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I wanted to alert you to an opportunity I see taking place in a certain silver coin…. One year ago, the Canadian Mint began producing a “Wildlife Series” coin with a strict mintage of one million ounces with 5 future introductions of a different animal every 6 months….

First coin that was produced in the Canadian Wildlife series was the Canadian wolf, which when released in Sept of 2010, which at the time could be bought for spot +6.00… After a few months I noticed that the major dealers were able able to sell these for spot+ 20… Look below for today’s google search of Canadian wolves…

Shopping results for canadian silver wolf

Then I noticed the second series of the called the Canadian Silver Grizzlies were bought for a spot +6.00 premium, but three months into it, they show up as this on a google search….

Shopping results for canadian silver grizzlies

What is the reason for the explosion of price? Again they are minting only one million of each coin… Looking at supply and demand of all other silver coins, just this year of the 2011 Silver Eagles 40 million coins have been produced. And probably another 20 million this year will be produced which I believe will be a great investment because of where silver will be in the future. But what if you have a coin that will go up in value even if silver (hypothetically) does not go up? There is a numismatic value that is immediately happening to these coins that will outperform all major silver coins in the marketplace in seeing what is happening to the previous two coins minted… Would an investment that will go up two-fold (silver price and rarity premium) make sense? Buying a coin slightly over the price of a silver eagle but with potential significant upside is making sense… Below is more information on this coin…

The Royal Canadian Mint’s six-coin, three-year Canadian Wildlife silver bullion series just started shipping the Canadian cougar Sept.30^th, and with the latest pullback of silver this should present a good opportunity not only for the silver “pullback” witnessed in the last couple weeks, but a multiple that will be put on the coin because of the collector value being realized on this coin being produced by the second largest minted coin….

2012 Canadian Cougar Silver Bullion Coin – Click to Enlarge

Details of the strike were recently announced by the Mint, including its expected September 2011 release and 1,000,000 limited mintage.

“Issuing products which stand out in the competitive bullion industry has helped the Mint achieve a reputation as the source of the world’s purest and most innovative bullion coins,” commented Ian E. Bennett, President and CEO of the Royal Canadian Mint about the pending release.

Like the first two issues featuring a grizzly and depicting a wolf, the Cougar silver bullion coin is composed from .9999 fine silver. As a comparison, the popular American Silver Eagle bullion coin from the United States Mint is struck from .999 fine silver and has a much larger mintage that is determined by demand (nearly 29 million in 2011 through to August).

2012 Silver Cougar Bullion Coin Designs and Specifications

The Canadian Wildlife silver bullion series features reverse designs emblematic of the diverse array of wildlife that can be encountered in the vast landscape of Canada. Among those creatures is the cougar which is shown on the reverse of this one ounce silver strike. The cougar is also known as puma, mountain lion, mountain cat, catamount or panther in other regions of the world.

Senior Royal Canadian Mint Engraver William Woodruff is responsible for the design of the large cat. It depicts the Canadian cougar with its front paws grasped on a fallen inclined tree limb baring its large teeth with an open mouth. The inscriptions of CANADA, 9999, FINE SILVER, 1 OZ, ARGENT PUR and the initials WW for the designer are also shown on the reverse.

Canadian Wildlife silver bullion coins are struck as legal tender of Canada and feature face values of 5 DOLLARS which is indicated on the obverse. That is joined by the Susanna Blunt effigy of Her Majesty Queen Elizabeth II and additional inscriptions of 2011 and ELIZABETH II.