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I'm not keen on it, but happy if it pulls some fresh blood into the market.   Is only available with a limited number of dealers and only coins after 1982 so it will not damage the numismatic reputation of the sheldon scale.    Don't get me wrong the first person who puts a modern proof sovereign in one of these NGCX slabs should be burned at the stake.  
At least they are trying to do something different so can't blame them for that. 
 
 

There was a mintage of 2021 £2 coins but have yet to be seen in the wild

Sorry forgot to say this is using a laptop/pc, the keys are the physical ones on the keyboard. I don’t know the method for other browsers or mobile. 

Some browsers may vary, this works for chrome. On the page for the coin, right click and select ‘view page source’, press the ‘control/command key’ and ‘f’ to use the search function, search ‘available’. The amount in stock is usually at about the 7th, on a long single of code that extends to the right. 

Some browsers may vary, this works for chrome. On the page for the coin, right click and select ‘view page source’, press the ‘control/command key’ and ‘f’ to use the search function, search ‘available’. The amount in stock is usually at about the 7th, on a long single of code that extends to the right. 

Some browsers may vary, this works for chrome. On the page for the coin, right click and select ‘view page source’, press the ‘control/command key’ and ‘f’ to use the search function, search ‘available’. The amount in stock is usually at about the 7th, on a long single of code that extends to the right. 

Here is a 24 hour update on what is "available" currently and therefore a calculation on what has been sold. 
 
 

Here's my 10 pennies worth, already I've seen guys a little shaky because the coins they have bought have not sold out.......do not be premature,   look at every single first monarch coin set.  1831, 1839, 1902, 1911, 1937, 1953...........Us moral plebs have been given a chance to buy the first KCIII gold proof sovereigns and we are concerned about them not selling out instantly, guys this is an opportunity of a lifetime.   How wealthy would you have to have been to buy a 1937 gold proof sovereign set on launch day?    You would have had to be comfortably middle class and well off, what about 1911? Or back in 1839 with a gold Una and the lion in the set you would have to have been in the elite classes. 
Some people now have a totally instant lifestyle and when things don't move at light speed they don't appear to have the attention span or the ability to step back and look at the bigger picture.  Make your own decisions, but how many times have you said in your life I wish I'd bought X when they came out or I wish you had bought more of them?     
 
 
 
 

Thank you to Backyard Bullion and Silver Mike for their posts. They both summarised what I was feeling about this release. 
 
It’s been a long day, got 622 in the queue and was in and out by 9.03am. Got what I wanted, although it turns out the rush wasn’t needed today. It’s been fun reading everyone’s reactions. May we share the spoils in up to 12 weeks. 

Thank you to Backyard Bullion and Silver Mike for their posts. They both summarised what I was feeling about this release. 
 
It’s been a long day, got 622 in the queue and was in and out by 9.03am. Got what I wanted, although it turns out the rush wasn’t needed today. It’s been fun reading everyone’s reactions. May we share the spoils in up to 12 weeks. 

Thank you to Backyard Bullion and Silver Mike for their posts. They both summarised what I was feeling about this release. 
 
It’s been a long day, got 622 in the queue and was in and out by 9.03am. Got what I wanted, although it turns out the rush wasn’t needed today. It’s been fun reading everyone’s reactions. May we share the spoils in up to 12 weeks. 

Depends what we deem a winner, but in terms of desirability and importance yes, 100% its going to be desirable and important forever more. Its a superb design and the first sovereign of a new monarch and we shouldn’t let the madness of release days distract us from the bigger picture.
Its only in very recent years have any coins sold out in the first days / few hrs (since mid 2020) and that was due to the very weird and pumpy environment we were in. 1989, 2002, 2005, 2012, 2016 & 2017 and everything in between took days if not weeks (and probably months on the early ones). These will all be sold out soon enough if that is what some measure success by.
In terms of mintages these (the 5 and 2 anyway) are low for proof coronation / first of a monarch sovereign sets if you look at anything from Edward VII 1902 proof set onwards. Regardless of what comes, this set is as important as any sovereign set that marked a new monarch and also rarer than most, with the odd exception (1953 for example). Arguably for Sovereign collectors, particularly type collectors this is the most significant and important release in 85yrs, since George VI.
1902 5 coin proof set 8,000 ish sets
1911 5 coin proof set - 2,800 ish sets
1937 5 coin proof set - 5,001 sets
1953 5 coin proof set - 3 or 4 sets
2022 5 coin proof set (KCIII) - 1200 sets (less than 2000 2 Sovereigns in total)
as something to think about, even the 1839 Una has reported mintage of 400 and I doubt that fully accounts for the extra’s struck in the years following 1839.
i grade so I've picked up a few sets todays where I could, i’ll put a 5 coin 70 set together and then move the rest on, a  profit would be nice but not essential.
These are superb and i think once im hand collectors will be very reluctant to let them go.

