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Professur | 04-16-2008 11:15 AM
Royal Canadian Mint 2008 New for 2008, RCM brings you the coolest coin ever. Enter Joe Moose As a co worker said "They can't be flammin' serious"

eyeofliberty | 04-16-2008 11:24 AM
Re: Royal Canadian Mint 2008 Yikes! I think the Canadian Mint has "jumped the shark", for sure! :puke:

MAGNUM P.M. | 04-16-2008 11:34 AM
Re: Royal Canadian Mint 2008 Well, it is made for kids and I can see the fun in that but there should be limits. Money should retain a sense of nobility and serious purpose. New RCM designs have pathetic in the last 20 years and I can't help but think it's deliberately trying to undermine respect for cash.

eyeofliberty | 04-16-2008 11:48 AM
Re: Royal Canadian Mint 2008 Do they also have a Dudley Dooright coin? :confused_ma:

Iptuous | 04-16-2008 12:05 PM
Re: Royal Canadian Mint 2008 Sh!t, Man! How come our quarters in the US don't come with temporary tatoos and brain teazers?! I feel ripped off... :wink:

Professur | 04-16-2008 12:23 PM
Re: Royal Canadian Mint 2008 Quote:
Originally Posted by eyeofliberty (Post 1064420) Do they also have a Dudley Dooright coin? :confused_ma:
You missed that one by a bit. That was the 1973 quarter. But nowhere near as fun as the 2004 Bullwinkle moose

Bill57 | 04-17-2008 12:39 AM
Re: Royal Canadian Mint 2008 There may have not been a more beautiful Canadian coin since the 1979 silver dollar, in my opinion.

TheFinalWord | 04-17-2008 01:13 AM
Re: Royal Canadian Mint 2008 The only positive is that getting kids interested in numismatics at a young age benefits all collectors. Kids aren't going to be as interested in the key date coins as they are in the shiny proof offerings or the more fun coloured coins.

acquila | 04-17-2008 02:38 AM
Re: Royal Canadian Mint 2008 It is interesting that the canadian quarters are already made of nickel plated steel. When Congress was hearing testimony from the mint a few weeks ago, steel was one of the suggested metals to be used in our penny. This trend will only continue, until the face value of all coins are more than their face, and paper dollars are literally worth less than its material..

TomD | 04-17-2008 02:31 PM
Re: Royal Canadian Mint 2008 I've long been a fan of Canadian coins-- http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2322/...5e2ab519_o.jpg

Professur | 04-17-2008 02:39 PM
Re: Royal Canadian Mint 2008 Showoff. How'd you get the sun glinting off the snow covered mountain top effect? Have you considered taking up photography professionally?j/k

Streets Of Gold | 04-17-2008 03:08 PM
Re: Royal Canadian Mint 2008 Quote:
Originally Posted by MAGNUM P.M. (Post 1064403) Well, it is made for kids and I can see the fun in that but there should be limits. Money should retain a sense of nobility and serious purpose. New RCM designs have pathetic in the last 20 years and I can't help but think it's deliberately trying to undermine respect for cash.
Ever since they put the queen on their coins (the one that looks like Ronald McDonald) they went downhill as far as design goes.

TheBigWookie | 04-17-2008 03:15 PM
Re: Royal Canadian Mint 2008 Joe Cool Approves http://www.tucsoncitizen.com/blogs/media/joecool.jpg

Gold Rules | 04-17-2008 03:35 PM
Re: Royal Canadian Mint 2008 They put Bullwinkell on a coin........It will probably be a hit....

TomD | 04-17-2008 03:59 PM
Re: Royal Canadian Mint 2008 Quote:
Originally Posted by Professur (Post 1066221) Showoff. How'd you get the sun glinting off the snow covered mountain top effect? Have you considered taking up photography professionally?j/k
Lighting, it's all in the lighting. I did get an offer from one big group to be a staff photog but I would have had to relocate.

William Morgan | 04-17-2008 07:17 PM
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Originally Posted by Professur (Post 1064379) New for 2008, RCM brings you the coolest coin ever. Enter Joe Moose As a co worker said "They can't be flammin' serious"
I'd prefer that over some of this shit the US Mint puts out...like the HIDEOUS "presidential dollars." If it gets kids interested in coins, I'll let Joe Moose slide. :bear_w00t:

William Morgan | 04-17-2008 07:19 PM
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Originally Posted by MAGNUM P.M. (Post 1064403) Money should retain a sense of nobility and serious purpose.
Like THIS baby-shit colored series is "noble" or "serious." I almost puked, then laughed, when I first saw one:

William Morgan | 04-17-2008 07:21 PM
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Originally Posted by Bill57 (Post 1065362) There may have not been a more beautiful Canadian coin since the 1979 silver dollar, in my opinion.
One face of the .99999 Gold Maple is the most beautiful coin ever produced by the RCM. Unfortunately, there's an ugly bitch on the other side.

eyeofliberty | 04-17-2008 07:24 PM
Re: Royal Canadian Mint 2008 Yeah, Madison looks kinda psychotic there. Crazy eyes! I haven't been able to get excited AT ALL about the presidential dollars.

