Canada 150th: 1967 Centennial Big Coin Series

The next coin in the series available now at The Coin Shoppe.

ALEX COLVILLE DESIGNS - BOBCAT - 1967 CENTENNIAL BIG COIN SERIES - 2017 25 Cents 5 oz Pure Silver

Single edition - no need to buy subscription.
Dealer sells the coin for issue price - no need to overpay.
Free shipping (i think I not misstake here)

http://www.thecoinshoppe.ca/alex-co...-silver-rcm/

Each one will decide, to pay CAD 560 or not (the coins not expected to be popular), but the coin is beautiful, and will enrich any balanced and thematic collection.

As I said in the beginning of tis topic, just beating a theme to no end. Collectors are tired of endless 100.00 themes coins, you expect 500.00 coins to be very popular, especially the way this set was marketed.

My opinion --- especially 5oz or 2oz replicas of original circulated coin, or whatever grand size will appear in the future, will only ever appeal to a small niche market and I don't see any reason for this to change.

NCLT collectors might assume because there are collectors of silver dollars, pennies or other denominations, these same people will jump all over largeer-than-life replicas.

Reasons why not -
1. Price. Why buy a replica at 10x or more price of a truly rare original.
2. Size. Circulation coin does not come in boxes or cases. Larger replicas are of course bigger, can't fit within the display that is likely a coin binder or coin tray as the original collection. What's the point of a collection if it can't be looked at collectively?
3. Originality. Nothing is going to change the fact that probably the majority of circulation collectors do not all view NCLT as "real" because it's commercially manufactured for retail sale.
4. Larger size than original, also less desirable, suggests the smaller original to be inferior.

Kind of missed a word on previous comment, that the dollar would not be popular as reasons described, so now we know there is no aftermarket for the dollar version, why would you expect the bobcat to do any better. The original big coin series was cool, most my collector friends bought multiple sets for gifts and what not, truly disappointed with the follow up colour version, as such most of my friends and myself skipped on this series due to too many similar coins and increased mintage along with the chance for a colour version. I think even CCC can see the writing on the wall.

Have no problems with what anyone collects, but if the unit can be bought for large discounts months after issue why not wait a few months. I collect mainly errors which is hard to price in a normal marketplace, but in tis down market it's very difficult to judge value, but with almost all recent NCLT it's a simple, just wait a few months, but you are correct always buy what you like.

@commems, aftermarket success does add extra enjoyment to the hobby. It is not like collecting bottle caps or a leaf collection; coin collecting is expensive. You would like to see your collection as least maintain its value over the years. Which unfortunately is not the case. Just look at auctions and you will see you will be lucky to get 30% for the value of your collection.

Besides, it is a great feeling when you have a coin that you bought has double in value, even though you have no intention of selling it.

I for one, don't buy coins on ebay. Although you can check past sales on ebay, you can't do the same on many other selling platforms. Private sales on kijiji or other buy and sell sites, as well as brick and mortar coin shops etc. have sales all the time that go unrecorded. Although ebay records are better than nothing, I don't believe they always must represent current market value. I was thinking of selling my farewell to the penny collect in entirety, so I'm certainly curious to see what the final price is when the final bid is in. The 5 coin penny set is around $400 in my area. I haven't seen the 5 oz for sale in a long time locally.

This big coin series is really, really nice! The bobcat is magnificent. I await the rest of the subscription.