I think today has been a great success. 
I think measuring whether they sell out of 40000+ coins in one day and then saying its a damp squib or failure is not appropriate for the release. 
Remember, if the Royal Mint have sold on average 75% of their stock in the first day then the break down would be over £22 Million in sales.
That is NOT a bad day for any mint or coin dealer. IN A DAY!
Breakdown
1/4 = £690,000
1/2 = £1,125,000
Full = £12,162,000
BU = £2,900,000
Piedfort = £2,580,160
3 coin set = £1,680,000
4 coin set = £1,796,250
5 coin set = £6,714,000
Grand Total = £29,647,410
75% of Grand total: £22,235,558
As to where things will go in the future for us coinsters - who knows....
Hopefully I will be able to hold onto these amazing HISTORIC coins for a long time, enjoy them and then part with them at a time of my choosing that allows me to have made some money. 
If you are buying these just to make some extra cash you will probably fail. Some will flip and some will win. 
There is more to life than cash in the bank. 
Are you sorry you asked?
 

Ahhh, frustrating. The gothic portrait reverse is beautiful and virtually flawless (missing bit of frosting on the D of F:D).
But the Queen’s chin! How could any QC person not see that flaw?
 

Ahhh, frustrating. The gothic portrait reverse is beautiful and virtually flawless (missing bit of frosting on the D of F:D).
But the Queen’s chin! How could any QC person not see that flaw?
 

Ahhh, frustrating. The gothic portrait reverse is beautiful and virtually flawless (missing bit of frosting on the D of F:D).
But the Queen’s chin! How could any QC person not see that flaw?
 

Ahhh, frustrating. The gothic portrait reverse is beautiful and virtually flawless (missing bit of frosting on the D of F:D).
But the Queen’s chin! How could any QC person not see that flaw?
 

Ahhh, frustrating. The gothic portrait reverse is beautiful and virtually flawless (missing bit of frosting on the D of F:D).
But the Queen’s chin! How could any QC person not see that flaw?
 

Ahhh, frustrating. The gothic portrait reverse is beautiful and virtually flawless (missing bit of frosting on the D of F:D).
But the Queen’s chin! How could any QC person not see that flaw?
 

Ahhh, frustrating. The gothic portrait reverse is beautiful and virtually flawless (missing bit of frosting on the D of F:D).
But the Queen’s chin! How could any QC person not see that flaw?
 

Ahhh, frustrating. The gothic portrait reverse is beautiful and virtually flawless (missing bit of frosting on the D of F:D).
But the Queen’s chin! How could any QC person not see that flaw?
 

Ahhh, frustrating. The gothic portrait reverse is beautiful and virtually flawless (missing bit of frosting on the D of F:D).
But the Queen’s chin! How could any QC person not see that flaw?
 

Ahhh, frustrating. The gothic portrait reverse is beautiful and virtually flawless (missing bit of frosting on the D of F:D).
But the Queen’s chin! How could any QC person not see that flaw?
 

Ahhh, frustrating. The gothic portrait reverse is beautiful and virtually flawless (missing bit of frosting on the D of F:D).
But the Queen’s chin! How could any QC person not see that flaw?
 

For me, I think the design might have worked if they used a thinner planchet more like the original. The thick ounce+ coins and perfect circle don’t look right on this one. Thin and wonky could of been the way to go. Make it an antiqued finish so you don’t mind handling it as well.