Subject:      Family of Eagles - Maple Leaf
From:         [Deleted]
Date:         1997/07/07
Message-Id:   [Deleted]
Organization: [Deleted]
Newsgroups:   rec.collecting.coins

These are the facts from Gary Stewart of the Royal Canadian Mint 
regarding Family of Eagles marketing of a special edition of the 
1/10 oz gold Maple Leaf.

The RCM is producing a special issue of maple leafs with the FOE 
privy mark. While FOE describes these as "reverse proofs," Stewart 
says the RCM does not consider them proofs. They have the brilliant 
devices and "scratchy" fields associated with the 1 oz silver maple 
leafs. The FOE press release mentions a $75 issue price by the RCM. 
This is also misrepresentation, as Stewart says the entire custom 
mint run of these coins is being sold directly to FOE, at a price 
"pennies higher" than the normal 1/10 oz maple leafs. The coins are 
NOT AVAILABLE from the RCM as they are selling them at all to FOE 
in bulk.

Stewart seemed to be unaware of the many objectionable aspects of 
Family of Eagles' marketing methods.