Stuntman

I think these might look very nice and I'm definitely interested in principle. If the design is nice enough, I'd quite like a 1 oz silver bar in an RM assay card like they did for the Three Graces bars, and maybe a 10 oz silver bar which I would put into a capsule. If it's a really nice design I might consider the 1 oz gold one as well. I'd only be buying them for the pleasure of ownership rather than as an investment, so whether I liked the design enough would be key.

Nothing about it screams fake to me, so I would presume it was genuine. I have one in similar condition - photos for comparison below, if it helps:

For those who are not sure about how these brockage errors can occur, here's a link to the Heritage Auctions website, showing examples of some USA coins with this type of error: https://blog.ha.com/brockage-coin-value-guide-how-much-is-a-brockage-error-coin-worth/ And this is quite informative about how different types of errors can be produced (Brockage errors at the end of the article): https://learn.apmex.com/learning-guide/numismatics/beginners-guide-to-error-coins/

It's a really good example of a full brockage error and I'm sure that it would hold a great deal of appeal to specialist sovereign collectors. Not the kind of thing that I collect personally, but definitely a coin to appreciate. I have no idea of what it might go for, but @dicker may well be in the right ballpark. If someone really wants one, it's going to be a question of 'find me another'.

Unless the price of the coins has moved dramatically, I'd probably cough up for the special delivery and reorder them, ideally through a different dealer who may offer returns, for a similar price. Otherwise I'd probably just grudgingly accept them as bullion coins with imperfections. I have a single one of these in 1oz gold and sadly for me it isn't as perfect in the same area as your coins as I would like it to be, but I wouldn't expect to be offered an exchange or refund on it. The well known dealer would just say it was bullion and in that condition when they received it from the RM.

Perhaps either keep the entire tube as a curiosity element of your collection, or send the entire tube back for a replacement if they accepted that. Personally I'd send them back and get them replaced, but I can see how they are interesting as a collective group. I think a grading company would just mark them down, even though the damage was caused at-mint rather than post-mint.

No real regrets, at least not since I started taking a more serious interest in stacking/collecting PMs about six years ago. I have some physical silver coins and bars, but mostly only for pleasure of ownership rather than to aim to sell at a profit. I'll continue to buy occasional such items if I can justify the money. So far I have only bought new coins/bars and from reputable UK dealers, mostly Atkinsons and Chards but occasionally BBP and SilverTrader, and then the RM if you cannot get get the same item elsewhere (e.g. bullion double sovereigns at the moment). I collect rather than stack, so my main regret is having a few duplicates of coins which at some stage I need to sell, and then reinvest the proceeds into the same physical metal, but different coins.

Mine's scheduled to turn up on Friday, from Chards. I've got the bullion double sov version from the RM already. The one they sent me is acceptably detailed, and it has the helmet streamer on the reverse. whereas the full sov does not.

I find these things easier to work out if you start with how many ounces of fine gold there are in a sovereign. One sovereign contains about 0.2354 oz of pure gold, and a 1/10th oz coin is of course 0.1 oz of pure gold. So you would need 2.354 lots of 1/10 oz coins for the same amount of pure gold as a sovereign. @James32's way of doing it by grams works well too, of course 🙂

Same - I've never seen real-world pictures of that coin in 1 oz before. They were supposed to be making a 1 oz bullion version but I don't think it ever did get released. I hope they actually do release one at some point. I like it in 1/4 oz bullion and would definitely want to add its bigger brother.

Personally I prefer the quintuple ones, then the double ones, then the full ones, then the half ones - and lastly the quarter ones 🙂 As a serious answer, I only have post 1999 sovereigns in my collection (the coppery looking ones) but I wish that they were more golden looking. But I'm currently choosing to buy 999.9 fine gold coins if I want them actually to be golden looking, in preference to buying older sovereigns.

The striking standard and finish on these Brilliant Uncirculated 5 sovereign coins is a considerable step up above the bullion striking standard and finish. I agree with whoever said earlier that the Brilliant Uncirculated matt finish coins are of a similar quality to the matt proof coins. I have some matt BU 5 sov coins and some non-matt BU 5 sov coins. The quality and finish on all of them is very nice indeed, particularly the 2017 and 2018 coins. Agree that they are now somewhat expensive though.

