Ashes

1 hour ago, paulmerton said:

"Nothing I have not communicated to them directly, since 2000 at least."

Which I have too interpreted as:

"Something I have communicated to them directly, since 2000 at least."

Surely the 'Nothing' is countered by the 'I have not' meaning it is something you have done? 

5 minutes ago, jultorsk said:

 

Real shame about the capsule. Not good at all.

But, just to continue the speculation; the COA seems to contradict the RM website re Portrait mintage? Says LEP is 3'750 and max 4'006, just as Arms' was. 🤔

 

You're right about there being an error somewhere. Either on the COA booklet or the website. 250 coin discrepency. Come on Royal Mint.... you'd think they know the mintage of their own coins!

7 minutes ago, Ashes said:

Seems I may have got lucky with mine. Capsule in place and closed with no damage that I can see to the frosting or polished fields. Think the small specs on the pictures appear to be dust particles. 
 

I’m so sorry to see all the disappointed people who have once again been let down by the RM quality control. 

Upon further inspection it looks like there is a tiny bit of frosting missing from the crown on the Gothic Portrait side. Not going to bother returning it for that though. 

Seems I may have got lucky with mine. Capsule in place and closed with no damage that I can see to the frosting or polished fields. Think the small specs on the pictures appear to be dust particles. 
 

I’m so sorry to see all the disappointed people who have once again been let down by the RM quality control. 

54 minutes ago, Alex222213221313134141 said:

I can buy a very small amount of Platinum. 
is it worth it or is it too volatile in comparison to silver or Gold. 
would we be likely to lose money?

Honestly I don't think it hurts to have a small amount of platinum. It certainly helps to diversify your portfolio and plus it's nice to look at. I myself only have two 1/10oz Platinum Britannia's.

It's hard to say with platinum where it will head in long term, but as @sovereignsteve said, it's being used in a lot of industrial processes and I can't see demand for it going away. Take catalytic converters for example. Likelyhood is that these will be phased out more and more as electrical vehicles become the norm, but who knows what revolutionary technology will come along that uses it i.e. high capacity batteries etc. 

https://www.mining-technology.com/features/platinum-potential-how-batteries-could-open-the-door-to-a-mining-rush/

I personally will be picking up a small fracitonal amount every now and then. 

43 minutes ago, BarryWoods said:

I much later had found out here, that I had in fact paid multiple times RRP. (Not Ebay multiples, I might add)

I think buying such a high value item from a third party without researching the respective RRP was the mistake here. Not saying what the dealer did was right, but at the end of the day it's the buyer who decides if an item is worth based on the price it's on sale for.

1 minute ago, Paul said:

oooohhhh that's good news ! first dispatched email ive heard so far today

thanks for posting - is that for 2oz silver Gothic portrait ??

That's correct. Just the 2oz Silver Gothic Portrait from the continuation set. 

3 minutes ago, Paul said:

The estimated delivery date on this item is the w/c 14/03/2022 when you add to basket.  Wonder if we will have similar wait from RM ?

Apparently not, just had my dispatch email:

32 minutes ago, paulmerton said:

Just normal milk chocolate. It appears to have been made in Belgium, though, so maybe it'll be nicer than average!

Were there any milk spots on these? I've heard RM milk chocolate is prone to this. 

Another one has sold already on feebay

1 minute ago, MJCOIN said:

Hmm.  Got the order confirmation email and noticed this....

 

 

Every order confirmation from the RM states this. It's to cover themselves if they have to cancel any orders due to overselling. I haven't had a single order cancelled due to this though. 

21 left by my checks

EDIT: and it's gone.

Well I managed to grab one, very happy that I was able to.

200 people ahead of me now. Hope I can secure one...

I got 1023 for me on my Ipad queue.

17 minutes ago, Heirlooms said:

Before and after. Off to storage they go! 🪙 

Were they all PF70 from the same 5-coin set you received? Or did you have to swap any around from other sets?

Either way, congratulations on this set.

Image of the frosted coin is now available too, for anyone who wanted to see it.

Anyone going for this?
https://www.royalmint.com/our-coins/ranges/the-royal-tudor-beasts/seymour-panther-2022/the-seymour-panther-silver-proof-two-coin-set/?utm_campaign=2022-02-royal-tudor-beasts-panther

43 minutes ago, creative said:

Great news! Sorry to say once I have both I’ll be selling as a set. I’m not convinced this one is worth holding for the long term.

While I also am uncertain of the longevity of this set in terms of profit, I will be holding my set as I really like the design of these coins. I think for myself as primarily a collector, it's important to not forget about why I enjoy buying these coins in the first place.

However, it does all depends on your rationale behind stacking / collecting. So completely understand your point too. 

Woop woop!

15 minutes ago, GoldStatue said:

The Royal Mint have sent out pictures of the obverse of this Sundays one off SOTD 50p visitor centre exclusive, another variation for all you completionists out there 😀

By the sounds of it not too dissimilar to the Queen on horse back we have on the current Jubilee 50p but the horse is in a different position.

 

Hmmm... I live 30 minutes from the mint. Someone want to pay me to make a pilgramige to get a SOTD coin struck at the royal mint experiance? 🤣

6 minutes ago, arphethean said:

A bit late for Christmas, chocolate coins! 

A very unique arrival today. 

One of the cleverest adapted coins I've ever seen

Have you tried to bite into it to make sure it's real chocolate?