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Everyone will love these gift ideas and stocking stuffers!

This page is an archived copy of our email newsletter, dated November 27, 2011.
As always, prices and availability are subject to change!


It's the Most Wonderful Time of the Year!
Do you hear the sound of sleigh bells in the distance? This magic sound (that all good little girls and boys long to hear on Christmas Eve) signals the arrival that Santa and his team of flying reindeer, led by Rudolph. And what do all the good little boys and girls want? Presents, of course!

Well, we've got just the ticket! Here is the first half of our annual holiday gift guide - full of holiday-themed coins, gifts and sets sure to put a twinkle in anyone's eye this holiday season! (Part two will follow next week.)

Santa on his annual journeyFeatured series include
    Holiday Coins with Swarovski Crystals
    Holiday Gift and Mint Sets
    Color Lenticular Coins
    and the ever-popular Holiday Traditions silver proofs,
    along with a nice assortment of stocking stuffers mixed in!

As the days get colder and the end of year approaches, the young'uns start to think about putting out cookies and milk, as they wait for Santa to
slide down the chimney on Christmas Eve, while they (try to) sleep. Let's tiptoe down the stairs and sneak a peek at what's under the yule tree, shall we?

Everything in our Holiday Gift Guide is in stock and available for shipping!

Canada 2011 Christmas Tree with Swarovski Crystal Ornaments!

2011 Holiday Christmas Tree with Peridot Green Crystals2011 Christmas Tree with Crystals!
Traditional Christmas tree scene, complete with presents, in front of a window of falling snow! We expect this pure silver gemstone proof to sell out quickly at the Mint! Featuring five Peridot Green Swarovski Crystals adorning the tree, this low-mintage Pure Silver Proof makes a charming and sentimental holiday gift.

Retail Price $169.95 - Our Special SALE Price Only $114.95 Each!


Canada 2011 Swarovski Crystal Snowflakes + Christmas Tree!

2011 Emerald Crystal Snowflake $20 Silver Proof2011 Swarovski Crystal Snowflakes
in EMERALD and TOPAZ!
A holiday season annual tradition from the Royal Canadian Mint, this year's new crystal snowflake coins are hotter than ever!


2011 Topaz Crystal Snowflake $20 Silver Proof
These beauties feature 7 crystals
, all from Swarovski in Austria. Each colored center stone is surrounded by six (6) arctic ice clear stones. They're set in a $20 face value, low-mintage, 99.99% pure silver proof coin of stunning design.


Also offered in discounted multi-packs and complete collections!


EMERALD Green Crystal Snowflake, Retail Price $169.95 - SALE Price Only $114.95 Each!

Golden TOPAZ Crystal Snowflake, Retail Price $169.95 - SALE Price Only $114.95 Each!

2-Coin Pair (EMERALD + TOPAZ) Retail $339.90 - SALE Price Only $225.90 for the Pair!

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2011 Hyacinth Crystal Snowflake $20 Silver Proof2011 Swarovski Crystal Snowflakes
in HYACINTH and MONTANA!
A bonus this year is this second, different crystal snowflake design, featuring three snowflakes gently entwined as they fall in the calm of winter's silence!

 


2011 Montana Crystal Snowflake $20 Silver ProofThese multi-snowflake designs feature 3 colored Swarovski crystals each. They also feature a $20 face value, low mintage limit, and are struck in 99.99% pure silver with a proof finish. These are also available in discounted multi-packs and complete collections!


HYACINTH Red Crystal Snowflake, Retail Price $169.95 - SALE Price Only $114.95 Each!

MONTANA Blue Crystal Snowflake, Retail Price $169.95 - SALE Price Only $114.95 Each!

2-Coin Pair (HYACINTH + MONTANA) Retail $339.90 - SALE Price Only $225.90 for the Pair!

Complete 4-Coin Collection at Special Discount
Canada 2010 Holiday Swarovski Crystal Coins

Moonlight Blue Crystal Pinecone $20 Silver ProofSwarovski Crystal Pine Cone Pure Silver $20 Proof Coins in two colors!
Sold OutThese beautiful Holiday Pinecone Silver $20 Proofs with Swarovski Crystals are a great gift with an extremely low mintage! Available in Moonlight Blue and very hard to find Ruby Red!


