Can Someone Explain The Whole Thing With 1991

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jakedacc Pillar of the Community Canada 1177 Posts	Posted 08/11/2012 6:08 pm First. Is it all 1991 coins or just quarters? Second, what happened. I just picked up a 1991 specimen double dollar set for dirt cheap and curious as to why average ebay is 150-200$ Report this Post to the Staff

Pokermandude Pillar of the Community Canada 1192 Posts	Posted 08/11/2012 6:15 pm Just the quarters. It was the lowest mintage in something like 85 years. 491,000 I believe. This was done on purpose in preparation for the oogles of commemorative quarters to be minted in 1992 for Canada's 125th anniversary. Report this Post to the Staff
jakedacc Pillar of the Community Canada 1177 Posts	Posted 08/11/2012 6:18 pm So what is the value of a double dollar 1991 set? Report this Post to the Staff
CC-Ottawa Pillar of the Community Canada 3690 Posts	Posted 08/11/2012 6:49 pm The double dollar set is a proof set. There is also a specimen set and a proof like set. I haven't seen a double dollar specimen set. Dealer price is about $55 for the 7 coin double dollar proof. The 6 coin specimen and the proof-like sets are each about $35. Of course, they are routinely available for less on auction and reselling websites. Edited by CC-Ottawa 08/11/2012 11:03 pm Report this Post to the Staff
DBM Pillar of the Community Canada 9866 Posts	Posted 08/11/2012 9:10 pm I believe there was a strike at the mint that year,5&10cent and loonie also had reduced mintage in '91 though not as drastic as the 25cents. Only the circulation 25cents are few in number.The mintages of specimen and double dollar sets for 1991 was not unusually low yet these sets and the quarters in them attract a premium price because of the misconception that all 1991 quarters are rare. Double dollar 1991 sets regularly sell at about $30-$40 on ebay,check the completed listings. Report this Post to the Staff
Canadian_Paper Valued Member 86 Posts	Posted 08/11/2012 10:00 pm I buy the odd $200 worth of quarters at the bank because a few months ago a friend of mine pulled a full roll of silver quarters. Always keep an eye out for the 73s and the 91s. Have yet to find a 91 and have gone through at least $2000. Report this Post to the Staff
RoyalSilver Pillar of the Community Canada 933 Posts	Posted 08/12/2012 02:29 am ^ I have gone through close to $10000 and not one single 1991. Report this Post to the Staff
SPP-Ottawa Moderator Canada 10463 Posts	Posted 08/12/2012 02:51 am Quote: This was done on purpose in preparation for the oogles of commemorative quarters to be minted in 1992 for Canada's 125th anniversary. Not quite, the plant workers went on strike that year, so production of 25c coins was quite limited. There are lots out there in mint state condition, but generally tough to find in circulation. I sold 10 mint rolls of 1991 25c coins this past year, and most coin shops have several BU examples to pick from. I imagine, with the alloy recovery program, that finding them in circulation will be even tougher... "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 Oppenheimer Content of this post is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial 3.0 Unported License. See: http://creativecommons.org/licenses...0/deed.en_US My eBay store Report this Post to the Staff
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