Mascot Family LE pin

The Vancouver Sun runs a sidebar in its Road to 2010 weekly feature called Collectors' Corner ... and it seems tailor-made for this blog. Enjoy.

What: 2010 Mascot Family limited-edition Pin

Value: $12

History: Actually, there isn't very much of a history yet for this, or any of the new pins celebrating the 2010 mascots.

But this one is notable because in the three weeks since VANOC introduced Quatchi, Sumi and Miga to the world, it has become the most popular retail pin produced for the 2010 Games.

Not only that, it has become the top seller on VANOC's Internet store site heading into the Christmas season, according to the organizing committee.

The pin is one of five versions produced by pin consortium Artiss Aminco ULC, which has the licence to produce all of the retail, corporate and specialty pins for the Games.

VANOC says only 2,502 of the Mascot Family pins were produced as a "limited edition," complete with an identifying backstamp and its own case. But copies of the pin without the case and limited stamp will continue to be produced for the retail market.

As trade value goes, the limited editions are still only worth the $12 VANOC is charging for them.