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Either a Millionaire, Crazy or Both!

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An uber rarity acquired!!!

When I first started chasing Canadian commemorative coins in high grade, there were very few people competing in this space and the number of items the RCM produced every year was reasonable.

That has all changed.

In spite of the 100+ commemorative issues that the Frankling Mint, errm, sorry, the Royal Canadian Mint issues every year ... I find the Canada Privy Maples to be the most exciting and challenging. If you truly love the thrill of the hunt, this is the set for you.

Mintages are obscure, private issues are released with no announcement from the Mint, low mintage numbers, coins produced for other Mints, coins are often damaged or milky (very hard to obtain in high grade). In many cases, I have had to buy and sell 25 raw examples of a coin in order to find one worthy of grading. At that, they often grade SP67 or SP68. So it is truly exciting and I enjoy the thrill of the hunt. It has taken me 5 years to build this set, and I am still not finished. I even have a privy maple that once belonged to Queen Beatrix of the Netherlands!!

That all being said, after 1.5 years of hunting, I finally found an example of the ever so rare 2014 Horse Double Privy. Very few of these examples have survived, and they are almost impossible to find. In addition, this milky little beauty managed to grade a PF68 and is truly the key to completing the privy maple set.

Someone on here said to me that you have to be a millionaire or crazy to spend all that time and money chasing the privy maple set in high grade. Heck, maybe you need to be both. Nonetheless, the journey thus far has been interesting and very time consuming, but rewarding regardless.

Here is a pic of the key to filling this set, a reclusive little gem. I encourage anyone with the fortitude and time to pursue such a daunting task to do so. It truly is rewarding. JG.

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