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Pillar of the Community
United States
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HELLO all I am still learning about ALL coins, so I sometimes sit and browse ebay just looking at what has been issued through the years by various mints. I was looking at Canadian commemoratives and found some I really like. One in particular has piqued my curiosity. I suppose some may think they are rather vulgar, but I have to confess I like the maple leafs with opal "leafs" (white one is nicer). But I can't seem to find any real information about them online. Looks like only 500 of each were made? What did they retail for? ETC ETC ETC!   |
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Pillar of the Community
Canada
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i know these were after market enhancements. They were not made by the RCM. |
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Pillar of the Community
 United States
787 Posts |
THAT explains a lot! So similar to all of those colorized bullion coins we see advertised in non-coin publications, etc?
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CCF Master Historian of Commemorative Coins
 United States
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As mentioned, the enhancements to the Silver Maple Leaf coins you've shown were not done by the R C M - they were done by a private mint in Germany (this mint "enhances" lots of of Silver Eagles and Silver Maples with various colorful designs and limited production runs),
The Opal coins were issued in 2019 and 2020 for sure - I haven't yet seen a 2021 or 2022 version, however. Their "issue" price was variable between dealers as they are not official government issues - ~$150 USD is a reasonable estimate.Today, they can be found for lower prices and higher prices - depends on the seller.
Collecting history one coin or medal at a time! (c) commems. All rights reserved.
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Bedrock of the Community
Australia
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Interesting collectibles, with high quality manufacturing and packaging, but getting away from the central core of numismatics. They need a different type of collector.
With these, very low mintages don't necessarily lead very high values based on rarity. Much more often, they remain at somewhere near their issue price.
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Pillar of the Community
United States
787 Posts |
Being a casual mineral collector, I was naturally curious! ;-)
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Valued Member
United States
68 Posts |
Are they made of mined, lab, or imitation opal? Or are they just stickers?
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Valued Member
United States
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Did some research. One man on Catawiki, which appears to be an auction site, claims that the opals are genuine. The one with white opal and red fields sold for $93.28.
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Pillar of the Community
United States
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Hmmm... if we could narrow down the company who made them, maybe we could find out for sure using the Wayback Machine!
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Posted 06/19/2022 8:01 pm
