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Pillar of the Community
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It looks like they are Masters club pre order for now so I guess they will be widely available in a couple of days.
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Pillar of the Community
Canada
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Ahh ok sounds good... Thanks for the information.
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Pillar of the Community
Canada
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@ qbvbsite, I heard time and time again that "regular" people can also pre-order the coins. They just need to order by phone instead of online.
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$225 for the Proof Set !?!  That's almost double last year's price! (even if they are all fine silver, still amazingly overpriced). Edited by canadian_coins
01/09/2012 3:25 pm
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@ canadian_coins, I know! I was going to get one but not at that price. Its just ~60g of silver afterall. I mean, the silver penny with pink leaves is very cute but soooo overpriced! $ 150 is my top price for that set. Maybe the RCM won't sell enough and offer a discount 6 months later? If not well, no set for me. |
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$225 for the Proof Set !?!
That's almost double last year's price! . I totally agree that this set is slightly over priced but worse, the mintage at 20,000 is too high. On the bright side, it's silver and therefore tax exempt.  . By comparison, the 2011 special edition proof set was priced at $180 (plus tax) and was not pure silver. It sold out quickly and now sells for a significant premium though the mintage was only 6,000. Worthy of note, there is a regular proof set coming in the spring priced at $99.95 and it has a 99.99 silver dollar with the other coins being solid alloy. So that proof set is actually cheaper than the $115 2011 regular proof set, though not of the same metal composition. |
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They are scrapping silver with exception to the Silver Dollar now?
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Pillar of the Community
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Seems to be a classic type of proof set  |
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Pillar of the Community
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To be honest, I find this lower priced version to be more in the keeping of tradition. As far as I know it's all but impossible to strike up sharp proofs of the steel core coins that are currently circulating but pure nickel is very acceptable.
I never did like the silver nickel.
Proofs look better in nickel than silver... jmho.
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Pillar of the Community
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Regardless... I'll probably end up buying both.
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Pillar of the Community
Canada
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Off-topic, but I would want coins to show the Great Canadian Shield, the Rocky Mountains/Banff, Algonquin Park, or a Newfoundland portrait (please no praries!). I hope someone from the RCM is reading this. Enough cartoony animals! That bluenose coin is alright-looking. As for a Laura Secord coin, it would be graded by ICCS as Mint State, of course. (Sorry, I couldn't resist.) Edited by Libertad
01/09/2012 11:57 pm
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Pillar of the Community
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unfortunately not too interested in the coins of this release. The bluenose is not too bad looking though
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Pillar of the Community
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did anyone notice this coin? it's not in the masterclub list. maybe there is a doctorclub? mintage 200, weights 156.05g (5 oz) 60mm, face value 500 issue price unknown...  |
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Pillar of the Community
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It is on the mint's website - item 113916.
Price is just $12,274.95
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Pillar of the Community
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@ SilverBug, the Masterclub announcement for this coin was made on Sept 27, 2011. The coin went live around two weeks later. http://www.mint.ca/store/buy/gold_coins-cat120004The coin is listed, bottom right corner. All that being said, at a price of 12,274.95, I am a little short. If somebody can give me the $ 12,000, I can handle the $ 274.95 on my own. |
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