Ruby Red Crystal Pinecone $20 Silver Proof* Each is embedded with three glistening Swarovski crystals!
* Each is minted in 99.99% pure silver!
* Each has a high face value of $20!
* Most importantly, the mintage limit of only 5,000 each is not only very small by silver coin standards, it also means that no more than that number of people in the entire world can ever own it!

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2010 Blue Crystal Snowflake $20 Silver Proof2010 Swarovski Crystal Snowflakes!
Sold OutLast year's crystal snowflakes came in beautiful colors that sold out very quickly at the Mint!

2010 Tanzanite Crystal Snowflake $20 Silver Proof





Each variety, Tanzanite and Blue, had a low mintage of only 7,500 each!



Blue Crystal Snowflake, Retail Price $199.95 - SALE Price Only $129.95 Each!

Tanzanite Crystal Snowflake, Retail Price $199.95 - SALE Price Only $129.95 Each!
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2010 Gold Crystal Snowflake $30 Silver Proof2010 Swarovski GOLD Crystal Snowflake $300 Proof!
Sold OutBeauty and investment potential - a huge, gold snowflake proof set with Swarovski crystals! Positively huge (2 inches in diameter!) and with over one and one-eighth ounces of pure gold attractively alloyed with pure silver. With a high face value of $300, six embedded Swarovski Crystals, and a mintage limit of only 750, this is only the second gold proof to be enhanced with crystals!

Gold Crystal Snowflake, Retail $2,799.95 - Our Price Only $2,599.95 Each!


Holiday Ornaments Set and Snowflake CD Set

Holiday Ornament KeepsakesCharming Artistry
Whether you're looking for something special to adorn your tree this year, or a non-coin holiday gift for someone
special, this package of ornaments fits the bill! Three impressive (5 cm square) works of art, beautifully designed and engraved by the Royal Canadian Mint's renowned Susan Taylor, are finished with 10-karat gold plating! Each vignette depicts a scene of winter charm - a sleigh ride, a family of polar bears, and a pond hockey game - with a single snowflake falling from above. 
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Carols CD and Snowflake $1
Special Silver Dollar Snowflake!
Sold OutSpread that holiday cheer economically with this musical set, which includes a CD of Christmas carols, a full-color picture frame, and a color snowflake silver dollar. Not only is this silver proof sold out at the mint, but it's also found only in this set, and nowhere else (and all silver dollar collectors need it, too)!


Holiday Gift Sets featuring Snowflakes, Santa Claus, Rudolph and more!

2011 Holiday Snowflake Mint SetValue Priced 7-Coin Holiday Mint Set
This year's special Holiday Mint Set includes a Snowflake Quarter unique to this set! Whether you celebrate Christmas, Hanukkah, Kwanzaa, Festivus, or all of the above, this is the perfect holiday gift! The set makes a great present for kids or adults, and includes room inside for your personalized dedication, so it can also be given as the most elaborate holiday card your recipient has ever seen! All coins are dated 2011 and will evoke fond memories for years to come. 

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Missed a previous holiday set?
We have a limited number of Holiday Mint Sets from years past, all sold out at the mint!


Santa Claus Mint Set2010 - Jolly Old Saint Nick
Sold OutThe 2010 Holiday Gift Set includes a special color Santa Claus quarter found only here!Along with the special Santa color quarter, it is all packaged in the form of a lovely fold-out holiday card, with space for you to write your greeting.



Santa Claus Mint Set2009 - Guess Who's Coming to Town?
Sold OutSanta spreads some distinctly Canadian joy on this cute and colorful quarter featuring 3 Maple-Leaf-shaped snowflakes! Get these 2009 Sets while we still have them in stock!


Santa Claus Mint SetSold Out2008 - Ho! Ho! Ho!
The 2008 Holiday Gift Set features a photographic portrait of Mr. Claus!





Christmas Tree Mint Set
2007 - A Colorful Christmas Tree
Sold OutWe still have a few of the 2007 special mint set, featuring the Christmas Tree colorized quarter, which is also unique to this set!



