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paulmerton

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  1. 1 hour ago, BullionBuyerUK said:

    Not to question anyone's knowledge, but are we definitely sure on this? I've been looking up on Google and can't seem to find any results, plenty of 2021 and 2020 coins come up, but nothing 2022

    You may be right (haven't checked), but I find it more exciting that a 1/10oz size has never been publicly released at all in any year.

  2. 2 minutes ago, Brit2023 said:

    How many went into your basket?
    Rare to get trial coins from mint without any further minting.

    It could be that lots were minted but never made available to the public. With the 2022 1oz silver Roosevelt and Churchill coins for example, the whole quantity minted was bought by a US pension company (as an investment?). The single trial piece and the ten coins that went through the trial of the pyx could be the only examples floating around in public for many years.

  3. Just now, Petra said:

    No grade? Actually when you have a trial coin you will see why, when viewed under a glass they are covered in marks etc.🤔😮

    Brilliant Uncirculated is the grade. It's just not a numerical one.

    It's interesting that the bullion coins get graded as Brilliant Uncirculated, because they are not struck to the same standard as what the Royal Mint would ordinarily call a brilliant uncirculated coin.

  4. 1 hour ago, Taikonaut said:

    NCG will probably pass this as a PF70 because its manufacturing error. It will have been better if they omitted "Pistrucci" altogether then you have a rare variety. I notice this with RM proofs were coins struck with worn dies are merely frosted over to conceal the defect. Chances are you see a perfect coin but not what it seems.

    I think it's more likely that this was caused by the die being clogged.

  5. 3 minutes ago, Petra said:

    This is great 😮 I have a smaller coin from the trial, it looks great until you inspect it closely with a glass… quite battered, is yours the same? (The marks being part of the coins history 🤔)

    They're put loose into paper envelopes of 6-10 coins (or more for circulating coins), so you would expect them to jingle about a bit against each other and suffer accordingly when handled. This one looks surprisingly good, but bullion's always a bit more forgiving than proofs.

    Quite a genius idea really to sell damaged coins at a premium :D 

  6. 9 hours ago, Agaupl said:

    My 5oz arrived today and what a disappointment. Faces look perfect, stunning coin… but then the side lettering, grease reside as has been seen on many coins.

    Oh dear the side lettering. How this made it through QC I have no idea. Lettering starts off fine then veers of course until the REGNI II (rose) are hanging off the coin. Why is this passed as ok? The rose is literally in the coin edge. 🤯… now for a long (&expensive) trip back to Europe. 

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    Oof, yes, that's bad! Makes me wonder whether to just return mine for a refund rather than a replacement to avoid this kind of pain.

  7. On 23/03/2024 at 16:05, paulmerton said:

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    I wasn't 100% convinced that this was a tiny strikethrough or dent, so I bravely got out my Wera hex key set (the Perth Mint of hexagonal shaped tools) and opened up the capsule. I blew at it with an air blower, and was disappointed that it didn't budge :( 

    But I blew a bit harder in desperation, and it disappeared! So it was indeed just a foreign object on the surface of the coin all along.

    Hurrah!

    But then I noticed this other problem that I think warrants it being sent back regardless - some finger-like marks around the final letter that I only noticed at this angle (photo is through the capsule).

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