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I would still have them.
I am going to get 48 monks together for a raid.

I thought that was the QC department playing Gothic Crown tiddly winks again @westminstrel👀 Look at the damage to them!

Just of the phone with telesales ( lovely girl)
She has secured my 2oz potrait and should be shipped in 10-15 days🙂
Here comes the awkward part 😅 I or anyone else should never have received two quartered arms ( a system flaw on the day) so she can only promise me one potrait. 
She did say she will try(after every buyer has been given a chance at the quartered arms ) to secure me another.
If I'm honest I was half expecting this outcome going into the phone call and im fine with it ( worst case I can choose the best quartered arms I have for the set) then turn flipper for a day with the other 🤣
 

There is a lot of anxiety in the air today. 
Please, please, please.........just ring the Royal Mint and give them your account number (you all have one as you cannot order a coin without it) and ask them for the position in respect of the Gothic Portrait. I do NOT know what the Mint's policy is on the second issue, but if what people on here say is true, then they will look at your account, confirm you have the Quartered Arms and offer you the Portrait if you DO NOT have the continuation. If you have the continuation, then just sit back and wait for the notification and then coin to arrive.
Sorry if this is patronising, but there are surely more things to be worried about at the moment than this - especially when you can easily resolve your questions by calling the Mint. 
Like @GoldDiggerDavesays, be kind to each other. I know I am a leftie hippy, but kindness goes a long way. 

No….seriously……I don’t think you will get it. 

Hold the line chaps

Hold the line chaps

Hold the line chaps

Hold the line chaps

The dynamic of the market changes with every release now, cos Una and lion went mental ( once) hoping for it to happen again
The sad truth is the majority of proof coins bought direct from RM at RRP are going to lose you money, fact. If you bought every release
The main ones making bank are RM selling them in the first place
 

Keep the faith!.......A few people are being shaken out of this tree as the pair can be expensive to hold.  Don't get me wrong these can be a whole stack of candy to hold especially some of the larger golds.       

Can the RM please make a capsule that fits correctly

Incredibly well said Gordy

Oh my goodness! What have they done!!

Incredibly well said Gordy

Can the RM please make a capsule that fits correctly

Do we know this is the end of the Great Engravers series?
Despite all the stress and hullabaloo I do like the series.
There was a rumour here some time back that it isn’t the end, and the next coin is the Petition Crown or something.
I had hoped they would do William Wyon’s St. George and the Dragon… but they’ve definitely confirmed that the Gothic Crown ends the “trilogy” of his work. 😭

I see it as with the British Monarchs. Start low, get a momentum going then you can slowly increase the mintages, whilst carefully walking the the fine line.
Alternatively, if they had of went mental with the mintages, it wouldn't have sold out and potentially put the whole series on a bad footing. Think seymour panther, I don't think that has sold out yet, and the next one will be soon.
I think they will continue to increase the mintages of the great engravers series, assuming this isn't the end.
I consider the gothic coin portrait the same coin, so I am hoping they don't increase the mintages.
If they do, and they double it, that's a big number in the context of the great engravers. I think that will potentially mean future releases will slide further down the special category.
Imagine all of the great engravers were unlimited mintage ? Would there be anywhere near as much fuss / desirability ?
 
 

I agree it might make sense to you but the whole series has ever increasing mintages, and if the mintage is the same pretty sure everything is sold. So why wouldn't they up the mintage?
It might seem a bit "out there" but @MancunianStacker makes a good point. Everyone is happy all those who got the quartered arms get the set and the collectors who want the opportunity to own the portrait get what they want! Win for the royal mint and Win for the collectors, Win Win 🥳

No email for me either.
Just a thought 💭 
What if the RM are minting more of the portraits than the Quartered Arms. 🤔 They can sell the full allocation to everyone who bought the Quarter plus double the mintage of the Portrait for those who just want the Portrait coin 😱 

We are all flippers in the end, just depends what station  we jump off the 'to the moon' Choo Choo train!!! 

Nice post, I am both a collector and flipper and indeed anyone can be both, my collection is for coins and bars I like and sets I want to collect and whenever I get an opportunity to flip a premium coin I will without remorse as I have an attitude that if I can't flip it I will keep it as I only buy coins I like and am prepared to keep. Take the new coin out for example.
I dont like the design as i think it looks rough and damaged even though it isnt but that's my opinion so I didnt get one and dont worry about getting pne but any coins that I flip for a decent return doesnt get spent on beer, it gets spent on buying more PM's as it is a nice way of adding to the treasure without using finances that could be better used elsewhere and it keeps my missus sweet knowing I'm not blowing money that should be for food or paying bills lol
Flippers tend not to be poor as a poor man would not be able to fund a 1oz, 2oz, 5oz and 10oz in one go as some member stated flippers are poor...
Anyway.... a decent portion of my treasure chest is made up of flipped profits and i'm happy i have been able to do it this way with no risk to my portfolio..
Happy hunting and all that...  

Despite being one of the poor buggers who missed out on the first release, I think this is a great thing that RM are doing.
Makes you wonder if they will do the same for the new Monarch series. I was amazed when folk said there was no continuity option with it 

No email for me yet. Concerned face!

Agreed @NewCoins. People’s motives are their own, and as I’m learning more about all this, I’m beginning to get perspective and not get so mired down by losing out that I also lose my joy of collecting. In the end they’re just coins. There will always be something new (or old!) to collect. And there’s life beyond collecting. 🙂