2017 Britannia with privy

[Smoggy]

I have been looking at Britannia's tonight and noticed that in 2017 there was a commemorative coin with a privy 
I'm looking at these as my next collection of coins
Is it worth collecting both the 2017 or just go for the one with the privy?

[Silverclown]

2 hours ago, Smoggy said:

I have been looking at Britannia's tonight and noticed that in 2017 there was a commemorative coin with a privy 
I'm looking at these as my next collection of coins
Is it worth collecting both the 2017 or just go for the one with the privy?

How many you getting of each?

if I was collecting Brit runs then I would get both:)

[Coolrico]

Apologies for my stupidity as i'm new to all of this but what is a privy?

[Smoggy]

I am also new to this but I believe that it is an additional marking to the normal coin and the mintage is lower

I'm sure someone will correct me if I'm wrong

 

[Au79]

2017 Britannia 30th Anniversary 1 oz Gold Coin

Mintage 7000

[Au79]

2017 Britannia 20th Anniversary 1 oz Silver Coin

Mintage 120,000

[musketsmoke]

If you're privy to something, you've been let in on a secret or know about something that most people don't. ... The adjective privy comes from the Latin privatus, meaning “private,” and describes someone who has knowledge of secret or confidential information.

[Nortypeter]

5 hours ago, Smoggy said:

I am also new to this but I believe that it is an additional marking to the normal coin and the mintage is lower

I'm sure someone will correct me if I'm wrong

 

until I got interested in coins,i always believed the privy was a kind of polite word for the toilet / loo.

one learns a lot on this forum ☺️

[kimchi]

19 hours ago, Smoggy said:

I have been looking at Britannia's tonight and noticed that in 2017 there was a commemorative coin with a privy 
I'm looking at these as my next collection of coins
Is it worth collecting both the 2017 or just go for the one with the privy?

As a 'collector' (to some extent, I don't see them commanding a great deal of extra premium in the future, I just like to have a date run, but for this 'set' it is really not necessary imo) of the recent (post 2013 - change to 9999s fine) bullion Britannias I wouldn't say there is much to be gained from 'collecting' these.

I got the privy I think (would have to visit a secure location to check) - it was pretty 'meh' for me. I would have loved an oriental border, but that ship has sailed for now imvho as the spot price for gold has risen so much, I didn't even think it was worth the premium at the time - I would just have loved to own one though (such a nice coin but it is bullion, so we absolutely have to consider spot price imvho).

Better to pick up the proof gold fractional Brits like my buddy @Oystonousted has been wisely doing. They are different designs usually to the bullion and can be picked up reasonably quite often I believe

 

[kimchi]

14 minutes ago, Nortypeter said:

until I got interested in coins,i always believed the privy was a kind of polite word for the toilet / loo.

one learns a lot on this forum ☺️

Charles has someone who wipes his bottom for him after he has been on the loo, you were not as far off as you might think