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Hi All
In searching for more of my grandfather's coin collection, I've found my dad's collection of $5 and $10 1975 and 1976 Olympics coins from the mint. They're encased in circular plastic containers, but otherwise loose. There are about 30 of each denomination. I'm wondering what they might be worth.
Thanks for your help!
GRcoins
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According to Coins of Canada, the book price for the $5.00 is $20.00 each and the $10.00 is $40.00 each but I have seen them for less on ebay. |
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Melt them ! No real collector market for these at present.
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They minted tons of those, all struck in .925 silver. Their values are closely tied to the price of silver... silver goes up, they are worth more. The $10 denomination coins have 1.44 ozt (troy ounces) of silver each. The $5 denomination coins have .72 ozt of silver each. A couple of things to look for: Series I 1973 - $10 1973 World Map Error (1974 date) Die clashes (here is an example I have handled)  Other errors are exceedingly rare... "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 OppenheimerContent of this post is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial 3.0 Unported License. See: http://creativecommons.org/licenses...0/deed.en_USMy eBay store
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@SPP - Thats a beautiful clash..and on silver..yummy
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Unreal.............. the "Killer Queen" Olympic ............. Nice !
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I always check my Olympic silver for die clashes now...
"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 OppenheimerContent of this post is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial 3.0 Unported License. See: http://creativecommons.org/licenses...0/deed.en_USMy eBay store
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Hi guys
Thanks for the info! I'll have a look for the clashes.
GRcoins
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Also if you have the frosted proof coins they're worth more than the regular BU ones.
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SPP, is that one a bad clash or is it because of the flat relief of the obverse?
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I have never seen these sell for anything close to BV. The complete series sets in cases often sell for a lot more. So what would be a "reasonably fair" price to pay for the $5 proof and $10 proof individual coins?  |
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Canada
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Hi All I had a look at the coins - no great clashes and I'm not sure if they're frosted or not. The gold coins are so heavily frosted that in comparison I don't know! I did find a few things however. For example on the 1974 $5 coin, the queen's lower lip is diminished to some degree and almost completely missing on some (flush with the coin surface except at the end). I also noticed that the front two jewels on the queen's crown are also greatly reduced in the 1975 $5 coins. Is that normal?    Also in the 1975 javelin coin, there is a deep gouge below the second X and a couple of others to the "l" and the "y". Also a curly gouge between the "a" and "r" in dollars.  And a bright silver spot (much brighter than the rest of the coin) under the 1976 date on one coin.  And doubling on a few of the coins. The tip of the "t" in Montreal is shorted in some of the $10 1974 coins.  Does any of that help out the values of these coins? Thanks for your help! And sorry for the photos - my camera does not like photographing through the plastic covers. GRcoins |
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