My bullion double sovereign has arrived from the RM and it's quite nice in hand, and the quality is acceptable to me. Waiting on 3 other bullion coronation coins though, one from Atkinsons and two from Chards.

Assuming that the scratch/abrasion is definitely on the coin and not the capsule, I'd contact them via their customer services team and ask for a replacement. Send a photo of the coin showing the flaw in enough detail for them to have to agree with you. Regarding the number available - I suspect that's just how many they have in stock at the moment, rather than anything to do with a mintage limit. They will be unlimited by number, just by time. But given that it may only remain available to order from the RM exclusively, this will have a downward effect on the number they ultimately make and sell. Same with the Memorial bullion double.

At the end of the day, they are bullion coins in slightly fancier packaging and I think it comes down to personal preference rather than there being any real premium attached to the packaging itself. Personally I am not keen on them for bullion coins, but I see the appeal. I just buy the raw coin for my collection and put it into an appropriate Quadrum capsule. Somewhat perversely, I hold the opposite opinion regarding the RM minted bullion bars below 10 oz in weight - I want these in the packaging rather than loose or in a clear capsule. I think that the bars lend themselves to this packaging format, but not the coins. Horses for courses.

Personally I don't think they are worth any more than bullion, given the condition, unless either year/mintmark is particularly rare. (by the way - you've posted in the Silver section, so ideally the mods might move it to the gold section).

I'd probably sort by denomination rather than by reverse design or base metal composition. So for me: 5p coins in one tub, 10p coins in the other.

Buying some new bullion coronation sovereigns this year is unlikely to prove a bad decision in a few years' time. It *should* be a one-off obverse design and is likely to carry a small premium over a normal sovereign coin in the medium term, assuming that we revert to a period of standard G&D reverses and uncrowned obverses for a while. So my advice for buying bullion this year would be to by these sovereigns. If you can stretch to the 1oz crowned Britannia and the 1oz Coronation coin, I don't think you can go wrong here either. Today I ordered a coronation sovereign and the 1oz coronation coin with the CRIII cypher. I intend to add the double sovereign but that's just because I like it, rather than it being a good stacking decision. I'm a collector first and foremost. Am undecided on the coronation Britannia personally, but if money were no object I'd probably add it to my collection as well.

Gold price is fairly low at the moment so it might still be a smart decision to buy sooner rather than later, even if the premiums are a bit higher. We shall see!

I think it's just when the RM has decided to release the bullion range of Coronation PM coins. Nothing otherwise noteworthy about the date, IMO. Personally I'm going to get milked for the bullion sov, double sov and the 1oz bullion coronation coin with the CRIII cypher on it. Didn't go for any of the SOTDs or proofs, so this is my chance to add the crowned portrait to my PM collection 😀

There are probably licensing implications for some or all of those - but yes, good contenders...

Nice coins 🙂 I think the 1881 florin is about EF overall (reverse is better than the obverse), the 1902 crown also about EF (but the contact marks on the reverse detract, as does the patchy toning on the obverse). The 1892 halfcrown has very nice eye appeal (in my opinion) and I'd put it at about GVF overall (obverse better than reverse). The 1900 halfcrown is sometimes weakly struck on the reverse and I think yours is fairly decent, I'd say it was a clear EF or somewhere about AU58-MS60 on the Sheldon scale. None of these coins are particularly rare but they are all decent examples. Which is your favourite of them?

Indeed. Good news on both counts, hopefully. Looking forward to seeing and then owning the 2023 bullion coins.

There are at least two 1945 coins in existence, the second was discovered three years ago... https://www.coinworld.com/news/world-coins/second-known-1945-silver-threepence-is-discovered

For me these items are collectables rather than easily tradeable. The four 10 oz silver coins pictured above are probably the last bits of silver I would part with (or maybe the kilo...) 😃 They are just so nice to hold and enjoy!