1988 Silver

the only other ones Like the ASE the 1 oz Bullions style that I know of are the Canadian Maple leaf which is hard to get and the Isle of Man 1oz Proof Silver Cats (1988 - present) you can look athttp://www.pandausa.com/worldsilvercoins.html to see picture of these coins I am not sure how main more bullion style there are you might find foriegn silver dollar though

Chuck, here's what Turkish mint has released in 1988:

1988 Winter Olympic Games - Calgary
1988 Summer Olympic Games - Seoul
Golden Horn - The name of the gulf in European coast of Istanbul
Silver 100 Lira - minted in mexico

I must check my catalogue at home, I can give you a price range in the evening (8 hours from now:).
Then maybe I can give you some idea about Bulgarian silver coins of 1988.

The Australian bullion Kookaburras didn't start until 1990, but we did have the The "Holey Dollar and Dump" bullion coin pair. These were released from 1988 to 1990 with different aboriginal legends illustrated each year. At time of posting, this one's going quite cheaply.

The "Holey Dollar" is 1 ounce of silver; apart from that, there's not much in common with the Silver Eagle.

Personally, the 1988 Bicentenary $10 silver coin is a much nicer coin - I think it's one of the best in the silver $10 series. It's "only" sterling silver, though.

In the year of 1988, S. Korea held the second Olympics in Asia. If I am not wrong, they have released a nice set of silver proof Olympics coins.

Of course that goes without saying that there are other countries that have released silver coins. For example, the year of 1988 is the year of dragon in the Chinese zodiac, so there would be a fair bit of countries that would commemorate that. If I remember right, Singapore did mint silver coins from 1984 in silver to commemorate such series, which means 1988 should be in there.

The year 1988 is also quite significent during the Soviet era as 1988 is the very year when the Soviets had the chance to mint commemorative coins since the 1980 Moscow Olympics.

A nice set of two commemorating 1000 years of Old Russia coinage, literature, the architecture of the baptism of Russia.


Featuring the first Russian silver coins minted in St. Vladimir.


Featuring St. Sophia Catherdral in Kiev.


Thanks to the hot Russian market, such coins are going at extreme prices, even though there is a mintage of 35,000 each. The last I remember, this set was easily screaming over 100 dollars.

Thanks for all the neat coins and info. Its very useful. Of course if you know of anymore feel free to post them. I'm having a tough time deciding on which Ill wanna buy first :-) Ill keep thinking bout it untill I decide. Thanks again for the help

Your not scarin me I already know this. It would be much easier if I could just get them from february :) Ill get them overtime though. lol

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Chuck, here's what Turkish mint has released in 1988:

1988 Winter Olympic Games - Calgary
1988 Summer Olympic Games - Seoul
Golden Horn - The name of the gulf in European coast of Istanbul
Silver 100 Lira - minted in mexico

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Originally posted by demonboy279
Thanks RenaL nice looking coins. I just cant seem to find them on ebay to get a price range. If yo know anything on a range that would be helpful that way I know what to expect.

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Chuck, I checked 2006 TR coins catalogue.
It says Calgary Winter and Seoul Summer Olympics coins are 40 EUR (app. 49 USD) (each have so low numbers as something 600)
Golden Horn coin is 125 EUR (app.152 USD) (sold only 450)
Mexican Mint Commemorative is 50 EUR (app. 60 USD) (sold 998 pieces)
The catalogue also mentions of a Mimar Sinan (Sinan the Architect) coin with year 1988 on it, with a 100 EUR price (sold 793 pcs)
However the M.Sinan's 400th year coin is actually released in 1989.