Santa Claus Mint SetSold Out2006 - Nose So Bright!
The 2006 Holiday Gift Set features Santa's sleigh, being pulled across the night sky by none other than our favorite reindeer, Rudolph himself!



Colorized 50 Cents Holiday Coins with Lenticular Technology

2011 Gifts From Santa Claus Lenticular Color 50 CentsSanta Claus Checks his List!
Have you been naughty, or nice? 
Santa's checking his list (and checking it twice) on this magical, copper-plated lenticular coin! This is the fifth annual entry in the Mint's dynamic Lenticular Holiday Coins series. The lenticular technology combines color with the seeming magic that allows you to tilt the coin back and forth to see two different scenes of Santa on Christmas Eve.

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Limited availability of previous Lenticular coins!
We have a very limited number of Lenticular coins from years past, all sold out at the mint!
 

2010 Santa Claus & Rudolph Lenticular Color 50 CentsSanta & Rudolph on One Coin!
Sold Out On, Donner! On, Blitzen! Santa and Rudolph - a terrific twosome - are together on this magical, copper-plated lenticular coin! You can almost hear the clip-clop of reindeer hooves on the rooftop. This magic sound (that all good little girls and boys long to hear on Christmas Eve) signals the arrival of Santa and his team of flying reindeer, led by Rudolph.



Toy Train LenticularAll Aboard for Fun!
Sold Out What could be more fun than waking up on Christmas morning to find that Santa has left a model railroad set under the Christmas tree, roaring around the track with a tiny puff of smoke coming out of the smokestack?




Benin 2010 Christmas Tree Pine Scented Aroma + Railroad Train Proof

Holiday Pine Tree Scented CoinSCENTED Coin with Fresh Pine aroma!
Sold OutJust in time for the holidays, this exquisitely engraved railway-themed coin features a locomotive pulling boxcars and passenger cars through a landscape of pine or fir trees. The ultimate symbol of the holidays, the Christmas tree, graces this coin in both majestic full color as well as with its distinctive, sweetly aromatic balsam scent! Couple the scent of this bouquet with its extremely affordable price and tiny worldwide mintage of only 2,500, and you can see why we like this coin!

Scent Note - We've been asked if one has to handle the coin to enjoy its bouquet. Quite simply, no! Although the phrase "scratch and sniff" is well known, it is not necessary to touch the color areas of this coin in order to smell the aroma. One need only open the capsule and the fragrance can be distinctly detected!


Holiday Traditions - Silver Proof Coins featuring Traditional Holiday Scenes

2011 Holiday Traditions Little Skaters $10 Silver Proof with Color Holiday Traditions - Little Skaters!
Delighted children whirling, twirling, spinning under a snowy sky - they sail across the ice alight, with festive joy. This limited edition, traditional winter scene (with only 8,000 coins available worldwide!) will appeal to lovers of winter, fans of the simplicity of rural life, and art aficionados seeking the work of talented, practicing artists.



2011 Holiday Traditions Winter Town Silver Proof with Color Holiday Traditions - First Snowfall!
A sleepy, snow-covered town slumbers in the deep of night. Winter’s first snow has just fallen! This coin also has a mintage of only 8,000 coins available worldwide. The lovely scene shows a charming rural town slumbering peacefully after winter's first snowfall.

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Previous Holiday Traditions coins!
We have a limited number from years past, while they last - all are sold out at the mint!
 
2011 Holiday Traditions $20 Silver Proof2011 Pastoral Winter Scene - Cutting the Christmas Tree!
Sold Out The silent calm of just-fallen snow pervades the winterscape on Québec artist Rémi Clark's pastoral masterpiece! Two farmers or habitants drag a just-cut Christmas tree back to their homestead, set in rolling hills covered with snow. This coin’s combination of frosting, brilliant and mirrored finishes give the appearance of movement to the snow, and definition to the trees along the path. Mintage of only 8,000!



Hanging the Stockings2009 Hanging The Stockings
Sold Out What could be more charming than two bright-eyed children hanging their stockings on the fireplace mantle? This beautiful coin is like a scene out of a Norman Rockwell painting that captures the essence of pure Americana!

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         Talisman Coins
         9051 Watson Road, Suite 103
         St. Louis, MO  63126

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