Silver dates and prices

[ScroogeMcDuck]

Couldnt find anything on here through the threads.

Why does the same silver coin but with a diferent year stamped on it garner different prices? 

Surely silver is silver and it doesnt age like other metals, so never understood why one coin for eg 2018 costs less than a 2017 even though its the same coin.

[JunkBond]

Back filling date runs.

[MickB]

The Canadian silver maple for 1997 had only 100,970 minted whereas the 2014 maple had 29,245,000 minted. Not many people could claim a complete date run on this series once it ends so the 1997 will have a premium price.

[ScroogeMcDuck]

Why is a date run so important or is it just a completionist thing?

[MickB]

Scarcity is the main reason. Some people would rather collect a hard to get year than a mass produced year. I'm completing a date run of silver maples and have eleven of the 1997's but I only need one. I'll sell off the others once they start to go up in price a bit more once the date run ends. The only thing that would put a spanner in the works on this is if her majesty croaks and they've only made less than the 1997's in a future year!

[HawkHybrid]

each example of a time stamp in history has it own place

in a collection. it makes little difference for those buying

for bullion value only.

 

HH

[Pete]

Collectibility, rarity, ease of acquisition and of course market price.
You could also argue that why should a mass produced ( 1 million ) Maple cost more than a blank round etc ?
I don't understand why people will pay many hundreds of pounds for a particular handbag or designer shoes when they are just small bits of stitched leather.

[ilovesilverireallydo]

People like to collect and in numismatic circles date runs are “cool” or desirable. I for example am building a full date run of Brits and Silver eagles. Funnily enoug am getting the rarer eagles cheaper than Brits, go figure.