William Morgan | 04-17-2008 07:27 PM
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Originally Posted by eyeofliberty (Post 1066679) Yeah, Madison looks kinda psychotic there. Crazy eyes! I haven't been able to get excited AT ALL about the presidential dollars.
What's sad is that they are ALL ugly. Think about it - has the US Mint really produced a "beautiful" coin in modern days? SAEs and GAEs do NOT count, since they are based on decades old (actually century-old design, in the latter case) of the Walking Liberty half and St. Gaudens DE.

TomD | 04-17-2008 08:37 PM
Re: Royal Canadian Mint 2008 Quote:
Originally Posted by William Morgan (Post 1066689) What's sad is that they are ALL ugly. Think about it - has the US Mint really produced a "beautiful" coin in modern days? SAEs and GAEs do NOT count, since they are based on decades old (actually century-old design, in the latter case) of the Walking Liberty half and St. Gaudens DE.
State quarters

William Morgan | 04-17-2008 08:42 PM
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Originally Posted by TomD (Post 1066785) State quarters
Here's the deal on those: The obverse is based on a decades-old design. The reverses are based on designs submitted BY THE STATES. So, let me clarify: has the US Mint independently produced a truly beautiful coin for decades?

keehah | 04-17-2008 08:49 PM
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Originally Posted by Iptuous (Post 1064454) Sh!t, Man! How come our quarters in the US don't come with temporary tatoos and brain teazers?! I feel ripped off... :wink:
Your government is too paranoid! :D Simple Canadian Quarter Led To Huge U.S. Spy Warning Quote:
Now it can be told - the secret weapon Canada was using to spy on the U.S. was: a quarter! A special 25-cent piece has been revealed as being the catalyst that sparked American army contractors to issue a top secret espionage memo about nano-technology being used for nefarious intelligence purposes.
That moose coin is such a disgrace I may even look forward to our new Amero such as this design with Isis Ra Els. Isis sitting on a Masonic tomb (Mecca, Ka?) of Liberty after having used force to conquer the world. :bear_w00t: http://www.designscomputed.com/coins/amero.html http://www.designscomputed.com/coins..._c_03_s_pr.jpg

TomD | 04-17-2008 08:58 PM
Re: Royal Canadian Mint 2008 Quote:
Originally Posted by William Morgan (Post 1066800) Here's the deal on those: The obverse is based on a decades-old design. The reverses are based on designs submitted BY THE STATES. So, let me clarify: has the US Mint independently produced a truly beautiful coin for decades?
OK, how about this? http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2117/...d14d70d3_b.jpg

MAGNUM P.M. | 04-17-2008 09:07 PM
Re: Royal Canadian Mint 2008 God's Holy Trousers! TomD...I do believe you could photograph tooth decay and make it look beautiful...

GoldRocks | 04-17-2008 09:20 PM
Re: Royal Canadian Mint 2008 Quote:
Originally Posted by Iptuous Sh!t, Man! How come our quarters in the US don't come with temporary tatoos and brain teazers?! I feel ripped off... :wink:
Because the RFID chip takes up too much room. lol :sarcasm:

Twisted Avatar | 04-17-2008 09:26 PM
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Originally Posted by eyeofliberty (Post 1066679) Yeah, Madison looks kinda psychotic there. Crazy eyes! I haven't been able to get excited AT ALL about the presidential dollars.
Yeah he has that NORMAN BATES type look about him dosent he?? T

William Morgan | 04-18-2008 02:20 AM
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Originally Posted by TomD (Post 1066818) OK, how about this? http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2117/...d14d70d3_b.jpg
What is this? That is an impressive design.

William Morgan | 04-18-2008 02:23 AM
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Originally Posted by TomD (Post 1066818) OK, how about this? http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2117/...d14d70d3_b.jpg
Never mind the earlier post. http://catalog.usmint.gov/webapp/wcs...egory_rn=10141 That is very nice, so I guess I stand corrected. Wish it were a circulating coin or a true bullion coin (with weight and purity on it).

TomD | 04-18-2008 12:37 PM
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Originally Posted by William Morgan (Post 1067173) Wish it were a circulating coin or a true bullion coin (with weight and purity on it).
Though I don't consider them to be in the jaw dropping level of nice, I think the new nickel designs are nice. I agree with your original premise to the extent that you can get old waiting for really nice new designs from the US Mint. The new presidential dollar design is close to a complete punt.

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