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Winter Olympic Nostalgia - 30 Years Ago... In Calgary

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Seems like it was yesterday.

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Very nice!
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Related question ... I haven't seen many of the plain edge varieties of these coins turn up in the past few years. Has anyone seen any as of late?
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We've seen a couple on ebay over the last maybe three years. Listed at double catalogue value though so ignored them. Would be cool to complete a set but only got 3 or 4 so far.
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The Calgary '88 silver set still remains one of my favourites! Plain, simple, powerful.
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@canadian_coins: As always, terrific image! Thanks!


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Canadian_Coins said:
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Seems like it was yesterday.


I feel the same way about the '76 Olympics as well, now 42 years ago - I imagine that we will have a 50th anniversary set of the '76 games.

Love'em or hate'em, the 28 coin set of Olympic coins was a starting point for a lot of 'collectors'.
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The skaters face looks like hes demented in some way...freaky
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at least he's not carrying an AR-15...

Here's an another sample:

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An interesting piece of history:

"The government announced on March 25, 1986, that the new [loon] dollar coin would be launched the following year as a replacement for the dollar bill, which would be phased out. It was expected to cost $31.8 million to produce the first 300 million coins, but through seigniorage (the difference between the cost of production and the coin's value), expected to make up to $40 million a year on the coins. From the proceeds, a total of $60 million over five years was dedicated toward funding the 1988 Winter Olympics in Calgary." - Wikipedia

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The loon is a fundraiser and an inspiration to our athletes!
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