August 2014 Releases

Did I see in the list that the 2nd of the Birds of Prey series is a Bald Eagle? It was listed as a premium bullion coin, like RCM did with the Peregrine.

Flipping through the pages of August's catalog far too quickly tells me I'm not too thrill with this batch...In fact, for me it's the weakest grouping of 2014.
Designs and themes appear far less creative, recycled, and lack any artistic flare...
The owl looks like the head was cut and paste on an eagle's body.
What's with the machine gun trainings?
Is a War training theme really necessary for commemorating any war?
Could this design/theme suggest the creative brains at the Mint are starting to collectively cramp?
If your not convince yet, take a long hard look at the casa loma coin...how long will it take for you to look away?
Same can be said for that smorgasbord of a design with sheep's and puffins and a very poor depiction of a lighthouse...cartoonist is far too complimentary CC..
And enough already on the tree canopy concept - one great design could have made it a classic instead of the 4 or 5, " hit and miss" approach...
Or, are we simply being set up for something(s) super special come September...?
Remember last September? You bet you do!!

Didn't you learn, guys, that "unsold coins" have no meaning for RCM, since their revenue increases year from year?

Yes, the dealers will do sales and discounts, but not RCM.
They've already made their production "cheaper", by minting too much NCLT, so organizing kind of sales will make the products even more cheap.

No one wrote about Majestic Maple Leaves.

For sure - they will be offered as a single coins - all of them.

Now, I like the idea of Maple Leaf boxed set (even created mine using the O Canada 5-coin box), but here.....I see no way spending ~$1000 on the set with repeatable design.
Specificly the idea of the "Proof with jade inlay" - looks bad on the picture. Kind of no effort to do the set more attractive, using imagination and different Maple leaf design.
It might be will be popular, probably in Europe....

Probably will get one (for my set), and I still dream to get an affordable attractive platinum con - might be from this set?

Thinking about the Autumn Maple, Owl and maybe the 2 oz WW2

Not the RCM release, but it here, in August.

Do you think, that it attractive and nice to have, or just additional silver round:

http://firstcoincompany.com/S/usa-f...4-proof-1-oz

Here the pictures from the site:





Specifications:

Metal....................Silver
Mintage..................5,000
Fineness (% purity)......99.9
Content (Troy OZ)........1 oz
Denomination (USD).......$1
Weight (g)...............31.10 g
Diameter (mm)............39.00 mm
Year of Issue............2014
Country..................USA
Quality..................Proof
Package type.............Includes Coin box + capsule
Certificate of Authenticity....Yes

Also in the rep e-mail but not in the catalogue is an additional coin series.

"new! 1 oz. Fine Silver 4-Coin Subscription
Portrait of a White-Tailed Deer"

Composition: 99.99% pure silver
Finish: Proof
Weight (g): 31.39
Diameter (mm): 38
Edge: Plain with edge lettering
Face value: 20 dollars
Artist: Desmond McCaffrey

$99.95 per coin

Looks pretty good; wonder if this is another commissioned series like the bison and eagles.