Something special tomorrow - 10 Queen’s Beasts

[Chrisplym]

6 hours ago, Paul said:

Mine have arrived - what a stunning design - beautiful - Enjoy  

Well happy to have been so lucky to get these.

Feeling these might be a future classic in the making personally 

These look amazing Paul. You did really well getting two. What magic did you perform to achieve that? I thought the limit was one per customer. 😉

[Paul]

Just now, Chrisplym said:

These look amazing Paul. You did really well getting two. What magic did you perform to achieve that? I thought the limit was one per customer. 😉

i thought it was one only 

ordered x1 at 09.01  and went through no probs

so tried again for another x1 at 09.02 and that went through to !  

no masons handshakes or secret squirrel techniques or shortcuts

nimble quick fingers on the pc keyboard  

[Chrisplym]

1 minute ago, Paul said:

i thought it was one only 

ordered x1 at 09.01  and went through no probs

so tried again for another x1 at 09.02 and that went through to !  

no masons handshakes or secret squirrel techniques or shortcuts

nimble quick fingers on the pc keyboard  

Well done Paul. Great effort!

[foinikas]

Hi all and good luck with this one. I logged in on my pc at 9 on release day and i was like 36th in line. When i got in everything was available, so naturally i went for the 1 oz proof gold. I had my wife next to me trying to get one for her too as we are both collectors 🙂. Whatever i was pressing to put in my cart kept the website crushing sending me on the homepage. My wife actually put the gold 1oz proof in the cart and she was completing the order but for some reason it didn’t go through. After a few minutes of screaming, cold sweat and a bit of crying..
We finally grabbed our phones and logged in from there and managed to both get 1oz gold proof coins! I am not sure if the coins will actually arrive but we are crossing our fingers that our otders wont be cancelled. Everything was sold out in couple of minutes really! We also got the silver 1oz version which i see has also sold out within 24 hours! This coin is one of the most beautiful i have seen and hope to get it soon and add it to my collection soon 🥰

[Beeny1blue]

On 29/04/2021 at 11:32, NewCoins said:

I am 100% certain I saw the 2oz silver on the mints website earlier with a "Register Interest" button. I am sure it was limited to 100. It's not there now, but I imagine at some point...

I was thinking the same. Wasn't sure if I imagined it. It was sold out within seconds. Ended up getting the 5oz

[Alz111]

Missed out on all of them 🥲 the coins look absolutely fantastic 

[Alz111]

Does anyone know when the 2oz billion will be released ? 
I can see the 1oz gold is already for sale. 

[Paul]

Look out look out !! Flippers about 

https://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/133746866627  1oz gold proof 'completer'  @ £4000

https://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/133746839023   1kg silver proof 'completer'  @ £8250

Lets see if anything shifts 

 

[AppleZippoandMetronome]

10 hours ago, Paul said:

Look out look out !! Flippers about 

https://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/133746866627  1oz gold proof 'completer'  @ £4000

https://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/133746839023   1kg silver proof 'completer'  @ £8250

Lets see if anything shifts 

 

Interesting to see they seem to have waited until having them in hand this go around. I was expecting to see this sooner.

[dikefalos]

12 hours ago, Beeny1blue said:

I was thinking the same. Wasn't sure if I imagined it. It was sold out within seconds. Ended up getting the 5oz

You could register your interest for 100 of the 2 OZ Silver. Maybe you got regulations like Australia, that some part of coins in your currency has to stay in UK, or has to be offered in the UK, even if its an exclusive for some kind of foreign dealer.  To avoid this the Perth Mint releases the Tuvalu exlusives of LPM, APMEX.... 

But i have seen the 2 OZ on the RM side one time, a minute later they were gone

[Nicola]

It’s arrived my 5 ounce silver proof and what a beauty it is and very well presented 

[LolRasta]

1 hour ago, AppleZippoandMetronome said:

Look out look out !! Flippers about 

https://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/133746866627  1oz gold proof 'completer'  @ £4000

https://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/133746839023   1kg silver proof 'completer'  @ £8250

Lets see if anything shifts 

Wow the silver is a lot more jesus, 


Is flipping seen as a really bad thing ? 

