2006 $50 Palladium Coin
'Big and Little Bear Constellations'
Autumn Constellation
the most popular of all four coins
Completely Sold Out at Royal Canadian Mint
Astonishingly low mintage of only 300... one of the lowest mintages in RCM history.
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Here is a collecting opportunity not to be missed!!!
The Royal Canadian Mint has issued an extremely low mintage 2006 Palladium Coin Series called 'Big and Little Bear Constellations'.
This is a series of four coins, each with a mintage of only 300 coins each.
This particular coin is 'Autumn Constellation' and completely Sold Out at the Royal Canadian Mint in 2 days. The 'Autumn Constellation' was the most popular coin design and the demand is such that is is almost impossible to obtain as an individual coin.
In 2005, the Mint issued another extremely low mintage privy mark duo of Palladium coins: Privy Mark 'A' and Privy Mark 'B'. These coins had an issue price of $1,295 Cdn and their value shot up dramatically within a month after being issued.
The 'Big and Little Bear Constellations'' is proving to be just as popular. Released at an issue price of $895.95 Cdn, it sold out within days.
Dealers and collectors are already speculating that these coins - due to their status as one of the lowest minted coins in Royal Canadian Mint history - will shoot up in value just like the Palladium Privy 'A' and 'B' coins.
Many anticipate the other three will top $3,000 before the end of next year... but almost everyone concedes that the Autumn Constellation will rocket past the value of the other three in the series and top $5,000.
As one of the lowest minted coins in Royal Canadian Mint history this will be the hottest item sold by the Mint in 2006.
Get your's while you can. I had five of these at the start of the holidays... I have now sold 4 of the five. This is the last 'Autumn' coin I have available.
About the Coin
This $50 coin is certified to be 99.95% palladium with a weight of 31.16 grams and a diameter of 34 millimetres. Designed by artist Colin Mayne, a Canadian resident, it is one of four coins that depict the Big Bear and Little Bear constellations above a conceptual Canadian forest. Each version of the coin has been crafted witha special laser effect to illustrate the position of these constellations when viewed from the nation's capital (Ottawa, Ontario) at 10:00pm local time during each of the four seasons.
Below is a picture of the Autumn Constellation coin in the clamshell box and outer beauty box.