Fivepoundfred

There are very few people that i would buy a raw high value coin from on Ebay, far too risky and seen so many get shafted then have a nightmare trying to resolve. I only buy raw after veiwing in person unless there is a solid no quibble returns process in place, which is certainly not the case with Ebay !

Several of the gold proof five pound coins have a plain edge with inscription, recent issues include the Queens 95th birthday and William Wordsworth.

Regarding Queue it, this is a quote from their website, not sure if particular users can tweak or adjust the system of operation or if it just a standard ? Prevent early visitors from overwhelming your site and neutralize any advantage to arriving early. Visitors arriving before the start of a scheduled sale or registration will see a countdown page. Once it starts, these visitors are randomized just like a raffle and put in the waiting room. Visitors who arrive later get a first-come, first-served place in line.

Unfortunately the Royal Mint model has changed considerably over recent years. Their interest in private collectors has dwindled with time and their priority is with big spenders, bulk buyers and associates and i have seen this reflected very clearly by my account managers over a period of time. You can fully understand this business model because at the end of the day it is all about money, just a shame that collectors have been sidelined as a result of it.

I did not understand the SP designation, this is the NGC explanation from thier site - the US Mint has occasionally produced coins that fall short of the definition for actual Proofs yet are clearly superior to the normal currency issues. In past generations, such pieces were routinely described as Proofs by coin dealers and catalogers. Since the 1960s, these would-be Proof coins have gradually become accepted under the term "Specimen," which is abbreviated SP on the NGC certification label.

Still looking for a few £5 coins which are proving to be elusive at the right price so diverted to buying some Sov's and continued with my US mint HR collection.

The Royal Mint has it's KPI's listed on page 28 of their 2021 anuual report which is quite a long winded document and i have not read it in detail. There is mention of them trying to achieve objectives based on delivery time but i can't see any mention of quality of product, quality control or production based issues. There are one or two other interesting facts stated in the report including a reference to one of their UK partners.

Unfortunately this has been going on for some time, in fact two or three years. A couple of years ago i ordered a gold five pound from them and when the postie handed it to me the parcel had a rattle and i feared the worst. I sent the coin back and had a serious rant and with subsequent orders they had started putting extra foam packing inside the case that stopped the coin from escaping from it's capsule. Not the best of solutions but it seemed to work, the old screw capsule was far superior.

Had to raid my Mrs pillowcase for a few £50 notes to get the set but i think it was worth it, obviously she did not agree ! Working on a fivepound collage

My set will be not be going for grading, personally i prefer the sets to remain in thier original case / box. They may be worth more in a 70 grade but they just look so good in their walnut case.

WTF !! However the obverse certainly looks better than the reverse !

This person is actually admitting selling fakes in his reply to poor feedback ! Not sure why Ebay have not shut this seller down for good ?

You could try selling on this forum ?

I have just ordered a coin from the USA and i believe that unforunately it will be shipped with Fedex. I managed to some degree infiltrate Fedex and get some info that hopefully will aid the shipping / import process, they can actually be very helpful when you get hold of the right person. Anyway watch this space and if it works i will reveal, i am not getting too excited as there is still a chance the parcel will end up in Outer Mongolia and they try to charge me 500% tax / duty !

The 2002 Golden Jubilee £5 had a Lizzy on horseback, will be interesting to see if there are any comparisons to that coin ?

There is a PCGS article based on Tuvalu coins - https://www.pcgs.com/news/why-are-there-so-many-coins-from-tuvalu

Quite a few panthers turning up today. Received my flawless 5oz and it is really stunning. Very rarely buy silver and not used to handling coins of this size !

Yes and if the police understood the law it would have saved £5000 of taxpayers money, which they should have done. There are also implications with legal tender regarding VAT exemptions on gold coins, that is if the coin is not on the list.

I did ask the Royal mint about their high security no leak policy on new releases and the answer given was to avoid " unfair competition " - whatever that means ? There could be many interpretations for this statement but i suspect in many cases it actually creates " unfair competition " rather than resolving it !

Luckily my RM acc manager phoned me about one minute after i joined the very long queue so i manged to get what i wanted. Hopefully the same thing will happen when the next engraver coin comes out but i won't be putting any money on that happening ! I think the beast coins will always be a fairly good buy and will always be popular but as BYB said you will probably have to hold them for a while. The RM see this range as a long term regular winner for them and i think the popularity was shown by the mini stampede on the website this morning.

This issue must be extremely frustrating to deal with bearing in mind that there is a UK goverment issued document that clearly states the coins that are exempt from VAT and why Fedex appear to be ignorant to this government document ? I know many companies now employ robotic staff working from a crib sheet to process their admin and paperwork that have no knowledge regarding exemptions from the basic application, this is certainly now true with my line of work in aviation and probably also with Fedex ? Personally i try to always insist on using UPS as i have never had a problem with them using the gold declation form that a previous post mentioned.

To the best of my knowledge there is no service available where you request minimum grade for initial grading. However if you crossover for example from PCGS to NGC you can request that the coin does not cross at a lower grade so that it at least holds it present grade.

Only have a few silver coins and luckily they have remained problem free.

Personally i take the glass half full view, paid £250 from the mint and the coin is now worth multiple times that amount. Have not graded any of mine yet and as a collector i will be holding them for quite some time so no rush. I would expect the coins to slowly increase in value once the flipping stampede is well and truly over. Also EIC will soon be releasing their versions which includes a one and two ounce gold and silver proof into the market, but as a previous post mentioned nothing will better the RM originals.