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I'm gonna go out on a limb here and suggest that the COA is just picked from the top of a stack of them when the coins are packaged and most likely bares no relation to the actual strike number of the coin its packed with. I think it's just luck of the draw.

This week's tally rather than just what I bought today:

- 1887 Jubilee Head Silver Shilling - EF

- 1887 Jubilee Head Silver Half Crown - EF

- 2002 Half Sovereign

- 2018 2oz Silver Reverse proof Libertad

- 2007 1oz Silver Brittania Proof

- 500g Silver RM Cast Bar

- 2018 £5/ Crown Royal Academy of Arts Proof 

2 hours ago, Rll1288 said:

I did send them photos and they did (or the manager did) stat that on that evidence it wouldn't make the 68 grade. Mine is pretty clear

 

Ah ha! The (in)famous Three Grazes coin....

2002 Half Sovereign. Snagged at an auction this week.. bought blind but got it at a fair price.

Been after this for a while...

14 minutes ago, BackyardBullion said:

DISPATCH NOTIFICATION FROM THE ROYAL MINT!!!!

Same here... Phew! Royal Mail ... hope it doesn't rain on delivery day...

Stunning EIC 2019 1oz Japanese Trade Dollar proof

8 minutes ago, Airhead said:

Just received from RM

“Thank you for your interest in the Three Graces 2020 UK Two-Ounce Silver Proof coin.

Unfortunately, due to the overwhelming popularity of the product, by the time we received your order for processing, the item was no longer available and is now off-sale.

 Any other items ordered are being processed and will be despatched in due course. Your card will not be debited for the item shown above.

 We are extremely sorry for any disappointment or inconvenience caused.

If you have any further questions, please do not hesitate to contact us.

 Kind Regards,

Jess”

Sheesh... what an emotional rollercoaster!!

5 minutes ago, Gypsy said:

I wonder who will be the first to receive it and upload a picture on the forum. Can’t wait to see one of these coins. 

Wont be me as I don't know where to upload my pictures to or how embed them in a post yet... yes, I'm new here.. and Flickr doesn't work that well.

Oooh 'Eck... my order has just moved from Open to Closed..... with the price tag still in place and all three of my one coin ordered still in place. Fingers crossed and butt clenched... Yes I've been checking every 30 minutes or so - pretty sad considering its just 40 quid's worth of Silver...

6 minutes ago, LawrenceChard said:

Amazon must have changed then.

It's many years ago now, 2007/8+-, but we were looking for an upgrade card for a telephone system, and it was unavailable on every site except Amazon.

We bought it, and paid. After about a week, we got a message saying it was out of stock, but they were trying to source one for us. It was several months before Amazon told us they could not get one, then refunded us.

I suspect it was their standard Modus Operandi for many years.

It was clearly not a database / system error, but a policy.

They did change Lawrence - to a dynamic rules based system that adapts according to need.. clever stuff.

Might be a daft question but I'm good at daft questions so here goes. Given the relatively low volume of all the 3G coins, surely RM would have already made the coins and have them ready to sell? So why the 4 week wait for delivery? Do you think it takes 4 weeks to sort out all the ordering problems?

10 minutes ago, AndrewSL76 said:

Good suggestion, but I guess they want to make sure the money is available. They cannot offer credit like that otherwise - can they? Clearly, I am not an expert!

In fairness to the mint (and I cannot believe I have just said that given the issues I am having with them at the moment) this is not an everyday problem. That said, there is no reason why they cannot have a system in place that clearly determines when an item has sold out. The technology we have today must allow for this - as mentioned earlier in this thread, the American's just put a ****ing buggy with a camera and drill on Mars and it is sending back selfies. Why can the Royal Mint not manage a sale of what amounts to less than 5000 coins in one go? Rocket science it aint.

Systems like this are plentiful - eg. you'll never see Amazon sell something out of stock - and they hold millions of products. Downside is they do require a degree of investment - possibly more than RM want to spend... This is my day job.

1 minute ago, AndrewSL76 said:

Thanks for this BYB. I am not surprised...

Speaks volumes...

My skill at coin buying apparently matches my interest in cars.. order received at 09:11

1 hour ago, ak74 said:

My order was cancelled, it's now in "Completed" status, furthermore, now in my order there are 3 coins of 2oz silver, while in reality I ordered of course just 1, and have an e-mail confirmation and my card was charged just for 1.

So looks like RM has added 2 coins to my order to claim it not legitimate. Quite disgusting.

 

This is a computer error - I see three of everything I order in my open and closed order pages. I called my AM yesterday thinking, like you, that this might cause my order to be cancelled but he just confirmed this is a system fault. It is not intentional on RM's part.

Assuming my order goes through, this will be one that I sit on for a very long time... 

Just managed to snag a 2oz Silver.... 4 weeks wait though.