Today I Received.....

[James32]

Big thanks to @Tn21 for today's arrival's.

[paulmerton]

On 15/10/2022 at 10:09, paulmerton said:

Fresh from the mint.... 🤮

After returning the above coin due to all the milkspots, I have now received the replacement from the mint...

What the...!

 

[GoldDiggerDave]

19 minutes ago, paulmerton said:

After returning the above coin due to all the milkspots, I have now received the replacement from the mint...

What the...!

 

I do think they have nailed the snow effect! 

[GoldStatue]

Have they have employed Stevie Wonder in the QC department? 😀 

It's a shame because the design doesn't look too bad to me.

 

[Charliemouse]

2 hours ago, GoldDiggerDave said:

I do think they have nailed the snow effect! 

Yes, I was about to say they've got autumn and winter in the same scene.

Seriously though, that's ridiculous.  They obviously aren't even looking at what they send out.

[paulmerton]

2 minutes ago, Charliemouse said:

Yes, I was about to say they've got autumn and winter in the same scene.

Seriously though, that's ridiculous.  They obviously aren't even looking at what they send out.

It seems especially bad considering I made it very clear to them how disappointed I was that someone had not even looked at the first coin before sending it to me in that state.

The ironic thing is that this coin was supposed to be a free gesture to make up for having to get my strike your own sovereign replaced with one they will strike, and whilst refusing to refund the difference in cost. I dread to think how that's going to pan out now.

[Solachesis]

Today I received this 1/4 Azadi from Bullion by post.

To be honest, I'm pretty livid. They charged a hefty premium for a coin which quite frankly, looks to be in terrible condition. I wouldn't be surprised if no one wanted to buy this if it was listed for sale on the forum. 

Numismatic value is essentially moot, this looks like scrap/spot gold. 

Really not having a successful week 

[JamesH]

Have to say the speed of delivery from Gerrards was exceptional. Ordered to received in less than 24 hours 👍🏼

Edited November 1, 2022 by JamesH
Dyslexic fingers

[ArgentSmith]

8 minutes ago, Solachesis said:

Today I received this 1/4 Azadi from Bullion by post.

 

Thats scrap, I dealt with them once, once only for me.

Edited November 1, 2022 by ArgentSmith

[Solachesis]

5 minutes ago, ArgentSmith said:

Thats scrap, I dealt with them once, once only for me.

Just calculated the premium, oof. For a coin in decent condition, I would have been happy, I've wanted this for ages but haven't managed to find one. 

It wasn't even their only one in stock, they are still available, so the fact that they sent this annoys me even more.

I'm going to write to their sales team, because imo it's unacceptable to flog this for the premium they charged.

[James32]

2 minutes ago, Solachesis said:

Just calculated the premium, oof. For a coin in decent condition, I would have been happy, I've wanted this for ages but haven't managed to find one. 

It wasn't even their only one in stock, they are still available, so the fact that they sent this annoys me even more.

I'm going to write to their sales team, because imo it's unacceptable to flog this for the premium they charged.

£76 a gram? I'd want it delivered by horse drawn carriage. 

That's really unfortunate. 

[FFposh]

11 minutes ago, JamesH said:

Have to say the speed of delivery from Gerrards was exceptional. Ordered to received in less than 24 hours 👍🏼

As a matter of interest, I ordered 3 of these from Gerrard's last week and for the second time they were all without capsules. Did yours come in these caps?? The photos on the website would certainly suggest they would come in capsules.

At least they complied with my request to come in individual bags this time  after my 1/10s turned up in the same bag.

Nice haul of course👍

 

[James32]

Just now, FFposh said:

As a matter of interest, I ordered 3 of these from Gerrard's last week and for the second time they were all without capsules. Did yours come in these caps?? The photos on the website would certainly suggest they would come in capsules.

At least they complied with my request to come in individual bags this time  after my 1/10s turned up in the same bag.

Nice haul of course👍

 

All my lions and yales were in same bag loose, specifically requested either safe flips or separate bags on next order. Nope still all together. 

