Stacking Silver is more fun when the coins are awesome
The Canadian Mint has produced some great coins these last few years, and I just got two new 2016 pieces (the Cougar and the Superman's S symbol) which I will be featuring, along with a 2015 (owl) and a 2014 (falcon) coin.
When stacking silver I generally like to get more value for money ("junk silver" - some times selling even below melt value) but there are some designs which just scream "buy me, buy me, I'm awesome, you just can't live without me". And if they are really good, I do buy them. I can't resist at these screaming voices for long :P
Such was the case with the 2016 Australian eagle which so far this year has been my favorite. As a follow up to that article (I said that was an MS70 and I'd buy a few more to see if I'm lucky), I did buy some more, but none was MS70 quality. Anyway...
The next 2 Canadian coins are probably my joint second favorites of the year. The owl after that is among my top-choices for 2015, while the peregrine falcon, is, IMO, the best design of 2014. If I remember correctly, all of these coins have a 1 million mintage each.
By the way, you'll notice that the 2016 ones have a radial design (to prevent counterfeiting) and one of the interesting side effects of this design is that it produces an insane cartwheel effect (this is a rotating reflection depending the angle you are looking at it - which is like a moving wheel).
When this cartwheel effect is combined with the Superman coin in particular, it's like you are holding something very surreal in your hand. Something straight from ...planet Crypton... you have to see it up close to realize it. The radial cartwheel has a truly magical effect on the S coin.
1. Cougar 2016 / 1oz silver / Canada
2. Superman 2016 / 1 oz silver / Canada
3. Great Horned Owl 2015 / 1 oz silver / Canada
4. Flying Peregrine Falcon 2014 / 1 oz silver / Canada
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@alexgr have you got the Privy Mark set yet?
From 2016 no... I'm thinking on buying a couple of roosters (2017) though.
oh, Then you should get The Dragon and Phoenix too , limited to 50,000 pieces world wide
These will probably be gone before we know it :D
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make sure you grab a 2 oz British Government Issued Queens Beast! Its quite a thing.
Great coin indeed...
These coins look quite astounding in pictures, but when you see them in real life, they're incredible looking. The pictures just doesn't do them justice.
Especially the cartwheel effect on the superman coin, is unrealistic - you think you are holding an extraterrestrial coin heh...
The Superman coin is not normal. And it's a low mintage.