up with ideas that are innovative and allow the RCM to exploit their technology... How many Northern Lights or Fireworks scenes can be minted before GITD looks passe.