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Quote:Last month, the Royal Canadian Mint unveiled a new silver coin honouring the 75th anniversary of the Dieppe Raid. There's just one problem: the coin labeled the raid as a "Battle." And now veterans want the mint to take the coin back and correct it, even if it costs a lot of money. Full StoryI have a lot of WWII books, when I checked chapter titles, none were called "Battle of Dieppe" they all referred to it as either "Dieppe Raid" or "Raid on Dieppe".
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Too costly! I don't think there will be any blood shed recalling them, like the blood spilt in that raid. Honour the vets request, they did the sacrificing.
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Very interesting.
Not that Wikipedia is a great source but the first sentence on their page is "The Dieppe Raid, also known as the Battle of Dieppe, Operation Rutter during planning stages, and by its final official code-name Operation Jubilee, was an Allied attack on the German-occupied port of Dieppe during the Second World War."
I'd be surprised if the Mint didn't consult with Veterans Affairs on the series of 10 "Batttlefront" coins and I'd also be surprised if there is a "recall". I don't even know how they would pull that off because not many coin collector are going to voluntarily return their coin especially if they consider they might become rare or sought after.
Maybe this controversy will help sell the series.
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Although the right thing to do would be to recall the remaining coins and to change the text, the bottom line is the RCM is in it to make money and they will not do something that loses them money, especially when the hobby is suffering slow sales. |
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The RCM can always issue a second coin. I agree that may help sell the series. Thanks. |
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How could they possibly recall the coins already sold? It's not a matter of cost. It is simply impossible for the ones sold to be returned since anyone with one already would simply say no
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 with RedzapsidI know if I had one of the coins and the Mint did decide on a recall, I'd never return my coin. While I understand the Veterans position, it's unrealistic to think the Mint could recall all those coins. Hopefully they'll take comfort in the fact that the sacrifices made in Dieppe are being honoured. It would probably help if the RCM softened their stance on defending the use of the word "Battle" and apologized to the Veterans. |
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Sure, let me know when all the coins have been returned.
Then I'll think of returning mine.
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The mint produced 7,500 coins referring to the Battle of Dieppe, about half of which have been sold so far. Assuming that includes coins that went out to dealers, then ~3750 are out there. How long do coins remain available from issue date before they are pulled from sales by RCM? If they were to do an about-face and pull them from sales (not recall them), would the number of coins currently out there be considered low mintage? How valuable would this (error) coin become? |
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The RCM used to sell coins only for 1 year after the release date but that has since changed. They now have a section dedicated to past releases |
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Also, to issue a recall just makes the coin more desirable to collector's, thereby increasing its value.
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There won't be a recall. How would they facilitate that?
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There won't be a recall. How would they facilitate that? A recall will occur through pulling stock from its Mint Boutiques and stopping sales online. It would be similar to the Canada Post stopping online orders and requesting their post offices to stop selling error stamps and send them back to the head office. However, once the error stamps leave the post office in the hand of collectors there is no way to get them back and thus those recalled items become valuable. The difference is how much pull do the RCM have with authorized dealers? Do they have the power to ask them to stop sales and return items? Probably not. Edited by MoneyPenney
07/25/2017 1:42 pm
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No recall, apology only from the link rjlavoie posted, up above. The mint said Monday it understands the concerns expressed by the veterans' group and apologized if the coin offended anyone. It also plans to produce a Dieppe Raid collector coin in 2018.
I think the mint made the best decision, in light of the unfortunate circumstances. A recall in my opinion would even be less respectful toward the vets because, as others have mentioned, the mis-named "Battle" coin would potentially become sought after for the wrong reasons - motivated by profit due to its official "error" status. However the entire incident has promoted awareness of the Dieppe Raid in general, which is an outcome on the plus side. I also hope RCM learned the importance of proper consultation involving commemorative occasions. |
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