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I finally got tired of waiting, and bought one of these sets, for the sake of completeness of my Loon dollar collection. http://www.mint.ca/store/coin/montr...t-prod700019I paid well below the issue price, and I was appalled at the poor quality of the coins used for this set. They literally used Winnipeg strikes for the lacquered coins, painted coin and gold-plated coin, MS-62 to MS-63 at best. Yet, the stupid little gold-plated badges (which I now have to try and sell) made by the mint for this set, were of superb quality... Quite sad actually, that the mint charged almost $150 for this set, yet used crappy business strike coins for the secondary effects. /end rant "Discovery follows discovery, each both raising and answering questions, each ending a long search, and each providing the new instruments for a new search." -- J. Robert OppenheimerContent of this post is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial 3.0 Unported License. See: http://creativecommons.org/licenses...0/deed.en_USMy eBay store
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Im a Habs fan...but paying $150 for this set, was the mint CRAZY? Hope you got it for A LOT less, sucks about the quality of the coins, looks like a really nice set though!
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@SPP: I feel your pain. The quality of the coins is atrocious. A complete waste of a spectacular presentation and extras.
I miss the days the mint offered top quality examples of their uncirculated coins. But, at least they should get the GP/colourized stuff right, and when they charge a premium (e.g. general uncirculated set).
Did you find the GP Navy or Roughrider's 100 any better?
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Both the Navy and Riders gold-plated loon were only marginally better, my Navy dollar is nice MS-64 and my Rider dollar is high MS-63 or low MS-64. Maybe I got luckier than my Canadiens coins... but still, I was expecting at least the coloured and gold-plated coins to be of PL quality, much like the puck loon dollars and painted NHL dollars were.
"Discovery follows discovery, each both raising and answering questions, each ending a long search, and each providing the new instruments for a new search." -- J. Robert OppenheimerContent of this post is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial 3.0 Unported License. See: http://creativecommons.org/licenses...0/deed.en_USMy eBay store
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An intervention is needed. Ottawa is doing first rate work. But, Winnipeg needs to step things up a LOT.
Those 5 for $5 packs of new loonies are understandable if they are grabbed off the production line (although, I would hope they were the initial production from the dies, and not allowed to simply fall in a hopper to avoid bag marks). But, everything sold for a premium needs to receive premium handling.
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what? I figured the Habs fans would be all over this... if this is a Maple Laugh set, it would be SOLD Out.
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what? I figured the Habs fans would be all over this... if this is a Maple Laugh set, it would be SOLD Out. True but we'll have to wait 5 more years for their 100th anniversary set. Can't wait for a 2017 Leafs logo circulation dollar coin. At least they'll be easy to find in every urinal from coast to coast. |
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I don't see it as "on sale". The 'sets' above or below it clearly indicate 20% or 25% off but this set remains at $112.49.
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Original issue was $149.95 so 25% off is $112.49. Not sure why CP isn't highlighting the discount on this one though maybe it was reduced previously and I just didn't notice. Recently sold on ebay for 106 plus 17 shipping. Here is a link to the orginal mint info http://www.mint.ca/store/coin/montr...t-prod700019Edited by CC-Ottawa
11/15/2012 3:21 pm
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I also noticed that. ðŸ'¿
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