BackyardBullion

I've just received 4 separate parcels from them royal mint. I was not expecting this and I can't think what they're all for?!

How did you know I used to work for the RM?

Don't drop the coin while getting it into the new capsule though!

Well, my half has arrived....
Low and behold the capsule was open AGAIN.

A follow up email has been sent to the Exec team at The Royal Mint 
FORTUNATLEY 
Under 7x magnification it looks pretty perfect so am feeling pretty lucky
Another annoying thing is that there was a QC sticker ON THE CAPSULE!

This left a dirty smudge which after a bit of elbow grease came off but still - the sheer irony of a QC sticker being ON THE CAPSULE and the capsule being loose is hilarious. 
Let me tell you, I am eagerly awaiting the outcome of my emails to the exec office!

Now, some lovely photos of the half!


 

Well, my half has arrived....
Low and behold the capsule was open AGAIN.

A follow up email has been sent to the Exec team at The Royal Mint 
FORTUNATLEY 
Under 7x magnification it looks pretty perfect so am feeling pretty lucky
Another annoying thing is that there was a QC sticker ON THE CAPSULE!

This left a dirty smudge which after a bit of elbow grease came off but still - the sheer irony of a QC sticker being ON THE CAPSULE and the capsule being loose is hilarious. 
Let me tell you, I am eagerly awaiting the outcome of my emails to the exec office!

Now, some lovely photos of the half!


 

Its shocking that its getting worse... According to my account.. I was to receive the Sovereign and 1/2 Sov today... but got the 1/2 and the three coin set... so not only is QA poor the accounting onsite is just as bad...

Well, my half has arrived....
Low and behold the capsule was open AGAIN.

A follow up email has been sent to the Exec team at The Royal Mint 
FORTUNATLEY 
Under 7x magnification it looks pretty perfect so am feeling pretty lucky
Another annoying thing is that there was a QC sticker ON THE CAPSULE!

This left a dirty smudge which after a bit of elbow grease came off but still - the sheer irony of a QC sticker being ON THE CAPSULE and the capsule being loose is hilarious. 
Let me tell you, I am eagerly awaiting the outcome of my emails to the exec office!

Now, some lovely photos of the half!


 

Well, my half has arrived....
Low and behold the capsule was open AGAIN.

A follow up email has been sent to the Exec team at The Royal Mint 
FORTUNATLEY 
Under 7x magnification it looks pretty perfect so am feeling pretty lucky
Another annoying thing is that there was a QC sticker ON THE CAPSULE!

This left a dirty smudge which after a bit of elbow grease came off but still - the sheer irony of a QC sticker being ON THE CAPSULE and the capsule being loose is hilarious. 
Let me tell you, I am eagerly awaiting the outcome of my emails to the exec office!

Now, some lovely photos of the half!


 

Well, my half has arrived....
Low and behold the capsule was open AGAIN.

A follow up email has been sent to the Exec team at The Royal Mint 
FORTUNATLEY 
Under 7x magnification it looks pretty perfect so am feeling pretty lucky
Another annoying thing is that there was a QC sticker ON THE CAPSULE!

This left a dirty smudge which after a bit of elbow grease came off but still - the sheer irony of a QC sticker being ON THE CAPSULE and the capsule being loose is hilarious. 
Let me tell you, I am eagerly awaiting the outcome of my emails to the exec office!

Now, some lovely photos of the half!


 

Well, my half has arrived....
Low and behold the capsule was open AGAIN.

A follow up email has been sent to the Exec team at The Royal Mint 
FORTUNATLEY 
Under 7x magnification it looks pretty perfect so am feeling pretty lucky
Another annoying thing is that there was a QC sticker ON THE CAPSULE!

This left a dirty smudge which after a bit of elbow grease came off but still - the sheer irony of a QC sticker being ON THE CAPSULE and the capsule being loose is hilarious. 
Let me tell you, I am eagerly awaiting the outcome of my emails to the exec office!

Now, some lovely photos of the half!


 

Well, my half has arrived....
Low and behold the capsule was open AGAIN.

A follow up email has been sent to the Exec team at The Royal Mint 
FORTUNATLEY 
Under 7x magnification it looks pretty perfect so am feeling pretty lucky
Another annoying thing is that there was a QC sticker ON THE CAPSULE!

This left a dirty smudge which after a bit of elbow grease came off but still - the sheer irony of a QC sticker being ON THE CAPSULE and the capsule being loose is hilarious. 
Let me tell you, I am eagerly awaiting the outcome of my emails to the exec office!

Now, some lovely photos of the half!


 

Well, my half has arrived....
Low and behold the capsule was open AGAIN.

