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Why Coins Continue to be One of the World’s Most Enduring Collectibles — Ever

  • Jun 11, 2020
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Precious metals. Their ageless allure, and humanity’s endless pursuit, are the reasons why numismatic coins remain at the pinnacle of collecting year after year.
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Precious metals. Their ageless allure, and humanity’s endless pursuit, are the reasons why numismatic coins remain at the pinnacle of collecting year after year.
For millennia, silver and gold assured the owner of wealth and prestige, but in 1935, Canada’s new silver dollar demonstrated that a coin could represent something more. It was The King’s Silver Jubilee, and as the Royal Mint in London (England) invited the Dominions to join the celebration with commemorative silver medals, Canada announced it would issue a silver dollar. For millennia, silver and gold assured the owner of wealth and prestige, but in 1935, Canada’s new silver dollar demonstrated that a coin could represent something more. It was The King’s Silver Jubilee, and as the Royal Mint in London (England) invited the Dominions to join the celebration with commemorative silver medals, Canada announced it would issue a silver dollar.
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