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4 hours ago, Shinus73 said:

Against my own advice, which is to not to buy any more RM products (with very few exceptions), I decided to continue with the City Views series, as I like the theme.

Fool.

Return and request for exchange?

Agree and i think so too...i also think all coin issues will be mainly for commemorative purpose in future, coz as u said, contactless payment is major and preferred payment mean nowadays.  Maybe RM also forsee this and close down their overseas mint departure.

I don't think that's the case for Shield sovereign?

It's not my cup of tea in most cases.

I think in medium to long run, physical banknotes and coins maybe only left for commemorative purpose.

5 hours ago, Olivard said:

Presumably in this new plant they can also recover the gold from sub-standard proof coins. 🤣

Oh, maybe they have to hire more employees for that task due to its usual standard😅.

Just now, paulmerton said:

Anny J made the decision after seeing today's gold prices maybe.

Ha yes🤣

End of an era....by the way, it's mentioned the staff will be transferred to gold recycling works, which sounds RM will soon accept trade in of old cell phone to extract gold from it.

31 minutes ago, westminstrel said:

I’m not complaining, but “Starting in 2024…” sounds like this is going to be another range.

I’m just thinking how about they just honour their prior commitment to the British Monarchs range instead? 😟

Yes, in the registration page, RM mentioned coins instead of coin.

On 29/03/2024 at 19:03, chris2982 said:

Hi all,

I have a ridiculous amount of old GB coins and my plan is when I am having a bit of a bad time (occasionally need to spend 2/3 days in bed at a time).  To help keep my sanity ( or loose the little I have left) I was wanting to go through them to see if there was any scare ones in there.

Problem is I have no idea what the semi/key dates are.

Has anyone come across a cheat sheet that I can reference for the different denominations.  I have found loads of options for USA but haven't been able to find one for GB.

All the best,

Chris.

 

Hi Chris, most of the Victorian coins worths some money, also Edward VII halfcrown and Florin.  This is only a brief statement, for details, you may also refer to the site on top of that mentioned by Stuntman, www.allcoinvalues.com.  Also auction results of London Coins, Spink etc. will be helpful, however the precise value will depend on date, die and quality of the coin.  You may also post some pics here and see if someone may give further ideas towards it.

Think it is likely some kind of speculation mean only, instead of storing wealth, coz there is no guarantee you can redeem physical gold in the future.  I am curious to learn about their buy-sell spread when it's launched.

I see this also.  At £533 for a single maundy set, i would expect all sets are at very very supreme quality sets, which i don't think they would🤣.

On 13/03/2024 at 03:59, SilverPlatinum said:

It seems the Perth Mint 2024 Swan silver bullion coin would be nice looking one this year! But let us wait for the non-colored coin to show up before the final call.....

 

Wow...nice, it may be the first time i was tempted by the coloured swan...however, i am also looking to purchase non coloured one as prior years.

4 hours ago, cjbcomm said:

Other than the very expensive George III set, see below:

Product Description	Price
Charles III 2022 £5 Sovereign - PF69UC	£3,395
Charles III 2022 Double Sovereign - PF70 UC	£1,795
George VI 1937 £5 Sovereign - PR63	£10,695
Charles I (1625-49) gold Half-Unite Oxford 1643 AU55+	£21,500
Elizabeth II 1980 £5 Sovereign - PF68 UC	£3,595
Elizabeth II 1980 £5 Sovereign - PF65 UC	£3,450
Elizabeth II 1980 Double Sovereign - PF67 UC	£1,750
Edward the Black Prince (1362-72), gold Noble Guyennois a la E or Pavillon D'Or, second issue – NGC MS61	£19,995
George II gold Two Guineas 1740 - NGC AU58	£9,995
George II gold Five Guinea 1753 - PCGS AU55	£55,000
George II  gold Guinea 1753 - NGC MS61	£24,995
George II  gold Half Guinea 1759 -  NGC MS61	£5,295
George VI 1937 £5 Sovereign - PR63 CAM	£10,995
George VI 1937 £5 Sovereign - PR64	£11,995
2021 Elizabeth II PF70 UCAM FR Gold 5oz Griffin of Edward III	£13,495

Still way too high i believe.

3 hours ago, BackyardBullion said:

At least it's not as bad as this.

Christ, my eyes!

 

Agree that this is the worst in my opinion.

I have bought 2 King George V silver coins from RM site when i started collecting numismatic coins years way back.  After a year, i realized i can purchase similar grade ones at 50-60% from markets, a lesson learned and luckily not sky rocket prices were involved.  These 2 coins are still kept by me up to now and remind me the story behind😅.

Anyone noticed the sales figure of 2020 Britannia pieces?

As per my experience before, Perth Mint quality is in general better than Royal Mint, especially the coin is most likely problem free.  Also, some of their designs are very good, like Swan, Eagle, Kookaburra etc.

7 hours ago, Petra said:

As mentioned, use saleroom website. You need to check a couple of things though … auction house fees and postage. Some places actually either do their own postage or are expensive for postage.

i have bought a variety of coins this way and never had any problems.

Yes, and also some are without postage service, which need buyers to arrange pickup on their own.

14 hours ago, Stuntman said:

I bought one of these coins directly from the RM on issue.

Personally I don't think it will be a particularly good investment, compared to say the Platinum Jubilee BU 5 sovereign coin for example.  But it's an impressive coin with a special reverse and is always likely to hold some appeal to collectors.

I'm pleased to own the coin, but wouldn't buy it purely for investment.  The same money buys about seven bullion sovereigns, which are likely to be better investments, but not as visually impressive.  The BU quintuple would also be harder to sell than the bullion sovereigns, and of course you are selling the entire investment/coin in one go, rather then potentially selling the bullion sovereigns in stages.

Gratuitous photos:

Totally agree, same view.... To be honest, this is a very nice coin on hand for appreciation purpose.

4 hours ago, Petra said:

20%😮🤔 apart from one place that I know, you need to let us in to your secret cheap auction house(s)!😮🤔

Spink, Lockdales, the 20% is before the VAT.

19 hours ago, artalien said:

Let me take a guess from my position of near ignorance, £250?

Lovely Gothic florin, 2 different varieties.  I think your estimate is more or less around the market price at auctions at this moment, but please do not forget the additional auction premium at approximate 20% on top of the hammered price.

Agree with Stuntman view, 1902 is not a tough year for collection.  Proof sets were issued in that year, so that many good examples are being kept after decades, therefore it's less difficult to find a decent 1902 coins comparing with other Edward's years.  Similar case is also applied for 1887, 1893, 1911, 1927, 1937 etc.

3 hours ago, Stuntman said:

In contrast to this sort of 'fake', there are other fake coins out there which do intend to deceive people into thinking they are the genuine items.  These are often made by obtaining a genuine coin, taking impressions of it and then casting the fakes from these impressions.  So all the fakes look the same as each other, but will closely resemble the genuine coin.  1934 Wreath Crowns are often faked in this way but other coins such as 1905 shillings and half crowns are also faked like this, and for some reason the 1818 half crown is faked too.  I have one of these faked 1818 half crowns, which I keep as a curiosity and a warning.

This kind of fake is one of the most trouble issues in collecting coins, as some can be very very like to the real ones, at least to my amateur eyes.  

55 minutes ago, artalien said:

What grade is the fake would you say?

Some fake pieces are so hard to identify, but this one is spotted if it's compared side by side with the real one.