Falcon1985

Hi Guys!

As lots of us on 24.04 I queued up on the Royal Mint website to get a hold of my SOTD sovereign and 9500 people in front of me and 9 mins later I was in. I put my sovereign in the basket and paid for it. I got confirmation email and as of right now I do have my order in process on the Royal Mint website! I felt so lucky and was eagerly waiting for my sovereign. however I just logged into my bank account and noticed that for some reason the payment was not taken and the money is not missing from my account. it was held as a pending payment and now was not taken apparently! I am getting quite upset what is happening. I did not get any other email from Royal Mint! anyone knows what to expect or happened this to any of you?🤨

I found 2023 King Charles III Coronation 1/40oz Gold Proof coin still available on this website for 99£ if somebody wants to buy it!

https://www.cpmcoins.com/p-929F/UK-23-King-Charles-III-Coronation-1%2f40th-oz-Au.aspx

I found 2023 King Charles III Coronation 1/40oz Gold Proof coin still available on this website for 99£ if somebody wants to buy it!

https://www.cpmcoins.com/p-929F/UK-23-King-Charles-III-Coronation-1%2f40th-oz-Au.aspx

2 minutes ago, Paul said:

https://www.ebay.co.uk/sch/i.html?_from=R40&_trksid=p2334524.m570.l1313&_nkw=struck+on+day&_sacat=0&LH_TitleDesc=0&rt=nc&_odkw=strike+on+day+&_osacat=0&LH_PrefLoc=2&LH_Complete=1&LH_Sold=1

SOTD went this morning buy it now £1495

There was another one sold for 1700£

5 minutes ago, Bullionaire said:

Maybe a bit late, but topcashback has 4.25% on the royal mint for online purchases. Might be useful for some 

Yes that is a good idea and I was also thinking to use it but I did not wanna risk to lose any time and get out of the queue or anything. Otherwise if you are not in hurry to purchase anything quickly it is a good option indeed!

You just have to get to royal mint website from topcashback!

47 minutes ago, JohnV66 said:

Over a month has passed since the 2023 proof Britannia's went on sale and there's still dreck left unsold even with extremely low mintages. Apparently just 970 1/4oz are being issued and they're having trouble shifting them. Kinda telling what the masses think.

They have only 3 pieces of 1oz silver Proof left apparently! And was already sold out! Hence probably these were sent back or Customers changed their mind! But the 1/4 oz gold yes they still have 89! I ordered the 1/4 gold and platinum but had to send them back. I did not ask for replacement but could still order if i change my mind. Except the platinum! I was happy with the design anyway it looked much better than on the pictures

On 06/04/2023 at 20:51, Britannia47 said:

Hope you get a good one.  Mine looks fine, as you can see from avatar.  In case you haven’t seen photos already posted elsewhere, here’s a couple….

I decided to send back mine cos of black dots around the chest of the horse! i did not ask for replacement! I will decide later they still have them in stock!

Well I just received my coins today and sadly I have to send both of them back!😒

11 hours ago, goldhunter said:

Received the Platinum version today. Obverse is  badly pitted so I will be returning it, hope yours turns up in better condition.

In fact I have had a very poor run of defective coins from the Royal Mint.

As well as the Pt Brit I have returned the following in the last week.

Memorial sovereign 5 coin set, which was a replacement for a previous set, it was clearly someone elses return.

The Petition crown both the 2oz gold and silver sets.

 

Yeah it is a bit of headache indeed! I will see how my platinum coin will arrive tomorrow!🙃

10 hours ago, Britannia47 said:

Yes. Even if I could afford it, a multi-buy would involve too much stress & bother, what with all the QC uncertainty issues, as being experienced by goldhunter for example, plus sleepless nights worrying about grading. So far I’ve been lucky and not had to return anything. I only buy to collect. Will probably get a Coronation sovereign though…..

Once again, Good-luck.

Yes Because of their quality issues It is always a bit of gamble to order anything. Fortunately you can return them back if they are proof coins! Well I hope that I will be lucky with these coins. I am also looking forward to the coronation sovereigns.

I have not seen any photos yet thanks! It looks great indeed! Did you buy only 1/4 oz gold?

I know that not everyone likes or liked this coin when it was released and Also myself is not quite sure what to expect when I can see the coin in real life! I ordered the 1/4oz gold and platinum like a month ago and just got the email from RM saying that

it will be delivered in 2 days time. I am looking forward to it. Once I see them I will decide what to do with them. the platinum had very low mintage number 200. Has anyone else bought any of these coin and got the email?

If somebody is interested I can share pictures when it is arrived!

I wish it was 1/4 oz I would go for it! Beautiful set indeed!

7 minutes ago, Darr3nG said:

@Falcon1985 - I'm one of many happy customers on here, who deal with Dave on a regular basis for conservation and grading.

Thanks we already went through the  details in private and for sure I will take his service soon

42 minutes ago, GoldDiggerDave said:

@Falcon1985 I have submitted 100's of Jubilee sovereigns and 98-99% have got 70's, but theres no guarantee how a coin will grade I've got 12-13 PF70UC  proof 1/2 Jubilee sovereigns in my collection that I will hold as I feel these will do very well over time.   

 

 

 

 

 

Thank you for your answer.  I would like to hold it as well and later on I will see when I send it to get it graded. It was just a bit off putting when I saw it first but still  may be a chance to get a good grade I guess. What is your recommendation to get it graded? NGC? Also what should I expect as a cost for it. I saw their pricing on their website but looked a bit confusing to me.

Any suggestion would be appreciated!

7 minutes ago, James32 said:

Good price and I've seen worse get pf70, but I've also seen better get pf69 unfortunately. Nobody can tell to a grade beforehand, not even the world renowned grader @GoldDiggerDave lol

Thank you for your comment! I did not expect anyone to tell me if this coin could get that grade but probably you guys have seen more examples.

I have seen posts with worse pictures. I may keep it and when I decide to get it graded I will see how it goes. I am afraid I would only get another one that is even worse than this.

39 minutes ago, Spyder said:

Welcome to the forum.

I am no expert on grading but no one can guarantee you a coin that will get pf70. There are other experts who know more. Good luck

36 minutes ago, CazLikesCoins said:

Are all the scratch marks on the coin or the capsule?  I'd be a bit unhappy with it to be honest with you if on the coin. 

These:

There is no scratch whatsoever that is only the capsule! thanks for your comment!

Hi guys!

I would like to know others opinion about this coin that I purchased a few days ago! I am new to collecting coins and also newbie here as I just joined today to Silver Forum!

I hope this is the right place to come up this kind of questions or topics! I was looking for a jubilee half proof sovereign since I also bought the memorial proof sovereign last week.

I have just a few coins and in the future I would like to get them graded as well. However I do not know if I should keep this one because of these issues on the pictures. With naked eyes hardly visible and 

I saw that unfortunately lots of us had these kind of issues with Royal mint. Any advice appreciated. I just do not know if this is bad enough not to get a grade of 70 or better if I replace it for another one.

Also I paid 355£ for this as I think it was a kind of good price for it. You can correct me with this as well if I am not right.

Many thanks guys