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Legal tender subtleties leave collectors and dealers scratching their heads
The $20 for $20 coins are popular, but difficult to spend.
Nobody can argue about the success of the Royal Canadian Mint’s (RCM) face value program when it comes to selling coins, the problem seems to be when owners want their money back. When the first $20 for $20 coin came out in 2011, members of the public jumped at the chance to acquire a silver... Continue reading →
NCLT conundrum has a solution
I’m going to be honest, sometimes I shudder when I hear the words legal tender. The reason is because there seems to be a massive disconnect between what legal tender is, and what it actually means. It is subject of an article in this issue. To most members of the public it means that they... Continue reading →
NCLT coins are the key to Mint profits
Ever since the Royal Canadian Mint (RCM) started selling gold and silver on the commodities market they have been required to file additional reports. Such reports, intended to inform people buying those popular Exchange Traded Receipts (ETR), are not packed with the sort of detail that collectors would love, such as detailed monthly coin mintages,... Continue reading →
Maplegrams offer small-scale bullion
The maple family now includes a one-gram issue.
The Royal Canadian Mint has released a new entry-level bullion coin, the gold maplegram. Introduced on Sept. 24, the one-gram gold coin has the same design as other members of the gold maple leaf (GML) family, but has a face value of just 50 cents. As with other gold maples, it has a purity of... Continue reading →