Great price and swift service, thankfully nodamage to note. But I'd dread ordering a 1oz gold coin from them. 

[Solachesis]

8 minutes ago, James32 said:

£76 a gram? I'd want it delivered by horse drawn carriage. 

That's really unfortunate. 

I didn't calculate it by gram but my terrible maths worked it out to a 64% premium, spot @ 1416.64 when I ordered, cost £137.40, 1.82 grams of gold 

Edit: £75.49 a gram lol

Edited November 1, 2022 by Solachesis
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[James32]

3 minutes ago, Solachesis said:

I didn't calculate it by gram but my terrible maths worked it out to a 64% premium, spot @ 1416.64 when I ordered, cost £137.40, 1.82 grams of gold 

Edit: £75.49 a gram lol

Gold is up a little, so hopefully that works in your favour 🙏 and they accept a return/replacement. 

[FFposh]

7 minutes ago, James32 said:

All my lions and yales were in same bag loose, specifically requested either safe flips or separate bags on next order. Nope still all together. 

Great price and swift service, thankfully nodamage to note. But I'd dread ordering a 1oz gold coin from them. 

Not sure whether I'm glad it's not just me, if you get my drift🤷.

Wouldn't be hard not to lump them all in together, just to give the appearance of giving a sh*t??

 

[JamesH]

24 minutes ago, FFposh said:

As a matter of interest, I ordered 3 of these from Gerrard's last week and for the second time they were all without capsules. Did yours come in these caps?? The photos on the website would certainly suggest they would come in capsules.

At least they complied with my request to come in individual bags this time  after my 1/10s turned up in the same bag.

Nice haul of course👍

 

These were spare RM caps I had lying around, that I’ve put them in. They all turned up in individual little plastic bags inside one larger plastic bag

[FFposh]

4 minutes ago, JamesH said:

These were spare RM caps I had lying around, that I’ve put them in. They all turned up in individual little plastic bags inside one larger plastic bag

👍 Relatively lucky then, assuming you hadn't asked for individual bags!!🤔

[JamesH]

7 minutes ago, FFposh said:

👍 Relatively lucky then, assuming you hadn't asked for individual bags!!🤔

Nope. Hadn’t given it a thought, naively assuming they’d turn up in a cheap capsule

[Petra]

45 minutes ago, Solachesis said:

Just calculated the premium, oof. For a coin in decent condition, I would have been happy, I've wanted this for ages but haven't managed to find one. 

It wasn't even their only one in stock, they are still available, so the fact that they sent this annoys me even more.

I'm going to write to their sales team, because imo it's unacceptable to flog this for the premium they charged.

This is terrible, I will say that I have bought one on here before and they do pop up quite often, there are a couple of people who get them in. 

[FFposh]

11 minutes ago, JamesH said:

Nope. Hadn’t given it a thought, naively assuming they’d turn up in a cheap capsule

Yep, I thought so too!

[richatthecroft]

Received today.  A bold portrait of the boy King, a 1551- 1553 Edward VI Shilling, ex- Spink.  And a 1574 Elizabeth II Sixpence.

 

Hammer time 🔨

[Earthmetal]

My first post in this section, as I usually forget to take any photographs...

Nothing special by any means. What's interesting for me is that this is my first ever 1/10oz Brit as I thought the premiums were too high and they'd be too small to be interesting. Well, I actually really like this little coin, it's very nicely minted, and cost just £169 from Gerrards.

Also from them is this Half-Sov at £186.

Starting to like tiddlers

[Ducat916]

23 minutes ago, richatthecroft said:

Received today.  A bold portrait of the boy King, a 1551- 1553 Edward VI Shilling, ex- Spink.  And a 1574 Elizabeth II Sixpence.

 

Hammer time 🔨

Wow, stunning coins! That's quite some collection you've got - congrats 👏 

[Leonmarsh]

Indian head 5 dollars with nice detail to the head dress 

 

 

 

 

Edited November 2, 2022 by Leonmarsh