Canada 1.5oz Coins

[Danny-boy]

Got the first two in this series, and I'm loving them.

Regular diameter but rather thick and meaningful.

Anybody else have these? Anybody know how many there will be in this series?

[Dave]

Good looking coins, with not much premium over spot, but watch out for milk spots ,and always store with the moisture bags

[Danny-boy]

I have the moisture bags where I store my coins, but lots of my maples have still spotted.

I do steer clear of Canadian mint coins, but the 1.5's were irresistible!!!

[motorbikez]

I have the polar bear, nice lump with no milk spots  nor have any of my maples last time I looked about a year ago.

[Danny-boy]

My spots came on very quickly.

Looked one week, clean. Couple of weeks later, bad news.

People have opened monster boxes and found spots on most coins.

My polar bear and arctic fox are spot free, for now!!!!

I am avoiding RCM coins from now on unless they are part of my current ongoing sets.

[klacey]

2014 has been good to me from the RCM, I have brought no less then 100 coins and all have been milk spot free. Peregrine Falcon is a stunning coin, you should think about getting one.

[Danny-boy]

I have a falcon, lovely.

All my maples arrived perfect, now most have milk spot.

It can arrive at any time.

[ChrisSilver]

The 1.5oz polar bear coins are nice. I was going to purchase one when I started collecting, but decided against it as I wanted to keep things simple and stick to the 1oz coins, as I am also collecting 10oz Perth Mint coins as well as Kilos. Adding 1.5oz coins to start collecting would have been too much. I also don't like too much variety in terms of size in my collection. 

Some people like to collect all sizes of 1 design of coin. For me for some reason my brain dislikes the look of different sized coins placed next to each other. I prefer a series of coins all with the same dimensions. 

 

The falcon is a real shame, it has a limited mintage and its the first in a new series, and it looks pretty nice. But its the whole milk spot issue, if there wasn't think issue I would have quite happily of bought a tube. I did manage to get one though, didn't want to miss out completely. Maybe I made the wrong mistake and a tube would of been a good investment, even with the milk spot issue. 

One of the 1.5oz is a polar bear, what is the other one?

[Danny-boy]

Arctic fox mate, got mine last week.

[ChrisSilver]

I just googled it, it's a pretty nice looking coin. What's the mintage on them?

[Danny-boy]

500k I think mate.

[crazy hippo]

i love this coin, i keep it in my wallet and play with it all the time, it came with a few milk spots but i buffed them out with my thumb... i did take a eraser to it in a panic when it arrived but only in one corner so maybe there was just enough residue on my fingers to take off the milk spots.

 

i have ordered cases from a german store, along with a polar bear and an arctic fox, i reckon if you can keep these spot free a set will be a good investment.

 

Danny, I’m not sure if it was you, but i know someone was enquiring about air tights  for these, ill let you know how i get on with these.

[Danny-boy]

Yes, I am looking for airtites for these mate.

I have spoken to my supplier and he said there is not one available.

Be interested to see how you get on mate, the cases I have are the normal 40mm ones, they fall apart as the coin is too thick to let the capsule close. Annoying.

[klacey]

I can get you some capsules for 1.5 oz coins mate. How many you after?

[Danny-boy]

Really?

Tried & tested?

I need as many as will be in the series lol.

But two for now would be ace.

Nice one pal

[klacey]

I haven't tried them, but I will add a few on my next order for you buddy. I will probably be ordering next week. Are you in a rush for them?

 

Just had a look and I can get them for about £1 each.

[Danny-boy]

No, no rush mate.

I'd appreciate you ordering me a couple.

A quid each is horrible, but it's supply & demand I guess.

[klacey]

No, no rush mate.

I'd appreciate you ordering me a couple.

A quid each is horrible, but it's supply & demand I guess.

I should be able to get the price down for you if I buy a box of 100. Which I will probably do, I can see them selling like crazy on ebay. lol

[Danny-boy]

Top man. Let me know when they arrive and I'll drop you some readies.

[klacey]

You got it mate.

[Danny-boy]

Cheers pal. Will be good to have capsules that fit properly.

The thickness of these coins is something special.

[klacey]

Yeah I had a customer buy 60 polar bears from me, with another 45 being placed soon. UK prices on these are crazy high like £45. He was over the moon when I said I would sell at £35.

[Danny-boy]

I think I paid between £30-35 each for mine to be fair.

I'm not sure they will appreciate much, but I do like them.

Anybody know (or have they announced) how many will be released?

[klacey]

No clue I'm afraid. If this turns out to be a series of coins, the Polars could well go up in value. But I havent heard anything on this being a series.

[Danny-boy]

Well we have two now, so it's looking good for a series I reckon.