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Pillar of the Community
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Just received notification from the RCM on the February release: New Subscription - Coins of Alex Coleville commemorating the 100th anniverary of his birth. 6 coin set, each 1/10 oz of 99.99% Gold Coin 1 - Goose Dollar $364.95 Mintage: 1,200 Tree of Life Pysanka -$250 Face, 58.5g 99.99 Gold - $5,699.95 Mintage: 200 1oz Silver Pysanka - $20 Face, $129.95 Mintage 5,000 5oz Maple leaves in motion - Rhodium & Gold plated Silver $50 Face, $579.95 Mintage 1,000 1kg Gold Arms of the Dominion of Canada $2,500 Face - $83,900 Mintage 25 1oz Silver Timeless Icons: Polar Bear - $25 Face, $114.95 Mintage 4,000 1oz Silver Black History Month: Willie O'Ree $20 Face, $99.95 Mintage 5,500 6-Coin Specimen Set (Loon $ is Black Footed Ferret) $51.95 Mintage 25,000 Collector Education Set: 5 Caribou Quarters each with a different finish - BU, Proof, Matte Proof, Reverse Proof & Specimen - $29.95 Mintage 15,000 1/2oz Silver - 6 coin subscription set - Oh Canada 49.95/coin Mintage 10,000 Includes case. Previous Subscriptions: 1oz Silver Second World War Battlefront: Liberation of Netherlands 9th Coin in series - $94.95 Mintage 7,500 1/4 Oz Silver Birthstone (Swarovski) March - $54.95 - Mintage 5,000 Notable: - The specimen set has moved from birds on the Loon Dollar. |
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Valued Member
Canada
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If I'm not mistaken the sum of mintages for these products is less than 80,000 items. With half of them being the two sets (Specimen / Caribou Collector Set). Leaves not many coins to be produced this month. I noticed the Polar Bear piedfort coin has mintage of 4,000 as opposed to last year's 7,000. I wonder how much further this trend will continue...
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Pillar of the Community
Canada
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At last years Toronto MC gathering one pf the RCM rep asked me how low the mintage for regular 1oz. coins should be, I replied 2000 and let the collectors fight for each issue, he thought this # was interesting but didn't happen. Going in right direction though. |
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CCF Master Historian of USA Commemoratives
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The silver Pysanka coin could be a bellwether for the current state of things for the RCM's NCLT. The silver Pysanka sold out the past two years with the same mintage and at the same price point. If it doesn't sell out this year, things are most definitely off! Collecting history one coin or medal at a time! (c) commems. All rights reserved.
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I'd like to ad the 1/10th ounce gold dollars to my dollar set(s), but paying 2.3x over spot is just too much for my budget. If the set ever gets under $200/coin I might get in the hunt in the future.
Naturally I'll buy the specimen set (I was wondering when they'd run out of birds).
I'll also buy the 5-quarters set to add to my quarter collection. I'm down to needing just 42 quarters (all types: circulated, proof, specimen, commemorative, mules, etc.) to have EVERY Canadian quarter ever made.
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Pillar of the Community
Canada
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Lower mintages reflect lower demand for RCM NCLT. There is no sense in making high quantities when you are going to end up with unsold inventory. As for the Pysanka, you could see a picture of it on the other forum or on ebay. It has brighter colours compared to last year's coin. |
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@atticguy
I am not sure that the multiplier of 2.3x is accurate. If you buy 1/10 oz maples, you will inevitably pay a premium for the smaller form factor. Based on a local bullion dealer, a 1/10 maple is $238.16 CAD. with that said, the price for this coin is 1.5x bullion and well within a reasonable markup for a proof coin. Even if you use the full ounce maple as the baseline $2,139 CAD you are only at 1.7x bullion.
While the actual numbers are quite a bit higher for gold, the premium multiple over bullion is much smaller allowing a circumstance where a modest appreciation in the price of gold will allow you to recover your purchase price should you ever want to do so. In fact all of the $100 Gold coins released prior to 2009 are in the black if re-sold at bullion prices. Silver on the other hand... with today's silver maple price at $27.14 CAD, the range for the coins above is 3.5x to 4.5x (the 1/4 oz is 8x) bullion. I don't see silver at $100CAD per ounce anytime soon.
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vonigohcr: Yes, I was wrong. I made a mistake by using the $365 Canadian cost AND the $1583/ounce USA value of gold. I re-did my math, and the markup I got was now down to 1.75x over spot.
I don't understand though why smaller coins (1/10th ounce) should be higher per coin than larger (1oz) coins. Does this mean that a 10-ounce gold bar is cheaper than ten 1-ounce bars? I've always thought a half ounce of gold is half the price of a full ounce. I am confused with this. (sorry!)
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Pillar of the Community
Canada
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In bullion the larger the bar, less mark up
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Is there a 1/2oz silver 34mm coin in the "maple leaf" series this year? I believe it is usually released in February?
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New Member
Canada
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Hi
5oz Maple leaves in motion - Rhodium & Gold plated Silver $50 Face, $579.95 Mintage 1,000
I got a 90% sold out email at 630am pst
now it is sold out on the website
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Pillar of the Community
Canada
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Is there a 1/2oz silver 34mm coin in the "maple leaf" series this year? I believe it is usually released in February? Not in this notification... @mooincow Quote:
5oz Maple leaves in motion - Rhodium & Gold plated Silver... now it is sold out on the website Wow... unexpected, I guess folks really like the black and gold. |
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Valued Member
Canada
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I have noticed over the past few years that it is usually the high-end, more expensive issues that tend to sell out without issues. Usually the smaller (2 oz silver or less) have a hard time selling the entire mintage in most cases. I guess this speaks for the mint's clientele, having hard time bringing in or keeping new collectors that have less money to spend on coins.
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Pillar of the Community
Canada
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5 oz gold black combo color coin must have been gobbled up by dealers if already sold out.
Will be popular as the gold maple leaf will really pop out with that black background.
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Pillar of the Community
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the high-end, more expensive issues that tend to sell out without issues Agree they usually sell a 1kg gold for 70K+ (this year it is $84K) with a mintage of 25 and they always seem to sell out. Personally, I don't know anyone with $84K with no better place to put it... It isn't for investment as you can buy a 1kg bar for $68K... the NCLT premium will stop an investment purchase or a jeweler/raw material purchase... I also never see these at auction so I am presuming that the resale market is either not needed or completely opaque to those of us of more modest means. |
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Pillar of the Community
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I have noticed over the past few years that it is usually the high-end, more expensive issues that tend to sell out without issues. Usually the smaller (2 oz silver or less) have a hard time selling the entire mintage in most cases. I guess this speaks for the mint's clientele, having hard time bringing in or keeping new collectors that have less money to spend on coins.
It speaks more to the lower mintage of 5oz and above coins than to new collectors who can't afford coins. The mintage of 5 oz coins are usually in the range of 1000 to 1500, 1/2 Kilo less than 1000, and 1 Kilo less than 500. Obviously it is easily to sell 500 coins than 5000 coins. |
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