Royal Mint 100g Silver Bar - Is this supposed to be a hologram?

[IanS]

I'm not nervous of buying on that well known online auction site. It's too easy to use the buyer guarantee and paypal chargebacks etc.

So. I thought I'd give it a go and yep. I think it's a dud.

On the back of the package there's what looks like a hologram with wavy 'The Royal Mint' text. Is this supposed to be a hologram that moves when you tilt it? Mine's static. Just looks like it's printed.

 

Thanks

guys.

[Clockpuncher]

Do you have a few photos of the item?

maybe intro yourself in the new members section?

[IanS]

Couple of pictures

 

The thing that worries me is that the wavey writing is backward. I'd understand if that was supposed to be a hologram that switch foreward/backward as the card is tilted. But it's static. I;ve seen pictures where the wavey writing is forward. What's it supposed to? Foreward, backewards, or either is ok? surely anyone capable of making a fake wouldn't make such a simple mistake as put the text in backwards.

[Robda1986]

The only royal mint package I have. Yours dose look suspect to me tbf

[MickB]

Here's mine for comparison that I bought from a forum member recently with the wording reading correctly. 

[IanS]

Does anyone know if the Royal Mint respond to questions about this kind of thing?

I notice they have a page for contacting them about authenticating coins. But would they respond if I sent them a picture of my bar?

I suppose I should try. Worst that could happen is that they don't reply.