shaunscoins

I'm really drawn to the 50p design - the 1953 coronation crown design looks surprisingly nice on the 50p shape. I think someone said before about the jubilee 50p being a nice bookend to have this year, I could see this pair - the platinum jubilee and the inaugural Charles III coin looking nice together in a two coin NGC or PCGS holder such as the below. Especially if there is a nice commemorative label that can be associated with it.

I had a nosey and it seems that the jubilee 50p and £5 in cupronickel are 3 month waits for delivery. Assuming they weren't that prior to today, I imagine the high queue numbers may have been people who don't typically collect either having the notion to get something commemorative that is official (a Royal Mint coin), or trying to make a quick quid in turning them around?

My Yale has just arrived. I had warmed to the design so quite disappointed with a noticeable ding on the field of the reverse. Given the mess up here with the pricing, the messing around with the display box, I think I'm just going to return this for a refund and cancel my subscription to the series. I blows my mind how negligent the RM are with quality control. To buy a proof coin is to expect top quality. And to have proofs with such large and reflective fields as this series does, any slight imperfection sticks out like a sore thumb. On the box, I had been looking forward to assembling a collection from scratch myself and having it build up in the box over time. As a collector who is only a couple of years in, this was to be part of the fun for me. But my trust in the mint is not high anymore. I think I'll be sticking to some nice older coins (with the possible exception of the modern sovereign...) while the mint gets its act together.

As a gay coin collector, I’m more than a little disappointed with the reception this coin has had here. Firstly, I'm actually pretty happy with the overall design. I can’t be alone in that I expected a dumpster fire of ideas but it’s come together pretty succinctly. Given the royal mint’s recent offerings, this has fallen in the “oh thank the lord it’s fine” category!! More importantly though, this is a means of celebrating a deeply important moment in LGBT+ peoples history - a history most of us had to learn for ourselves given it was illegal to be taught we were valid human beings at school (see section 28/2A). Jokes about “identifying” as this or that may seem flippant to yourselves, but to the people who live those lives it’s anything but. I won’t entertain all comments but I will say I’m not the only LGBT+ coin collector who dreaded opening social media today. And shockingly enough, a fair amount of LGBT+ persons are coin collectors. I value this forum as a place of numismatic discussion, not a way of societally punching down. Again - I’m disappointed. 🏳️‍🌈✊🏻🏳️‍⚧️

After a short queue time this morning I ended up not buying anything. The designs just aren’t strong enough - even though I like the theme and what they’re trying to do, it just doesn’t pop. I might pick up the brilliant uncirculated 1oz silver version down the line. I think both 2021 designs were very strong, and these coins just can’t compete with that as far as grabbing my attention and making me want to buy.

The gimmick of it does nothing for me. When I’ve been looking at picking up the odd graded coin from eBay, etc. I actively search around for the standard label if I can find it to keep everything consistent.

Damn, I worried as much. I hope I don’t have any issues returning as they’ve been with me a few weeks now! I’m quite gutted as I really am enjoying the designs of this series and was hoping to be able to complete the reverse proof set.

I wonder if anyone who has had milk spotting issues with reverse proofs can confirm for me that this is what I'm seeing in this photograph? I took out my panther reverse proof set to admire and noticed a blemish that I didn't see when I first received it. I haven't opened the capsules, so my instinct is telling me that it is a developing milk spot from something picked up in its time at the mint?

I have not been disappointed. This design pops beautifully in reverse, and having both together is just an excellent set. I really wish there had been a continuity option for this presentation!

I'm glad it has slipped under the radar! I've been trying to keep myself focused on what I'm interested in adding to my collection rather than getting caught up in the hype and FOMO of series that may be more lucrative to be in on but aren't what I'm really interested in. I personally loved the panther design so I'm super excited to see it pop in reverse proof. That being said, were it not for the sheer onslaught of releases I might be looking into a few more things.

This was an unusually smooth experience. Quick access to the site, products available, and allegedly will be with me tomorrow. Who is this company and what have they done with the Royal Mint?! 🤣 This was one I've been looking forward to for a wee while now so I'm glad to not have had a long stressful queue today.

Does anyone have any insight into when the Seymour Panther reverse proof set is likely to be released? The mint just says "coming soon" - it's always helpful to be able to budget ahead! 😂

Thank you! And from seeing the panda in your profile picture, that is one of the silver rabbit holes I'm currently falling down! 🤣

Hi All 👋 I'm new to the forum and generally speaking a relatively new collector. Started off with some thematically organised bunc coins and very quickly ended up down the precious metals rabbit hole! Mostly focusing on interesting silver coins with my first toe dip into the gold water coming this sovereign season. Shaun

I think point 2 here would absolutely minimise time wasted waiting in a queue only to find no items when you get access to the website. It might also reduce some clogging if people aren't interested in what's left to let them duck out of the queue so those further back but do want things (e.g. 2oz silver) can stick around. Point 1 is something I wish they would consider - this could easily be included in the pre-release information email. Even better, it could be released a reasonable time in advance to help with budgeting and weighing up where I'd like to focus my collection!