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7 minutes ago, James32 said:

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Excessive  

The kilo Queen's Beasts completer is back in stock at the Royal Mint. I suspect this might be the last chance to get it before it sells out again.

https://www.royalmint.com/invest/bullion/bullion-coins/silver-coins/queens-beasts-2021-kilo-silver-coin/

5 minutes ago, Heirlooms said:

I thought this but the royal mint stated that the only way to get the 5 sov is via the 5 coin set (screenshot attached) so I think as its a special year the additional will be gifted to key royal dignitaries, diplomats, commonwealth countries, presidents that fly in etc around the jubilee celebrations. With full sov being more plentiful they will be gifted more widely whereas the 100 5 coin sets will be reserved for the more "important" folk (and 10 of each for Trial of the Pyx of course 😊)

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That still seems like a massive unforgivable lie if one could own a proof edition simply by becoming a president of a small country (or anything else that also happens to be easier than surviving the queuing system).

I got a phone call to say my £11 postage charge has been refunded onto my account's prepayment credit.  Fair enough, they know I'll be back!

But they were seemingly oblivious to the email I sent yesterday, where I had asked for it to be refunded and also pointed out that I was unable to get free postage on the sovereigns.

They also took the opportunity to ask me what kind of things I would be expecting to find in the box. I said a Sovereign would be nice! But failing that, some gold and silver things would be good. I'll be disappointed if it contains a limited edition A4 print of a Sovereign  

4 minutes ago, Muscipula said:

 

My 5 coin set has moved to "closed orders" as of a few minutes ago too  My other single full proof still in 'open', however. No dispatch email yet.

 

Exciting!

Aww, mine hasn't, and surely I was one of the first in there  

Maybe next time RM should ship all 14,700 Sovereign sets to an Amazon Fulfillment Centre before putting them up for sale. They'd all be delivered the next day without any problems.

3 minutes ago, Gordy said:

sold out?

So it is!  I wonder how many silverforumites got one.

The cynical side of me is thinking this is just an opportunity to get rid of the stuff swept out from the back of the vault, but hashtag yolo! I'm in.

It looks like the free postage issue has been fixed now - typically after I'd already placed my order.

Well, I went for it because I love a surprise, but my early surprise is that I had to pay £11 postage when it was supposed to be free!  

Chards have launched their first ever Mystery Box.

https://www.chards.co.uk/chards-xmas-mystery-box/15477

I thought it would be interesting to start a thread to see who's in, and more importantly, what goodies everyone gets!

Would I be daft not to get the five-sovereign graded when it turns up?

It's something I have had no prior experience or interest in, so I wouldn't even know where to start!

9 minutes ago, LawrenceChard said:

 

Couldn't wait until Doug  finished processing it, but now:

Even the colour doesn't look too bad! 😎

It looks too perfect, almost unreal!

1 minute ago, TheShinyStuff said:

I've done the silver gifts things a couple of times and with the exception of my dad everyone looks at me like I'm a nutter... You can take a horse to water but...

Are you suggesting I should keep them for myself? I'm easily persuaded!  

1 minute ago, Connor said:

So I have a 1983 uncirculated £1.

It would appear, (forgive my scepticism) that the mint have polished a t##d.

Outrageous! This is the best round pound coin!  

It feels like my 1983 pound coins have increased in desirability and value overnight  

Just now, goldhunter said:

Just received my 2022 5 coin sovereign set, looks great

Jolly speedy!

Right, I can cancel my order now I know what they look like...

These will be my first proof sovereigns of any size, so I'm quite excited. I don't expect I'll buy any more, though! It was just the meaning behind this one-off design that lured me in.

On 14/11/2021 at 15:17, LawrenceChard said:

I have had a few bags of 1 gram (+/-) coins on my desk, half sorted, for about 6 months. Although we bought these cheaply, spot gold or less, they are hardly worth the time and effort to sort out. We should probably market them in random goody bags, and sell them by weight.

There you go @LawrenceChard, that's two goody bags taken care of if you want to add both of us to the priority queue  

I bet a lot of people in this thread would like it if a bullion version of the same design never came to fruition! 

2 minutes ago, Connor said:

It is unfortunate, but nobody is allowed to post any pictures until mine arrives, is that fair enough?👀

Don't be daft, we know embargoes don't work very well around here  

Just now, arphethean said:

Don't think this is the place for such sexist drivel

I was just about to say the same!

4 minutes ago, BackyardBullion said:

Only 13 half sovereigns available

328 Full Sovereigns

Cannot seem to work my magic on the prints - but considering they have a 150 mintage and literally 10,000 coins have been bought I don't think these prints have been a hit!

I would probably have bought one if they were £25 each - but £95 seems too much 😞 

3 prints left

10 minutes ago, BackyardBullion said:

Magic 🙂 

Presumably you're looking at the JSON responses when adding stuff to the basket  

"TotalAvailable":353.0