Edited May 1, 2021 by LolRasta

[LolRasta]

My order is still open, I am sad. Does anyone know if the royal mint close orders over the weekend ? or am having to wait until Monday ?

[richatthecroft]

11 minutes ago, Nicola said:

It’s arrived my 5 ounce silver proof and what a beauty it is and very well presented 

 

Very nice.  Its a lovely coin, but a suggestion:

I've been discussing this release with @Roy and @SilverMike and we can't help but think the Royal Mint missed a trick here, in terms of them engraving the Mary Gillick Portrait on the Reverse.  Its the perfect tie in- Her Majesty's Coronation Beasts and her first Portrait- full circle.

 

@Roy points out that the Royal Mint likely have this in hand- and the coin reissued next year for the Jubilee- resplendent with the Gillick bust!  

 

Anyone adept with Photoshop who might be able to produce a mock up of what it might look like?

[LolRasta]

2 minutes ago, richatthecroft said:

I've been discussing this release with @Roy and @SilverMike and we can't help but think the Royal Mint missed a trick here, in terms of them engraving the Mary Gillick Portrait on the Reverse.  Its the perfect tie in- Her Majesty's Coronation Beasts and her first Portrait- full circle.

That would have been insane. They should have done that

[dikefalos]

33 minutes ago, Nicola said:

It’s arrived my 5 ounce silver proof and what a beauty it is and very well presented 

What a beauty. Can't wait to hold mine in hand. It's my first Beasts Proof.

[Roy]

19 minutes ago, richatthecroft said:

I've been discussing this release with @Roy and @SilverMike and we can't help but think the Royal Mint missed a trick here

@CadmiumGreen was first. But he had had a few whiskeys 🤣

It would make a fantastic coin.

Edited May 1, 2021 by Roy

[Roy]

On 30/04/2021 at 08:37, CadmiumGreen said:

After a couple of whiskey’s, was having a little retrospective on the design. I really like this design compilation to bookend the Queen’s Beasts series and also as a standalone design. It complements well. However, in thinking about the overall design, given the actual Queen’s Beasts presentation at HRH’s coronation on 02 June 1953, I think it would have been a fitting portrayal having the coin’s reverse effigy of Queen Elizabeth II from her 1953 obverse. With the coin’s obverse of her current effigy, as it is. 

[richatthecroft]

7 minutes ago, Roy said:

@CadmiumGreen was first. But he had had a few whiskeys 🤣

It would make a fantastic coin.

Sorry @CadmiumGreen, I missed your post-  you are absolutely right- the 1st Gillick effigy would have been complimentary 👍

[HerefordBullyun]

My 1oz proof arrived today.

Apologies for the photos bad phone and bad user!

Really pleased with it.

Does anyone think I should get it graded? Or just leave it? I'd be interested in the Numastisticians in you lot as I am not one. I normally collect bullion hence the name.

But saw the design I was hooked.

Edited May 1, 2021 by HerefordBullyun

[NewCoins]

I am tempted to get mine graded but unsure yet. I am certainly not a numismatist (I am a beginner so don't listen to me)  but I feel this coin has a real presence, timelessness and historical feel about it. Of course and the striking design.

The NGC have a 45 working day turn around and personally not sure I want to send it away for that amount of time at present.

Waiting for the postman . Get a move on !

[AuricGoldfinger]

My new favourite coin! It’s the bullion if you hadn’t guessed - couldn’t get the proof! Got a silver proof coming soon though!

[HerefordBullyun]

2 minutes ago, AuricGoldfinger said:

My new favourite coin! It’s the bullion if you hadn’t guessed - couldn’t get the proof! Got a silver proof coming soon though!

Still looks lovely regardless wether its bullion or not!

[NewCoins]

17 minutes ago, HerefordBullyun said:

Still looks lovely regardless wether its bullion or not!

I will second that. Mine just arrived 😍

 

[LolRasta]

So Jelly everyone is getting there's and I am still waiting. 

 

26 minutes ago, AuricGoldfinger said:

My new favourite coin! It’s the bullion if you hadn’t guessed - couldn’t get the proof! Got a silver proof coming soon though!

I am thinking of selling the proof 1 once gold when it arrives and get the bullion. As they both look amazing without the 2x price tag for the proof on the spot.

I wonder what other people think in my position