June 2017 New RCM Releases

There is no bigger Canada150 day than Canada Day. Ottawa is preparing to be virtually shut down with traffic that weekend. Some hotel rooms are going for up to $900 a night with minimum 4 night stays. There will be tens of thousands of people on the streets near the Mint.

If the RCM misses Canada Day even by a few days, they are completely nuts.

Only about half of the Canada150 coins have been issued already. Why would they wait to make a splash after the single most important date of the year?! Thay can't be that stupid...can they?

If we follow this line of thinking, not only half of the coins would have been issued, but 100% of the Canada 150th anniversary coins would be issued by July 1.

The fact is the 150th anniversary of Canada is to be celebrated throughout the year.

From Tourism Vancouver;




Vancouver is holding events in the months of July and September. I am sure other cities will be holding Canada 150th anniversaries throughout the summer months.

Do the general public really care if there is no big coin on release July 1? Maybe to the coin collector but I doubt the general public would care since there are plenty of Canada 150th coins to choose from. The general public is not going to rush out to buy $1000 coins or expensive sets or 5 oz coins regardless of when the coins are issued.

That's a silly conclusion. I never said they should issue 100% of the coins by July 1st. I'm simply saying, if the RCM is going to do the "big releases" of 150th coins in July, as you've opined, they are missing the opportunity.

No matter where you are in Canada, July 1st is THE most Canadian day in the 150th year celebrations and I expect the Mint to capitalise on it by issuing some new coins on or before that date (as even Bromberg will do on TSC). If they wait a week, so be it, but that is stupidity on their part.

June will be the 6th of presumably 11th monthly issues this year yet slightly less than half of the Canada150 coins have come out and none in the June issue? That makes zero sense especially when August is traditionally a small release month and by October/November the 2018 coins will start. That's why I suggest the possiblity that they would do a mid or late month release in June. Again, if they don't, so be it.

Believe me, I understand Canada150 is a year long event. It's being beaten to death in every regard in this city for more than a year aleady.

You guys are complaining about too many coins being minted by the Mint, and now you are saying they need to release more Canada 150 than they already have.

Just release a $150 coin with a ultra high relief flag in the wind and it is done.

If you count single coins and subscriptions, the RCM has already released more than half of its intended 48 products; it is at more than 75% if it considers each of the coins in the Celebrating Canada thirteen-coin set to be an individual product. (I wouldn't, but who knows what the marketers count!)

I wonder how it counts the circulation commemorative coins?

I would be surprised if the RCM doesn't follow through on the rest of what it has planned. Any one of the to-be-released coins could prove to be very popular and generate strong revenue/profit for the RCM. Would it pass up such a chance?


Just FYI, a few additional coins that are also on the "Sold Out" list but that do not appear on the Mint's "Canada 150" sales page (even if "Show Sold Out Coins" box is ticked):

- the Canadian Maples Leaves ½ ounce $10 silver coin; it features "150 Years" as part of the reverse design and its sales page is tagged with the "150" logo

- the first 10-ounce Confederation Medal coin (Juventas et Patrius Vigor)

- the Confederation Medal three-coin subscription

Also, the Forgotten Designs Tribute Set is currently "Awaiting Stock" and will likely be moved to "Sold Out" soon.

The Big Coins series of 1967 reissues was billed as a celebration of Canada's 150th anniversary. I wonder if they are considered part of the 48 releases?

A lot of recent RCM sellout coins are available for months at larger dealers and eventually discounted. There is hope for something really special for July 1

Thanks Silveroid. Just looked at it. As you say, very nice looking coin. I see it uses zentangle art for the design of the wolf head.