A follow up email has been sent to the Exec team at The Royal Mint 
FORTUNATLEY 
Under 7x magnification it looks pretty perfect so am feeling pretty lucky
Another annoying thing is that there was a QC sticker ON THE CAPSULE!

This left a dirty smudge which after a bit of elbow grease came off but still - the sheer irony of a QC sticker being ON THE CAPSULE and the capsule being loose is hilarious. 
Let me tell you, I am eagerly awaiting the outcome of my emails to the exec office!

Now, some lovely photos of the half!


 

You know, the more I look at this coin design the more I love it.
It really is so very elegant and special.
I'm an investor in collectables....this will be a hard one to let go one day.

I am over the moon happy now I have a stunning Quintuple!
I will do everything in my power to help you get a perfect one in due course.
If it is any consolation I had an interesting conversation with my account manager today after she rang me to sort out my own set (I had fired off an email the other day about it). She said they would always look to remint where possible to get these sets complete for people - how true that will be is in the balance but I think it is a good attitude. 

You know, the more I look at this coin design the more I love it.
It really is so very elegant and special.
I'm an investor in collectables....this will be a hard one to let go one day.

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The remaining numbered rounds are (Assuming I can simply look at the numbers above and remove the ones that people have requested ):

12, 17, 19, 36, 37, 38, 44, 51, 55, 57, 60, 65, 66, 67, 70, 71,  73, 74

You know, the more I look at this coin design the more I love it.
It really is so very elegant and special.
I'm an investor in collectables....this will be a hard one to let go one day.

Reply already, so I am suitably impressed with this response so far. 
 
Hello and thank you for taking the time to write to both Anne and Leighton regarding the quality challenges experienced on the Sovereign 2022.
Firstly, on behalf of The Royal Mint I wish to apologise that you have needed to write to explain these very poor quality challenges.
I will be organising an immediate review and investigation and will be able to provide an update within the next 24 hours if not before,
My contact detail is listed below and I will be organising the right teams to support this review.
Best wishes

From 1st January dealers in europe would zero rate the sale, meaning you pay 0% tax to them but when it arrives in the UK you pay the 20%.
They won't sort it out quickly, VAT is extremely complicated and any changes or harmonisation will take a long time to negotiate and or implement.
As to getting rid of it, no chance. It will change in name to "purchase tax" or something like that, but it won't change and the rates won't change, if anything they will go up and new taxes implemented on things like gold.
It's too much of a potential money maker for HMrC

Also, businesses in the UK that are not VAT registered will be uncompetitive to European customers. 
Prior to 31st December a business that was NOT Vat registered charged no Vat on products to customers in the EU. 
From 1st January those customers will be charged VAT when the goods are imported into their country. 
It gets worse because if, like my business you were not paying VAT on the raw materials before, you will be forced to procure raw materials with VAT on them now. This means passing on the costs to the customers and price increases. 
So, following through, previously I may have charged £35/oz for my silver. Now I would look to increase this to account for the higher material cost incurred with VAT, so lets call it £40/oz. Then the EU customer is charged VAT on the import - so they are doubly taxed and hit - not to mention the handling fee of €15 that couriers charge to calculate your VAT on import.
Bottom line, it makes small businesses that were underneath the VAT threshold a minimum of 20% less competitive with their prices at a time when we should be doing everything possible to keep our British businesses and entrepreneurs competitive. 
The ignoring of VAT harmonisation has truly made this Brexit deal next to useless and it sickens me to hear politicians herald it as "free trade" when it is nothing but free trade. 
Not to mention all the added bureaucracy and admin work that businesses will have to endure. 
Sorry, that turned into more of a ranty post than intended. 
Its sh it

Any goods entering the UK from 1st January 2021 onwards will have VAT applied to them regardless of the approval of this deal or not. 
It is very unlikely that group purchases from Europe will be saving people enough money to warrant even doing them. 
Yes, you might be able to save £1 - £2 per coin (because UK dealers are still uncompetitive compared to EU sellers) but the added costs of shipping, VAT and postage costs would negate those savings. 
Not to mention I think there will be a greatly reduced appetite for people to even want to buy silver at close to 40% over spot price for the foreseeable future. Certainly when you compare to buying Gold at 3% over spot - makes very little sense to buy silver at all. 
Nationality will make no difference at all. 

No. 68 please 👍

You know, the more I look at this coin design the more I love it.
It really is so very elegant and special.
I'm an investor in collectables....this will be a hard one to let go one day.

You know, the more I look at this coin design the more I love it.
It really is so very elegant and special.
I'm an investor in collectables....this will be a hard one to let go one day.