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"

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Yikes! I think the Canadian Mint has "jumped the shark", for sure!

:puke:

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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.

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Do they also have a Dudley Dooright coin?

:confused_ma:

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Sh!t, Man!

How come our quarters in the US don't come with temporary tatoos and brain teazers?!
I feel ripped off...
:wink:

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You missed that one by a bit. That was the 1973 quarter. But nowhere near as fun as the 2004 Bullwinkle moose

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There may have not been a more beautiful Canadian coin since the 1979 silver dollar, in my opinion.

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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.

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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..

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I've long been a fan of Canadian coins--

http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2322/...5e2ab519_o.jpg

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Showoff. How'd you get the sun glinting off the snow covered mountain top effect?

Have you considered taking up photography professionally?j/k

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Ever since they put the queen on their coins (the one that looks like Ronald McDonald) they went downhill as far as design goes.

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Joe Cool Approves


http://www.tucsoncitizen.com/blogs/media/joecool.jpg

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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.

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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:

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Like THIS baby-shit colored series is "noble" or "serious." I almost puked, then laughed, when I first saw one:

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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.

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Yeah, Madison looks kinda psychotic there. Crazy eyes! I haven't been able to get excited AT ALL about the presidential dollars.

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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.

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State quarters

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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?

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Your government is too paranoid! :D
Simple Canadian Quarter Led To Huge U.S. Spy WarningThat moose coin is such a disgrace I may even look forward to our new Amero such as this design with IsisRaEls. 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

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OK, how about this?

http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2117/...d14d70d3_b.jpg

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God's Holy Trousers! TomD...I do believe you could photograph tooth decay and make it look beautiful...

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Because the RFID chip takes up too much room. lol :sarcasm:

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Yeah he has that NORMAN BATES type look about him dosent he??


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What is this?

That is an impressive design.

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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).

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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.