Thoughts On 2009 Specimen Set

No, the pink rabbit will be for the nickel :D I feel the same way about mint products now.

Well, it seems that everyone has a bit of a distaste for canadian mint sets and specialty coins. I will admit that I like them. I love some of them actually. I like that there is something different every year to get. I do buy a specimen and proof set every year, sometimes more than one. They don't really appreciate in value but they are interesting and I like looking through my different sets at the differences.

I guess it is an individual choice but to get back to the original question.....
I at least will be buying the 2009 set and if you like it I don't see why you wouldn't. If something about the loonie has caught your eye then go for it. Beauty is in the eye of the beholder and it is your collection so why not buy what you think is lovely to have?

malissa

^^^ I agree with both of you. ^^^ I was not trying to belittle anyones passion. I buy the native art themed collector coins. Being a bullion type collector though, I cringe at prices that are well above spot. This makes investment collecting of RCM specialties rather unprofitable. But, not everything I have is considered for re-sale value. Some stuff is premium priced for art's sake.

And who am I to talk? My collection is exactly a hodge podge of what I like. For instance, I've collected WWII European silver. No regard to mint or date types. A set of silver coins from any years '39 - '44 from the Allieds (US, Canada, England, Russia, Poland(beauties!), France, Belgium, Netherlands, China) and then coin sets from the fascists (Germany, Italy, Japan). I wanted a Newfoundland $2 gold... so I waited and eventually bought a holed one for near spot (and I'll stick with the story that fishermen drove a hole in them to pin them in their pockets so they didn't lose them!?).

So, variety that interests you and your collection is formidable, and it makes the rather mundane bullion collection quite interesting. But non-bullion, and the endless deluge of circulation quarter designs are not my forte, and I know they have turned off collectors that used to collect non PM circulation stuff.

My little joke(with clown--->), was not to offend... I don't wish humour at the expense of other's feelings. I buy some of the stuff too... but not all of it!

I don't think anyone else will be in a mad rush to get them either this close to xmas. I myself haven't even really thought about it yet. Don't forget that if you really want it and they sell out on the mint site..... you can still get it at the post office (usually with a bit of a price mark-up) and sometimes the post office gets things I haven't seen on the site so instead of having to buy the whole set they may have specialty items tht have just the heron coin you are interested in.

I actually go to the post office quite often because you can open and inspect all their sets for the best quality ones before you choose the one you'd like.