Design And Price Your Ideal NCLT Coin

Nothing wrong with questions that get people to think!

I suppose I'm a traditionalist but in my opinion RCM has gone shamefully tacky in manufacturing metal containing the effigy of our head of state on one side with fantasy, sports, and virtually everything else known to mankind on the other. Hard to express but it strikes me as extremely disrespectful.....as if the value of money has lost its meaning (at the same time it becomes more and more common that we look for govt supports - is there a connection?)

Given a choice - affordabe commemorative and important themed issues that honour our country, our heritage and our people with the intention of generating a degree of dignity and significance back into Canada and it's NCLT coinage.

@ Whitetail Junkie back I have missed your insightful posts. I like the kilo idea, one would think the mint would be producing a limited run or even a 5 oz bullion version like some of the other mints do. Especially when they are looking to diversify profits. Its like a missed opportunity. Many loved the piedfort maples. One thing I know they cant do a decent cougar head, its always out of proportion.

I am hoping this thread will stimulate discussion and create some interesting ideas.

2oz Silver coin, in the standard RCM dimentions, or Pridfort (38mm diameter, 8mm thickness) of:

**Canada gold Sovereign design
**Canada gold $5/$10 design
**Provincial Coat of Arms subscription without availability of singles.

1oz Silver standard RCM format:
**Non-accepted designes for circulation coins any denomination.

Set:
**Same as above, but as set, while the coins have original dimensions.

No colour, no "antique".

Mintage : 5000 (too low mintage harms to the coin's availability)

Price: CAD 60-70 for 1oz Proof silver coin
CAD 100-120 for 2oz Proof silver coin
CAD 100-150 - various denominations as Silver set

I Wish RCM would do more specimen dollars, like the 2013 one. I drool over that version. Id like just the dollar and not the set.

I would also like to see a series on famous racehorses done as 1 oz silver, with the effigy of that year. Priced at $75. There are several famous racehorses and they could choose from several poses. For me the horse coins are few.

I would also like the commem 1982,1984 nickel dollars to be issued as 1 oz silver or even 2 oz, with 40-55mm to better show details. Especially the constitution dollar. Its so rich in detail. It and the 1974 nickel dollar are my favorites in that series. mintage would be 5k.

Interesting idea for privy marks. They do make the bullion interesting. Those milk spots are a huge deterrent to collecting as they sell so much higher than spot. The wolf privy is my favorite so far.

The burning Maple leaf privy would be cool. I wonder what it could look like. Maybe yingyang could do one up. I like his illustration. What is the lowest mintage of a privy maple. They need to be higher as they are bullion and many collectors have more than 1. My favorite finish is the reverse proof. We forget maples are sold worldwide. Those burning maples are doing quite well on secondary market.

I used to collect the color maples, as something different until I started to think of milk spots on the queen dropping them to spot prices. I also have the gilded ones. There is a variety of ways to collect in this hobby.

A 2.012 kilo pure copper exact penny design, of course dated 2012, when tired of it you can use it as a door stop.