Calgary Silver Dollar

I got my stampede silver dollar today. Very nice! The silver coins always seem to look much better in real life than on RCM pictures.

Plus this is the only stampede coin that actually says "Calgary Stampede" on it!

This is no longer available at canadapost.ca. Same with the 5 oz.

I guess the stampede coins are more popular than we thought. Or else they're reserving a whole lot of them for the actual stampede.

Word is that the Stampede stocked up on a good number of these to sell during the 2-week-long event itself

I agree with fkl118, the Stampede dollar does look better in person than it does on the RCM website.

One nice design feature that I did not pick up on via the RCM's image was the different strike characteristics/finishes on the horse. While the horse and rider have a largely frosted finished for a nice contrast from the mirrored fields, the horse's mane and tail are struck to a brilliant uncirculated finish which sets them off distinctly from the rest of the horse as well as the fields.

Also, the different texture applied to the coin's die for the leather rigging on the horse sets it off well from the rest of the animal and nicely emphasizes the central role of the piece of equipment in the bareback bronc riding event. Note: the tan color seen in my picture is just an artifact of the digital image, the rigging is distinct but not tan on the actual coin.

The coin goes to show that with a little creative thinking, even a "simple" silver coin doesn't have to be plain.

Here's mine, it arrived on Wednesday -- just a week from order to mailbox!

Got mine today!! Fastest shipping I ever seen.