2014 World War I Commemoratives

Thanks, commems, for posting the actual pictures of the coins.
They really nice done.

In my collection, I would like to see one commemorative for WWI and one for WWII. So I prefer to see them all, and than to decide.

And about two coins above - don't you find, that they actually belong to the same sub-theme: "Mobilization"?
Why to repeat it? Silver Dollar (with any of the "pictures") will be enough....
Or at the end the Mint plans to combine the set with all these coins?

Thanks for posting those pics. I agree with you, the varying degree of frost is interesting. I still think there is too much of it in general.

But these are awesome coins, particularly the silver dollar.

Welcome to CCF!

The marks/nicks you described just make it a damaged coin. I would suggest returning it to the RCM for a replacement.

@cancoins:

is it only looks like that your Silver Dollar is BU?
Did you guys buy both finishes?

Thanks, commems, for info.

I believe the "Remembrance" will appeal to more wide circles of collectors.
Also "Special Edition" sounds good...the "Poppy Silver Dollar" was special edition.

What I find unusual is the $1 coin has over 23 g of silver, and the $10 coin has one half ounce of silver, somewhat less. Also, the RCM page shows a gilded with gold silver $1 coin in the proof set, but not listed separately. Perhaps it will become available as a single coin later, I hope.

Unfortunately, the RCM does not follow a logical system when it comes to the relationship between its coin denominations and the weight of precious metals they contain. They often use the same size/weight planchet for multiple denominations.

For example, in addition to its use for current silver dollars, the RCM has used the same planchet size/weight for coins bearing $5, $8 and $10 denominations. It currently uses a quarter-ounce planchet for its $20-for-$20 coins, but has also used the planchet for coins with $3 and $4 denominations. You can find current one-ounce silver coins on the RCM web site bearing denominations of $20 and $25.

It's this lack of "respect" for the basics of monetary policy (i.e., higher denominations have higher intrinsic values) that helps one realize that the RCM generally considers its NCLT coins merely as products with symbolic denominations rather than coins in the historical sense.

It's something that a collector must ignore when collecting modern NCLT.

^^ noticed that asyn on ebay has one of those for auction ending every night. pretty sure the going price in his auctions is 90 bucks or so. Does not come with a case or capsule tho