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If they are going to do an 1812 set, at least use the HMS Shannon 1/2 oz silver coin instead of that maple leaf coin.... what are they thinking really?!?
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10/22/2013 6:13 pm
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Just a marketing strategy. Well, this understandable. IMO, the 1812 coins initially "deserve" to be united in the set. But where from came idea to put 4 coins with the Maple Leaf? Why not 5 war-related coins all together, or just 4 coins? Quote:
Coins are encapsulated and presented in a Royal Canadian Mint-branded maroon clamshell case lined with flock and protected by a black beauty box." and this one suspicious...it could be, that there is no one box for all, but 5 separate boxes. |
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Still not interest in buying it...
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Why not 5 war-related coins all together, or just 4 coins? Good question Silveroid! My guess is that they only have maroon clamshell cases for five coins, and that there are no other War of 1812 coins left in sufficient quantities (800) and in the correct size. So they thought, let's throw in a maple leaf... This sucks! Quote:
what are they thinking really?!? Silveroid, they are not thinking at all! |
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The $239.99 price is exactly the same price as if you bought each coin separately. So you are just paying for the box.
I am sure people who bought all five coins separately would be upset whith this issue but I think relatively few bought all 5 of them.
Isn't the claim of limited mintage of 800 a bit of a stretch since the original mintage per coin was much higher at 10,000 per coin?
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10/23/2013 3:29 pm
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Isn't the claim of limited mintage of 800 a bit of a stretch since the original mintage per coin was much higher at 10,000 per coin? I thinks it is "OK" and legal. Do not think, that here RCM's try to mislead the people. What actually meant - 800 units - this is mintage of the set / packaging. This definition I saw also for Proof Britannia (2012, probably), where was mentioned: Limited Mintage of 2500 for special presentation |
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I am sure people who bought all five coins separately would be upset whith this issue but I think relatively few bought all 5 of them.
I bought all five of them but I am not upset at all. I think I just don't care. IMHO, this set is just a "stock clearance set". If they included the HMS Shannon coin instead of the maple leaves coin and branded it as a "war of 1812 set" then it may be a different story. |
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The 'special box' in this case seems to be a large maroon clamshell. Nothing special. So you buy 5 as a set and get one clamshell or buy 5 individually and get 5 clamshells.
Six of one, half a dozen of the other.
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I spent time in the military and the cooks would do the same thing: Day one would be spaghetti, Day 2 would be sloppy joes, day 3 would be American style spaghatti........ Repackage repackage repackage. The comments earlier were right, If the Shannon was included the set may have some merit.
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Six of one, half a dozen of the other. Sorry to correct you CC, but it's "Five of one, half a dozen less one of the other."  Edited by NuMoosematist
10/24/2013 11:58 am
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lol Liverpool. You took me back a million years to university residence. Same deal. Mac & cheese for lunch meant tomato/mac soup with dinner. Anything w/ sauce (sloppy joes, spaghetti, lasagna, pizza) meant one of the others for the next meal. It was all the same sauce and everything tasted the same...yet most new students caught the freshman 15 by Christmas.  But it is nice to see the Mint embracing the three R's - recycle, reduce and reuse - well 2 outta 3 ain't bad. Maybe they can try reducing next year. Completely agree though, the 1812 set should have the Shannon or maybe the 1812-2012 silver dollar, not the unrelated ML Forever. And I don't get the name. Icons? I would guessed that most Canadians don't even know who these historical figures are other than Laura Secord sells ice cream and chocolates. |
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HMS Shannon seems to be sold-out, so couldn't be entered to this collection. So out War of 1812 related coins remains in stock the 4 characters and 1-kg silver coins. Why to put 5 and not 4 coins - not clear. Agree with CC-Ottawa about "icons". The "Icons" could be name for "O Canada 1/2 oz" series. Generally nice try from RCM to sell these coins, but marketing here is bad. And these commemorate history event... Interesting, which way will be repacked other coins. I would suggest to Mint to issue (probably on January-February 2014) some sets of "Our most un-popular coins of 2013" |
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I would guessed that most Canadians don't even know who these historical figures are other than Laura Secord sells ice cream and chocolates. You're quite right this time, CC-Ottawa! Quote:
I would suggest to Mint to issue (probably on January-February 2014) some sets of "Our most un-popular coins of 2013" An excellent idea, Silveroid! By the way, does anybody know what city the capital of Canada is?  |
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I spent time in the military and the cooks would do the same thing: Day one would be spaghetti, Day 2 would be sloppy joes, day 3 would be American style spaghatti........ I've been there too and I sympathize. Which is why this situation frustrates me so much. I bought all four 1812 coins and got the SML as a gift. I'm less peeved because the five coin set with clamshell is really not much of a deal, but this whole repackaging methodology just seems so ridiculous. |
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I was hoping that they would have done something similar with the $5 and $10 gold coins - if you bought the whole set of Premium Selected, they came in a single case for all, the same however didn't happen if you bought the 6 coins in only Hand Selected quality. So...there they sit - piled upon each other in safe. Not really presentable together, but spectacular in their own right.
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