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New Member
Canada
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Hello all. I recently purchased this 1/4 oz Gold Maple leaf for the melt value. I brought it home and decided to research it. After several hours on the internet I did find that it is a low mintage of 500 with the Tulip Privy. It is a low mintage coin but is it valuable? Have you seen one before? Any insight or comments appreciated. Thanks    |
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Valued Member
Canada
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Never saw this one, interesting to see the case is written in Dutch, as is the certificate. It has to be worth more then just melt, but to a limited market.
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Pillar of the Community
Canada
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Pillar of the Community
Canada
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the london coin company is one of the most outrageously priced ebay coin stores. Still, I suspect there is a collector base for this 1/4oz gold coin since the privy marked SML counterpart enjoys a fairly stable mark up. In fact, I know a collector that may be interested if you are selling. Message me and i'll pass his info to you. He's a collector of all things WWI and WWII, especially coins, and would at least know more to tell you. |
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Canada
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Charlton 2014 Vol 2 gives the issue price as 299 euros so I'm guessing it was a custom job for a European distributor? Book value is given as $400 for SP66 and $425 for SP67 so would have been about melt price at the time it was sent for publishing.
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Pillar of the Community
Canada
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That European distributor being the mint whose name is printed on the box.
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Valued Member
Canada
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That's a very nice coin almost makes me want to go look for one of my own. That wood case really makes the coin complete.
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New Member
 Canada
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Thanks for your quick replies. There seams to be a demand for the 2005 Silver Maple with Tulip Privy and it is offered for sale at Colonial Acres for about 5 times the BV. It had a mintage of 3500 coins and is on some collectors wish list. The 2005 Gold Maple with Tulip Privy has a much lower mintage of 500 and not much information is available. I like the History and the reason for The Royal Mint of the Netherlands to commission the RCM to produce these coins. Designed and released to celebrate the 60th anniversary of Canadian troops liberating the Netherlands from the German soldiers on 5-5-45 at the end of WWII. Most of these soldiers would now be gone but their descendants are likely scattered around the world. I suspect that there are more of these coins in Europe and it would have a bigger following there. I am pleased to have bought this beautiful little coin and I think I'll keep it my collection. Thanks |
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Valued Member
Canada
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The silver version of this tulip privy is the lowest mintage of all SML, so one of the most valuable (if not the most). I wasn't even aware there was a gold version of it. So as mentioned before, this coin has definitively much greater value than BV! You just have to find the good buyer. Note: Wikipedia states a mintage of 1,000.... not sure which is the good number. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Canadi...d_Maple_Leaf |
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