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Canadian Gold Reserve Coinage 1912-1914

3/31/2015

 
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Tucked away for decades in the vaults of the Bank of Canada, nearly one-quarter million pieces of Canadian gold lay known to the numismatic community yet entirely inaccessible.  An extraordinary undertaking by the Minister of Finance, Bank of Canada and Royal Canadian Mint (RCM) resulted in the inspection of these pieces with the finest 30,000 being released into the numismatic community.  The remainder of the reserve, some 215,000 coins, were melted into bars and used as financial instruments.

I was fortunate enough to have some first-hand experience in the inspection and distribution of a small portion of the reserve and the coins I reserved for my clients were generally far nicer than one might expect to find.  Moreover, these coins represent what the surface of an uncirculated gold coin might look like after decades of storage and no evidence of mishandling or other abuse.  Most of the surviving reserve has been disbursed, but some small groups remain.

Continue for the RCM press release from 2012 and other information on these coins...


Knowing the Quirks of the Auction Venue

3/12/2015

 
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I have participated in scores of auctions conducted by the major auction houses as well as looking through a seemingly endless array of items listed online.  It's wonderful to be able to see so many things as conveniently as they can be displayed on a computer monitor and even better to sit down with a good loupe and take notes regarding an in-hand examination of potential lots.  However, something that many times goes unappreciated is that different auction venues can have different terms of service and these terms can and do change from time-to-time.

A great way to protect oneself and even acquire cool coinage is to understand the particular quirks of each auction setting and use those quirks to your advantage.  Continue...

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