2018 Britannia coming down the pike

[Jester]

Saw these available for pre-order on Govmint.com

Nice looking bullion as always...

[Scuzzle]

I thought they would have got rid of the chipwood wallpaper on the obverse and went with the chainmail look they gave the 2oz Queens Beast Unicorn.

[649tom]

35 minutes ago, Scuzzle said:

I thought they would have got rid of the chipwood wallpaper on the obverse and went with the chainmail look they gave the 2oz Queens Beast Unicorn.

I thought the same. Strange....

[Pete]

I remember the days of papering walls with chip wood to cover the cracks. Our Mint is probably doing the same but covering the scuffs that would stand out if a polished blank.

[KDave]

I have just stripped an entire house of the woodchip stuff, its an utter b*stad to get off. A bit like RM milk spots. I will probably get some of these and just refuse to look at the queens head side, pretend it doesn't exist, just like I do with the queens portrait on Canadian mint coins. Both the woodchip background and the RMC choice of portrait are an insult to her majesty's grace 

 

[Jay2]

3 hours ago, KDave said:

the RMC choice of portrait are an insult to her majesty's grace

Is that the one on the back of the Maple? It looks like Beavis & Butthead..

[aztecstargazer]

When I looked at the pre-sale photo on APMEX, the finish was the same as the QB Unicorn, with that dot pattern.

[KDave]

6 hours ago, Jay2 said:

Is that the one on the back of the Maple? It looks like Beavis & Butthead..

That's the one, it is shocking. 

[Pipers]

I am still of the opinion Britannia coins should be made from Britannia silver, not 999, all my older coins are good quality! 

 

[silverking1]

i though i saw one on atkinsons bullion with the chainmail design, i may be wrong, i will look again.

[silverking1]

i have checked, atkinsons has the chainmail design on their 2018 britannia, it looks much better than the 2017.

[STONE]

That's odd, on JM bullions website they are showing this design. Now that's three different versions.

 

[STONE]

This is from Atkinson's website, I like this one the best.

[Jay2]

So which design actually got minted? Could these variations be promo art before they went to press with one?

[SilverB]

On the Royal mints website they arent using the chipwood design, looks like some sellers have just reused old images??

[kimchi]

On 10/31/2017 at 20:38, KDave said:

I have just stripped an entire house of the woodchip stuff, its an utter b*stad to get off. A bit like RM milk spots. I will probably get some of these and just refuse to look at the queens head side, pretend it doesn't exist, just like I do with the queens portrait on Canadian mint coins. Both the woodchip background and the RMC choice of portrait are an insult to her majesty's grace 

 

Just you wait, I bet woodchip becomes super-fashionable again in the next year or two and folk will be putting it up in their houses at great expense post-haste Well at least that's my hope, along with avocado baths coming back into vogue, and new research saying lead piping is actually really healthy for your drinking water, will save me one hell of a renovation job

Bib - I think the opposite - queen Lizardbreath's effigy is an absolutely affront to woodchip, silver, and portraits in general!

[KDave]

Lol I hope not, I hate the woodchip stuff. I have smashed the old iron avocado bath to pieces with a sledgehammer too it was one of the most satisfying things I have done. Rang like a dam bell. 

 

[JunkBond]

1 hour ago, kimchi said:

 

Bib - I think the opposite - queen Lizardbreath's effigy is an absolutely affront to woodchip, silver, and portraits in general!

Ahh, I am not the only one that thinks she looks like a bloke then!

[kimchi]

17 minutes ago, JunkBond said:

Ahh, I am not the only one that thinks she looks like a bloke then!

An affront to blokes too we now have!!!