coinSnipe » 1970 http://www.coinsnipe.com Rare Coins and Coin Auctions Mon, 06 Feb 2012 23:56:39 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.1.2 1976 Olympic Silver Canadian Coin http://www.coinsnipe.com/2008/05/1976-olympic-silver-canadian-coin/ http://www.coinsnipe.com/2008/05/1976-olympic-silver-canadian-coin/#comments Tue, 06 May 2008 13:46:36 +0000 Stan http://www.coinsnipe.com/2008/05/1976-olympic-silver-canadian-coin/ 1976 Olympic Silver Canadian CoinThese were issued to celebrate and commemorate the 1976 XXI Olympic Games in Montreal, Canada. They issued a series of silver coins in five and ten dollar denominations. The series ran from 1973 to 1976. There were seven pairs of designs in each denomination, making fourteen different designs of coins in each, and twenty eight in total.

The $5.00 Silver coins are 38mm in diameter and contain 0.7227 Troy oz of fine silver. The $10.00 Silver coins are 45mm in diameter and contain 1.4454 Troy oz of fine silver.

Normally, I’m not a huge fan of purely commemorative coins. However, I’m curious with the Olympics coming up this year, that it will have an effect on market prices for related coins. I can only assume that they will, but am keeping an eye on it.

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