NCLT Sets: A Numbers Game! 1,2,3.go!

Nice! I still need to find a 2005 to complete this set

@ Luc. Zombucks, the name says it. lol! And your set of specimen loonies is totally awesome, an interesting branch from traditional loonie collections.

@ SilverDon, what you say about silver dollars, year by year, I believe as well. Their current expensive price, particularly for special editions, is also one of the reasons why I've come to believe that NCLT issues which can be collected as part of a series or theme have a much greater likelihood of sustaining future collector interest and demand. Otherwise hot new releases just becomes overtaken by the next one and the next one....and in the frenzy of NCLT issues what's no longer "new" soon gets forgotten.

I have another small set, please ignore the fact I notice that I should have wiped the coin capsule prior to taking the pic.

@wildflowerAB: Very nice clover set! Gifting a meaningful/personalized set of coins is always a great idea.

@SilverDon: Thanks for sharing images of the "City" SD set. Too bad the RCM hasn't honoured additional cities.

@lucv13: Thanks for sharing the "bird coins." I have a friend who also collects the specimen dollar bird series.


As time allows, I'll try to post images of a few other mini-sets of SDs (and other coins) I have in my collection.

That's a really cool set Commens, and my gosh your photos are so clear and precise. I had no idea a $4 coin was even issued in commemoration of Cdn Heroes/War of 1812.

Funny you should mention that. While 4-leaf clovers are indeed considered a sign of Good Luck, it's memories of searching for them in the lawn that's most significant in my choice as well. When I was young also, my Mom, a couple of aunts, 4-leaf clover searching was a great pastime. I don't remember if I found any or if so, how many, but the searching was great fun to see who could find one first.

I wonder what the reaction by people on the street would be now, if they noticed folks crawling around on their hands and knees in their front lawn? lol!

@SilverDon: Nice pair of BC SDs. I also have a PL 1958 - I like the way the design really pops on the PL version of the coin.

As I'm sure you already know, you can turn your duo into a trio by adding the 1971 nickel dollar that also celebrated the centenary of British Columbia. It would no longer be exclusively a silver dollar set, but I've never known the two SDs you've listed to be so snobbish that they wouldn't welcome a brother by another metal!

All of these grouping of coins are beautiful.
@ WildflowerAB...very nice group of clovers.

I would like to see someone do it with Snowflakes.

I can't help but be reminded of a cousin, the 1996 McIntish Apple SD. A very striking coin with it's intriguing finish and design ahead of its time, in my opinion Also a set of One, I don't recall apples ever gracing any other Cdn NCLT.

*well maybe a shirttail relative? ......appears the McIntosh Apple was first introduced to Canada by John McIntosh in the area of the St Lawrence Valley.