Wallace & Gromit (50p?)

[GoodAsGold]

On 29/09/2019 at 21:13, danmc82 said:

Whos had the email? I suppose I'll have to add this to my collection. 

 

What coin did you eventually settle for @danmc82 ? The BU?

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[danmc82]

8 hours ago, GoodAsGold said:

What coin did you eventually settle for @danmc82 ? The BU?

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I went for the Proof (SIlver) and the BU. Managed to get it slightly Cheaper at the Coin Connection. Only bought one SIlver proof as I know these arnt for Flipping short term. I buy these for their aesthetic qualities 😄

I think the BU will do ok long term as they're not going into circualtion so got a few of them. I still havent received mine yet though. Did you get one yourself?

[GoodAsGold]

5 hours ago, danmc82 said:

Did you get one yourself?

Yes, like yourself I bought 1 silver proof which is for my adult daughter as well as just the 2 BU. 1 of the BU will be a gift for a cousin's daughter who collects circulated 50 pences when waitressing part-time (she's at Uni). She'll have a nice surprise when she gets it along with the BU Grufallo 1, both in their presentation packs. She wouldn't pick these up waitressing, that's for sure. I'd like to encourage her with her starter collection and develop her hobby if she wishes. I'll keep the remaining BU as the coin is not going into circulation.

You're right to joke about the aesthetic qualities of the Wallace and Gromit. It gives the appearance of only being silver proof on the obverse whilst having a W+G sticker on the reverse. There's no polished fields on the reverse whatsoever. How on earth do they grade that? Cheers Dan.

 

 

 

[danmc82]

35 minutes ago, GoodAsGold said:

Yes, like yourself I bought 1 silver proof which is for my adult daughter as well as just the 2 BU. 1 of the BU will be a gift for a cousin's daughter who collects circulated 50 pences when waitressing part-time (she's at Uni). She'll have a nice surprise when she gets it along with the BU Grufallo 1, both in their presentation packs. She wouldn't pick these up waitressing, that's for sure. I'd like to encourage her with her starter collection and develop her hobby if she wishes. I'll keep the remaining BU as the coin is not going into circulation.

You're right to joke about the aesthetic qualities of the Wallace and Gromit. It gives the appearance of only being silver proof on the obverse whilst having a W+G sticker on the reverse. There's no polished fields on the reverse whatsoever. How on earth do they grade that? Cheers Dan.

 

 

 

Its good to hear you have a few in the family that collect coins. Even if only BU at the moment.

Grading is something I wont/dont bother with unless Silver Panda's. I like coins in their original packaging if possible.

Bring on the Sowman 2.

[AurumArgenti]

I received my W & G coin's today and I'm well chuffed with them. 👌 Nice packaging and great design of the gold coin in particular.👍

[danmc82]

1 minute ago, AurumArgenti said:

I received my W & G coin's today and I'm well chuffed with them. 👌 Nice packaging and great design of the gold coin in particular.👍

Where did you order from? I'm still waiting for mine.

[AurumArgenti]

The coin connection.

[danmc82]

2 minutes ago, AurumArgenti said:

The coin connection.

Same here. I had the dispatched email yesterday so expected today. Probably be tomorrow now.

[AurumArgenti]

2 minutes ago, danmc82 said:

Same here. I had the dispatched email yesterday so expected today. Probably be tomorrow now.

There should be a tracking number in the email?

[danmc82]

Just now, AurumArgenti said:

There should be a tracking number in the email?

No tracking number, just an order number. Cant remember ever seeing a tracking number from CC. Maybe I didnt spend enough 😁

[AurumArgenti]

2 minutes ago, danmc82 said:

No tracking number, just an order number. Cant remember ever seeing a tracking number from CC. Maybe I didnt spend enough 😁

Mind you, my coin's were delivered by gold carriage Drawn by unicorns. 😂

[danmc82]

Just now, AurumArgenti said:

Mind you, my coin's were delivered by gold carriage Drawn by unicorns. 😂

Wow, you must have spent over 150 quid to get that 😂

Mine will arrive, tied to an infected rats tail.

[kimchi]

9 minutes ago, AurumArgenti said:

Mind you, my coin's were delivered by gold carriage Drawn by unicorns. 😂

You might get a nasty surprise come midnight

[AurumArgenti]

Ouch...😟 A gold Wallace and gromet 50p just sold for £805 on eBay.

https://rover.ebay.com/rover/0/0/0?mpre=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.ebay.co.uk%2Fulk%2Fitm%2F324006694499

If the seller honours the sale, which is another matter completely. Many seller's just ignore the payment and messages and let PayPal refund the buyer.

[danmc82]

On 15/12/2019 at 22:02, AurumArgenti said:

Ouch...😟 A gold Wallace and gromet 50p just sold for £805 on eBay.

https://rover.ebay.com/rover/0/0/0?mpre=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.ebay.co.uk%2Fulk%2Fitm%2F324006694499

If the seller honours the sale, which is another matter completely. Many seller's just ignore the payment and messages and let PayPal refund the buyer.

Unless the Seller managed to buy at discount so they may have even made a profit.

I'd be pretty annoyed though if I was the buyer and the seller didnt honour the sale. I've seen plenty of that over the years.

[AurumArgenti]

It was just speculation on my part and probably unfair. I wouldn't sell my gold W&G for that price that's for sure. I guess that's the chance you take on a auction setting.

It just goes to show the 50p market is over saturated at the minute. 

Personally I really like the W&G coins and hopefully in a year or two the market will bounce back if the Royal mint backs off with the 50ps for a bit.

£980 for a gold  is the very upper limit unless there's a rise in the spot price.

[danmc82]

1 hour ago, AurumArgenti said:

It was just speculation on my part and probably unfair. I wouldn't sell my gold W&G for that price that's for sure. I guess that's the chance you take on a auction setting.

It just goes to show the 50p market is over saturated at the minute. 

Personally I really like the W&G coins and hopefully in a year or two the market will bounce back if the Royal mint backs off with the 50ps for a bit.

£980 for a gold  is the very upper limit unless there's a rise in the spot price.

Agreed, I also like the W&G design, although I didnt get the Gold, just the Silver.

You'd like to think, in 5-10 years theres a profit to be had on both metal varities.

[AurumArgenti]

1 minute ago, danmc82 said:

Agreed, I also like the W&G design, although I didnt get the Gold, just the Silver.

You'd like to think, in 5-10 years theres a profit to be had on both metal varities.

I'd like to think so.👍

[AurumArgenti]

Another gold just sold for £950.

https://rover.ebay.com/rover/0/0/0?mpre=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.ebay.co.uk%2Fulk%2Fitm%2F352912204914

Onwards and upwards. 🙂

[RoughDog]

That's a strange looking colour for 22K.  I would hope it looks more gold like in real life.

[AurumArgenti]

5 minutes ago, RoughDog said:

That's a strange looking colour for 22K.  I would hope it looks more gold like in real life.

They are nice looking coins in the flesh.