To me it's either Belarus or Poland! I was looking through the catalog and there were soooooooooooooooooooooo many and went to their Mint website and they have A LOT more!
Canada, I've recently seen some ice hockey ones with red maple leaves which are just amazing ! However the uk does produce some decent stuff too namely the Olympic ones most recently !
Yeah my girlfriends just bought me an 1806 bahama penny for xmas which was the first colonial commemorative, for captain woodes rogers who was sent in 1716 to expel the pirates of the Caribbean by which ever means he deemed fit which he did by 1717 and also killing Blackbeard however eventually Britain stopped sending supplies and neglected him and the islanders. This must have verb their way of saying sorry "/
I'm quite jealous of Canada's $20 for $20 program. You give the mint $20 and a few cents for shipping then they send you a silver proof commemorative coin with a $20 face value. I tried doing that in the States, but it costs me like $17 in shipping.
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Quote: TheShrimpVendorI'm quite jealous of Canada's $20 for $20 program. You give the mint $20 and a few cents for shipping then they send you a silver proof commemorative coin with a $20 face value. I tried doing that in the States, but it costs me like $17 in shipping. :(
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yes, the 20 for 20 is great here in canada
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there was one on ebay.com a few days ago sold for $150 in what in would have said is VF thats probably fine and it was £25 got it for xmas off the mrs !
I would say it has to be Canada for sure though I just can't believe coloured coins circulate and I've always loved the red maple leaf that looks amazing on a silver coin ! every now and then the Canadian Air Force do a tour of England. about 4 years ago I was working on a building site and all of a sudden we heard jets and heavy twin propelled helicopters we looked up and there was 2 different jets and 3 choppers all displaying the maple leaf underneath. The helicopters landed on the fields opposite ! Was a pretty cool experience. I think Canada's mint produce such nice coins; because it's a lot smaller than the US so they can - where it would cost daft amounts to do this in America and the UK is so expensive it's probably not that viable here either..the only UK commemorative coinage I have took out of circulation because of how cool they are is the Olympics series 50 pence pieces and the 1994 chunky 50 pence commemorating d-day that I took out of circulation when I was 4 !
I think pnightingale has it right as far as the best commemorative series... It's the old USA half dollars . Best country for commemoratives now is Canada...our neighbors to the north have created a lot of beautiful well-themed coins!
For me, it's Russia, or should I say URSS.
I love the 1 Rouble series coins from 1965 until 1991, I also love the 3 and 5 Rouble ones, and the Russian coins after 1991 are also great.
About Polish coins, they are just good. Too many coins per year. A guy lost the interest of it. I have about 100 coins of 2 Zloty and it's insane.
Belarus have also some lovely coins, and of course Portugal have some good coins too. (eheheh)
Portugal have 11 series of 4 coins each that talk abouth discovery time. They are a great piece of Portuguese history told by coins.
Truth is it depends on your upbringing and parenthood.
Me UK rubbish for commemoratives, in my opinion, apart from odd one.
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Overall, I agree that the US has the best commemorative coins. As pnightingale said, the inter-war half dollars are very nice, but too expensive for me. More recently, I love that they are issuing pairs of coins, the silver dollar and the clad half. And also that, unlike the UK and Canada, they can use the obverse for commemoration as well.
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As an Australian, I'm probably giving a biased answer but here goes... Australia's Perth Mint
I'll give the following reasons:
Limited mintage
All coins (including standard bullion issues) come in mint issue capsules
Consistent great designs
High demand from both numismatic & investment sectors
As I say, I'm biased though...
The Perth Mint also mints so beautiful commemorative coins on behalf of smaller Island Nations like Tuvalu which are possibly even nicer than their Australian counterparts.. Like I say, just my own (biased) opinion!
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There are so many countries with beautiful comm. coins - but I would choose Thailand 'cos it's easy to find them with face value. By the way I could do many swaps by using 1-2-5-10-20 baht comm. coins, they have many types for each unit... Great...
Quote: tony_k_1965I would say UK & Isle of Man, I.O.M. has an amazing selection of crowns.
I gotta agree with you there, my second & third choices would be the U.K. Gold & Silver Britannia coins & then the Isle of Man & Guernsey 4 & 8 "Doubles" :)
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I would say the US (totally no bias). The state quarter series helps kids learn for having to label the map in school, and there are some beautiful designs.
A few UK commemoratives are beautiful and thoughtful, but the majority (especially the £5 crowns) just seem like they crank them out en masse for profit. Gibraltar’s crown series is also a huge cash grab designed to be peddled by scummy companies with formal and pompous names like ‘the Westminster collection’ and ‘the Bradford exchange’.
A guy lost the interest of it. I have about 100 coins of 2 Zloty and it's insane. 
