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Fun idea. My first thoughts: 1. 1871 2. 1917 3. 1826 4. 1860 5. 1937 6. 1844 7. 1930 8. 2010 9. 1822

Looks superb. Which size is it? Got my despatch email today as well, please can the coin gods bless my delivery

https://en.numista.com/catalogue/pieces13172.html 1818 - 155, 200 1819 - 683,400 1820 - 448,200

Just a bit more St George action to tide us all over since the wait is going to be a bit longer than we’d like. 2013 £20 silver that you can still pick up at around face value. This one is MS70 DPL.

Very interesting topic. Would those neat striations on the Canadian coin indicate the die was somehow CNC/machine finished?

I’m enjoying the appreciation for the original crowns, so here’s my best one - 1819 LIX MS61

Would anyone take a guess at how many of the total mintage of 2oz gold owners are on here? Both public and private. 10%? 20%?

This image (from numista?) really bugs me as its not 2013 £5 Prince George silver proof (the one in my avatar), it's most likely a silver coloured quintuple sovereign. They have different design proportions.

These books have you covered from 1760 to present. https://www.amazon.co.uk/Collectors-Coins-Britain-British-pre-decimal/dp/0948964987/ https://www.amazon.co.uk/Collectors-Coins-Decimal-Issues-Kingdom/dp/0901170410/

Everyone is expecting too much from the Royal Almost Mint.

It's been a while since I've had a fun morning with the RM and following the 'hot thread' on here. We'll see what turns up and how many times it has to go back. I got through straight away on my main browser, but saw 812 on my other. Those days of being 35k in the queue are long gone it seems.

What would the reason be for the wider rim on the gold? It just looks like it's stealing space from the design, similar to how a normal £5 sovereign's proportions are shrunk down despite having the extra space.

Is anyone else hoping that Thursday will help fill a hole in their lives?

The PO asking what's inside the package is so they can assess whether the item is prohibited/restricted (batteries/alcohol/perfume etc) and what service/insurance is required (£20/£50/£750-£2500). Asking "What's inside the package?" or "For safety reasons, can you tell me what's inside?" is the pretty much the first part of the script you get trained on, but every PO is different depending on how they want to apply the rules. There's no way to record the said contents of the package for domestic post, that only exists for internationals with the logging of the CN23 customs form. If the customer refuses to say what the contents are then it can be rejected. These questions only really apply to large letters and parcels, as regular letters are ignored for safety concerns (I guess they're unaware of CR2032/button batteries). So you can send your sovereigns 2nd class plain white envelope if you want to be anonymous.

What could you find still then? Did it change after the resizing of the 5p and 10p?