Something special tomorrow - 10 Queen’s Beasts

[Jeffers46]

Don't know why but I'm really annoyed at the mint for charging £9 delivery on a 2k+ item. Anyone else?

 

Still showing as an open order for me- in fact my account and open orders pages are very buggy and wont load correctly. The menu on the left hand side flashes up and then disappears. Still, I'm confident of receiving one after having been through the same Three Graces angst.

 

And my credit card has been debited woohoo we are in Coinsters 

Edited April 30, 2021 by Jeffers46

[Paul]

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 

[LolRasta]

34 minutes ago, Jeffers46 said:

Don't know why but I'm really annoyed at the mint for charging £9 delivery on a 2k+ item. Anyone else?

 

Still showing as an open order for me- in fact my account and open orders pages are very buggy and wont load correctly. The menu on the left hand side flashes up and then disappears. Still, I'm confident of receiving one after having been through the same Three Graces angst.

 

And my credit card has been debited woohoo we are in Coinsters 

Edited 29 minutes ago by Jeffers46

Yep that's a lot, A little trick I found is if you call the sales team to place the order they can waver the charge on the phone. Just tell them this was promised to you. 

From what the guy said to me you dont need to worry. Fingers crossed 

[LawrenceChard]

19 hours ago, LawrenceChard said:

Their packing and shipping department must have got their finger out, that's impressive.

(We are still beavering through a backlog of deliveries, although doing it in parallel with new orders.)

Five Ounce Gold Proof

I failed to notice this was the 5 ounce version when I uploaded it!

I don't know what time ours got delivered this morning, and we were not the first to post about them, but Dynamic Doug did his usual photo skills for these:

and a cased shot:

We are still working on some silver photos.

Edited April 30, 2021 by LawrenceChard
typo

[LolRasta]

That looks incredible wow 

[LawrenceChard]

1 minute ago, LolRasta said:

That looks incredible wow 

Just wait until the 10 kilo version turns up!

[LawrenceChard]

8 minutes ago, LawrenceChard said:

I don't know what time ours got delivered this morning, and we were not the first to post about them, but Dynamic Doug did his usual photo skills for these:

First one ounce silver proof photos:

and boxed:

Looking quite good!

 

[NewCoins]

Just received the dispatch email for the 5oz silver.  Hoping it arrives tomorrow 👍

[VelociteeSteel]

9 minutes ago, LawrenceChard said:

 

Great photos although to better display the silver coin in the pics, rest the insert holding the coin on the hinge part of the case, it'll show the coin off better.

Photographing the cheaper cases issued by the RM isn't the easiest thing to do as the hinges on the box don't open fully to 90 degrees. It's just a suggestion....

[MikeG1978]

My silver 1oz proof ones turned up and to be fair look amazing no obvious marks either 

Edited April 30, 2021 by MikeG1978

[AuricGoldfinger]

Ahh jelous of the 1oz proof looks amazing! Please @LawrenceChard hook me up!

[Spanishsilver]

12 minutes ago, NewCoins said:

Just received the dispatch email for the 5oz silver.  Hoping it arrives tomorrow 👍

Same 😁

[SemolinaPilchard]

5 minutes ago, VelociteeSteel said:

Great photos although to better display the silver coin in the pics, rest the insert holding the coin on the hinge part of the case, it'll show the coin off better.

Photographing the cheaper cases issued by the RM isn't the easiest thing to do as the hinges on the box don't open fully to 90 degrees. It's just a suggestion....

Good tip - am always looking for more ways to present the coins although for these box shots I think it's more about showing how they look in packaging supplied - raising that tray makes it look a bit padded which may cause confusion for potential buyer.  I frequently get on stepladders or prop the coin up from behind in order to show more of it if I think it's needed - but as we also display top views of reverse and obverse not sure it's really needed.  I will give it a try though.  Thanks.

Forgive the username - it seemed funny at the time

Doug

 

[GoldenGriffin]

Very, very nice coins.

Seeing them in the "digital flesh" is making me seriously think about the 2 oz gold now.

RM have done a really cracking job on these.

