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2007 Polar Year Coin: A Blast From The Past

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 Posted 09/07/2015  9:33 pm Show Profile   Bookmark this topic Add JGG to your friends list Get a Link to this Message Number of Subscribers
Thought I'd share one of my favourites here, back when a commemorative coin actually meant something! Now the Mint pumps out commems like food rations. Anyway, with all the changes happening in the Arctic, I saw this one up on ebay and I thought that sharing this with you all might make you a little nostalgic. :)





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 Posted 09/07/2015  11:25 pm  Show Profile   Bookmark this reply Add commems to your friends list Get a Link to this Reply
I agree, this is an attractive coin (in both versions) and a true commemorative.

We had a nice discussion about it a few years back that you might enjoy:
https://goccf.com/t/116258


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Now the Mint pumps out commems like food rations

I agree with the point you are making. I would also suggest that the term "commems" has unfortunately (and mistakenly) become a generic term for NCLT.

I would suggest that most of the NCLT coins the RCM is releasing now are not really commemoratives at all - they are just topical coins with various themes: animals (insects, birds, mammals, etc.), trees, landscapes, weather phenomena, etc.

Just my opinion, your mileage may vary.


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 Posted 09/07/2015  11:59 pm  Show Profile   Bookmark this reply Add orfew to your friends list Get a Link to this Reply
Nice coin. I have never seen that one before.
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 Posted 09/08/2015  01:43 am  Show Profile   Bookmark this reply Add Pixu to your friends list Get a Link to this Reply
There is another Version - it's a so called "Plasma Version"....

http://www.cdncoin.com/product-p/623932441170.htm
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