RCM Cyber Monday Sale

Actually a good selection of coins spread out over 7 pages. About 140 coins in total to choose from.

Problem is, all of them are older coins that have languished on the shelves. There is very demand for these coins in the vault. A lot of them like the Star Trek coins and the Dawn of Justice coin can be found for 50% off or more at Colonial Acres and elsewhere.

20% is too low a discount for coins no one is interest in; the RCM should try 40-50% off to move them. I won't be buying any of them and I suspect not too many others will either.

I just noticed CIBC is giving a Cyber Monday discount of up to 25% on some of the collector coins they sell on their website. Sale ends today (27th).
Example the 18-karat Gold Coin - Year of the Pig - Mintage: 1,500 (2019) on RCM site is $828.88, but on CIBC it is $754.55.
I don't think I can post a link here, but if you use a referral link, you would save an additional $25 off your next purchase.

@vonigohcr

When I visited Ottawa earlier this year, I went to the Mint store with a local friend, who wasn't a coin collector. We went there because we couldn't find any other things to do.

When we saw the ultra high relief moon mask gold coin, both of us were amazed by the beauty. I started to take pictures with my iPhone. Out of nowhere, a stuff took that coin out of the glass shelf and passed it to us! How dare he thought we could afford it!

We looked at this coin closely and took more pictures. Then we left.

On our way back, we were still talking about that coin. Then I told me friend, if you like this coin so much, you should buy it. So we went back to the mint store.

The stuff that showed us the coin is gone. Had he stayed, he would have been proud of us. The store had two remaining such coins. Both were stunning. I helped my friend to pick one, which was flawless.

When I was back to Montreal, I was still checking that coin on mint website daily. One week later, I had to return a silver coin. The phone agent was polite. After he handled my return request, he said, I see you like rare coins from your order history; we have this moon mask gold coin that you really shouldn't miss - and it's the last one. What? I just checked the RCM website that day; it said 90% sold. How come this is last one? I hadn't planned to buy it though. Nevertheless, I placed the order with him.

The RCM website declared it's out of stock the second day.

When I received the coin, I saw a 0.5 cm scratch and immediately returned it. My new representative couldn't get me a replacement. At one point, he said it's ok to miss that coin. It's just a regular gold coin; no new technology etc, he said.

Since my new representative wasn't super enthusiastic about that coin, I had to find it myself. Finally, I got one from Canada Post. And it's flawless.

@YesOrNo.

In follow up... One of the comments you attributed to the RCM rep really bothers me.


For a RCM rep to push brand new, possibly gimmicky features over a cohesive aesthetic is at the core of the malaise with the RCM product these days.

I don't want to speak for all collectors but many of the hobbyists I talk to enjoy the aesthetic of each of the pieces they own. We may purchase less appealing items to maintain a series but my collection is, at its core, what appeals to me. I read with interest the thousands of keystrokes dedicated to 1858/1859 cents and their varieties. Personally, the old cents don't move me but I love the enthusiasm; I enjoy the 36mm Silver dollar series from 1935 to date and have watched the transition from circulating with its varieties as a consequence of the manufacturing process to NCLT with its more contrived varieties.

The comment you note belies a belief that a coin only has collectible value if it is a carousel or adorned with Italian Glass, or a glow in the dark egg shape or some other new manufacturing process. It misses the point of collecting as, at least to me, this is a hobby driven by an aesthetic, not a gimmick. Yes the Ancestor Moon Mask is augmented with an Ultra High Relief minting process but it is the cohesive aesthetic that is compelling... So much so that I prefer the gold to the silver which, while identical from a relief perspective, is diminished somewhat by the colours. It is something that I see from time to time from my RCM rep... I am not really interested in the new vs. the old... it's about the aesthetic... Again... Personal opinion...

@vonigohcr

I remember you are looking for 2018 Ancestor Moon Mask gold coin. It's available at issue price on Gatewest website as well as its ebay store.