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Valued Member
Canada
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I have some questions regarding retail stores.
Are there any special coins, museum like coins, that are located at the retail locations for viewing purposes only?
Any plans of bringing a store to the GTA? Vancouver is kind of far for me.
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Pillar of the Community
Canada
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+1 for a store in the GTA. Scout's honor we won't rob it :) in the mean time though visiting the larger coin dealers is the second best thing. Canadian coins and currency on Yonge (Richmond Hill) is a nice store to browse. Lots of odder and older RCM commemoratives and numismatic coins. Much too pricey though |
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RCM Representative
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Lithanial, we do in fact have a retail kiosk inside the boutique at the CN Tower. I believe they sell all our current releases. As for seeing older coins, both our Ottawa and Winnipeg boutiques offer tours. These tours show displays of older coins. The Bank of Canada in Ottawa also has a very interesting Currency Museum. I stopped by last week and they have A LOT of very old coins and history stuff. Next time you are in Ottawa, you've got two stops to make - RCM and Bank of Canada. |
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Pillar of the Community
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RoyalCanadianMint => hi, I am a bit curious regarding "who" decides which coin designs are going to become RCM products? I recently saw a sneak-preview of the new quarter-series, plus the new loonie and new toonie coins ... 3/4 of the comments from the CCF members were quite negative, so I was wondering how these designs ever made it to the execution-stage? (is there a test-group that views and votes on the potential designs?) ... I think the RCM should occasionally poll our CCF members at an early stage in the process, to determine which designs are gonna be winners and which are gonna be total losers ... I'm just sayin' => you won't find a more educated and/or interested test-bunch than "us"! |
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RCM Representative
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Stevex6, thanks for your post! We do a TON of research into coin themes and designs. We do lots of focus groups and testing....but you've got a great thought in terms of tapping into this membership. I sit only a few "cubes" from one of our main research gals so I will run this idea by her. Promise!
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RCM Representative
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We also encourage people to send their ideas to themes@mint.ca --- just sayin!
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 Canada
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I have tons of ideas, including those to spark the hardcore business strike collectors. But, I'll wait and see who actually comes out to the Ottawa Coin Club meeting...  "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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10/22/2011 7:56 pm
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RCM Representative
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I'm working on it SPP-Ottawa and I'm determined to get someone from the Mint to one of your upcoming meetings. If I didn't have to figure out Halloween costumes for my two girls this week, I would go myself!
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Valued Member
 Canada
451 Posts |
Speaking of themes. I would love to see Halloween coins in circulations. I know it is gimmicky and childish, but I think it would be fun. Throw some colorized Jack o'lanterns in there with a mix of different monsters and ghosts. Could be cool. Who said we always have to commemorate something? We need to stop living in the past and start something new! History isn't made by celebrating history.....
Grim Reaper quarter....
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10/22/2011 10:56 pm
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RCM Representative
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"History isn't made by celebrating history" = That's a great line! Circulating Halloween-themed coins would be fun, but I can almost guarantee that will never happen. But we are having some fun and appealing to this kind of theme with our non-circulating Canadian Mythical Creatures Series featuring Sasquatch, Memphre and Mishepishu. They are reasonably priced too at $24.95. You can see them at: http://www.mint.ca/store/coin/25cen...-prod1100018And NO this is not a sales pitch, it's providing a link re some creature coins to someone who wants Halloween themed coins. |
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Valued Member
Canada
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Kind of weird that the Mint can circulate commemorative Bobsled quarters that only a very very very select few people in Canada can actually do, but the Mint has issues issuing Halloween quarters, something that almost every child in the entire country has participated in at some point in their lives multiple times. Halloween is the most participated event in our country annually by children. Nothing even comes close. But don't worry, there will be the 2012 summer Olympic quarters. Can't wait for the Archery, Triathlon, Synchronized Swimming and Pole Vaulting quarters. Cause we all do that! Once again, those mythical creature coins are the past. It does not represent who we are now and where we are going. Most of the Mint's coins dwell on past achievements, old heritage and old beliefs. I like the Mythical Creatures, but I also like the fun of circulating coins. I would have preferred a mythical creature circulation edition. Edited by Lithanial
10/23/2011 09:53 am
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Canada
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The biggest idea I want to push hard for, has to wait 5 years... In 2017, Canada's oldest scientific institution, the Geological Survey of Canada, will be 175 years old - it is older than Canada itself. The RCM missed the boat in 1992 (150th)...  Of course, there is that little thing about Canada being 150 years old in 2017... but hey, a little competition for attention can be a good thing! "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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10/23/2011 10:55 pm
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Valued Member
Canada
451 Posts |
We could even throw a Bruce Trail coin in there. One of the world's 13 Unesco Biospheres. That could have been a nice throw in for our Parks Canada theme this year. A coin that represents our past, present, and future, since the Bruce Trail is growing and only getting stronger. Obviously that didn't get any consideration when I submitted it.
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Valued Member
Canada
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I apologize, I think I am venting too much lately.
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Valued Member
Canada
451 Posts |
Hi Carolyn,
I have a coin idea that I just submitted to the themes@mint.ca email.
I was thinking since 2014 will be the 100th anniversary of the transaction of Winnie (Winnie the Pooh) in White River, Ontario, it wouldn't be a bad idea to commemorate it.
I know 2014 is still a while from now, but the Mint may want to start early on it depending on how much detail they want to get into it.
But I was thinking, since Winnie was sold for $20, we could make a $20 commemorative about Winnie.
Maybe even a $20 for $20. Or "Buy a bear for $20".
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Pillar of the Community
Canada
1502 Posts |
Awesome idea on the Winnie. And to !@#$ with the Disney version too, stick with either real life or the first sketches (if Disney haven't bought it all up)
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Posted 10/22/2011 07:41 am
