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And everyone on TSF breathes a collective sigh of relief (heard all the way Down Under). 😆

And everyone on TSF breathes a collective sigh of relief (heard all the way Down Under). 😆

And everyone on TSF breathes a collective sigh of relief (heard all the way Down Under). 😆

And everyone on TSF breathes a collective sigh of relief (heard all the way Down Under). 😆

Thank f**** for that, I was on the hook for twelve of them 😆 

This is great to read. Surely, this is what it’s all about. Another generation discovering a grandparents collection and enjoying learning all about it. Hopefully doing well out of it as well but nice to read stories like this that aren’t just about accumulation of wealth 👍🏼

£60 for that set hehehheheh. Your granddad left you something amazing for sure. 

Being a made up set might make sense as I found this too (the coin envelope was empty and I was hoping I hadn't lost it but it might be in here)! 

Your granddad had a lovely choice and the 1887 set is one that immediately stands out.
The 1951 Festival of Britain and the Coronation / Jubilee medals also stand out.
I’m sure you’ll enjoy cataloguing them. 🙂

Your granddad had a lovely choice and the 1887 set is one that immediately stands out.
The 1951 Festival of Britain and the Coronation / Jubilee medals also stand out.
I’m sure you’ll enjoy cataloguing them. 🙂

Some time ago, a few years before he passed away during the first covid wave at 96 years old (he was playing golf six months before!) I received a collection of coins from my grandad. He didn't tell me much about them at all other than that he enjoyed collecting and ordering them. As well as these there are lots, and lots of others I may have questions about but these are the boxed ones, some of which contain gold coins so if it's okay I'll post them here and ask later on the silver forum about the other peculiar individual silver ones he had (as well as loads of the old silver half crowns, sixpences and all sorts of other stuff). 

Any comments, advice etc on any of them are welcomed, even if it turns out some are copies, not collectable, junk etc. I won't take offence. I have just started going through them and find them fascinating. Looking to do a bit of collecting and stacking after reading up on it all and am looking forward to the journey!

There are a lot so I have created a shared an imgur photos album and have linked the main overhead shots of these selected coins/sets here as an overview. Can take more pics of reverses etc if it helps!  

Here is a link to the shared album with some shots of each set. https://imgur.com/a/drDpW5u


Thanks!

Also possibly of interest are a couple of newspaper clippings he had.
Here's one that's a snapshot of the time
 
 

Looks like Pistrucci’s forte was definitely medallic, and not just the Waterloo!
Superb detail in both these Coronation medals for G1V and Victoria….
 
 

I mean, at this point any video I make will have the following response from The Royal Mint: 

They don't care. They want as much as they can before the gravy train truely ends. 

It most definitely is.

I have written to the RM about both issues (2-coin format and size) but of course they don’t discuss upcoming issues so I’m not really going to hear from them.

It most definitely is.

I have tbh and say a 2 coin set ruins the release for me as it did the petition crown, both of which rely on being reproduced in their original form and that is even more true of the Waterloo Medal. The medal has been produced before in full by the Royal Mint and there have been a number of other limited editions over the years in silver and gold which for me provide better value and a more acurate reproduction?

New pic on the RM’s socials.

https://www.thesilverforum.com/topic/53871-royal-mint-great-engravers-2021-gothic-crown-information/?do=findComment&comment=710317
I had posted this some years back - at least they did one of them so far.
 

1817 Sovereign by Benedetto Pistrucci

 
1845 Prince Albert Medal by William Wyon



1910 Pattern Crown by A G Wyon

 
1935 Silver Jubilee Crown by Percy Metcalfe

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Kinda shows the whimsical subjectivity of grading I suppose...
Nice coin though, inside or outside the slab.

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