Let's see what money I can find down the sofa 🤣

[VelociteeSteel]

17 minutes ago, SemolinaPilchard said:

Good tip - am always looking for more ways to present the coins although for these box shots I think it's more about showing how they look in packaging supplied - raising that tray makes it look a bit padded which may cause confusion for potential buyer.  I frequently get on stepladders or prop the coin up from behind in order to show more of it if I think it's needed - but as we also display top views of reverse and obverse not sure it's really needed.  I will give it a try though.  Thanks.

Forgive the username - it seemed funny at the time

Doug

 

I have to say, i never knew it was so difficult to photograph coins until i had to sell a few.....how tall are your stepladders and would they help improve my photos. 🤣

[SemolinaPilchard]

4 minutes ago, VelociteeSteel said:

I have to say, i never knew it was so difficult to photograph coins until i had to sell a few.....how tall are your stepladders and would they help improve my photos. 🤣

  6 rungs - about 5 feet - though rarely top step used.

Will they improve your pics?  Well that's the elusive thing that we all search for isn't it....the next gadget to aid photographers - though I would avoid anything that said "Photographers Step-Ladders" as they will cost an arm and a leg

[LawrenceChard]

33 minutes ago, AuricGoldfinger said:

Ahh jelous of the 1oz proof looks amazing! Please @LawrenceChard hook me up!

Has anybody posted about the 5 ounce gold proof yet?

 

[Paul]

No gold proofs on FleaBay for flipping as yet, which is a surprise (and encouraging!) 

[LolRasta]

9 minutes ago, Paul said:

No gold proofs on FleaBay for flipping as yet, which is a surprise (and encouraging!) 

I guess they where too slow

[LolRasta]

If anyone is interested the 1 kilo gold is for not sold out anymore for £60k +

[AuricGoldfinger]

The 5oz looks amazing

[AurumArgenti]

3 hours ago, Jeffers46 said:

Don't know why but I'm really annoyed at the mint for charging £9 delivery on a 2k+ item. Anyone else?

 

Still showing as an open order for me- in fact my account and open orders pages are very buggy and wont load correctly. The menu on the left hand side flashes up and then disappears. Still, I'm confident of receiving one after having been through the same Three Graces angst.

 

And my credit card has been debited woohoo we are in Coinsters 

It's £5 delivery for the silver 1oz proof that costs £92.50 from the RM! 🤷‍♂️

Edited April 30, 2021 by AurumArgenti

[Zhorro]

On 29/04/2021 at 10:56, Zhorro said:

Well, my nerves are shattered! 

I’ve got to say I did like the look of the completer design and so I decided to try and buy one.  Initially there were 864 people in the Royal Mint’s queue before me and so I did not access the website until 9.01am.  It was then a matter of trying to take in what was still available and what was affordable.  At this point I was interrupted by an email from the CC, but on looking at the attachment they did not seem to have much (their gold coin was sold out and so only the 1oz proof and the BU coins were available) – so back to the Mint’s website.

I managed to get one of the Ten-Ounce silver proofs (limited edition of 125) into my basket and then I entered all my details into the checkout page – after which my bank promptly declined my transaction and said they would be in touch.  A minute later the phone rang and it was the bank’s computerised vetting system.  I managed to prove I existed even though I was beginning to wonder what was the point!  The voice then told me to wait for two minutes before retrying the transaction.  Luckily whilst I was waiting I realised I needed to re-enter my banking details, and after waiting what seemed like a lifetime I pressed the submit button again.

To my astonishment the transaction seemed to go through and I subsequently received an “Order confirmation” email!  Though there was the ominous “please note your order is subject to availability”.  Given the number of cancellations of the “Three Graces” orders, I am not celebrating yet.

Well, it looks as if all the hassle was worth it.  I've just received an email saying my ten ounce silver proof has been despatched. I just hope the quality control is as good as the design!

[NewCoins]

Looks like the 1oz silver are now gone from the Mint at least

[MrB]

Glad I got one of the 1oz silver proofs at least.

Actually looking forwards to the silver bullion version since that's what the rest of my collection is made up of.  

Really need to convince my other half that the gold 1oz bullion is a good idea too. She's not on board yet.