New coins coming soon.

[paulmerton]

5 minutes ago, westminstrel said:

Yup. As Paul says, it’s the 2009 Kew Gardens released for circulation that has one of the lowest mintages of circulation coins.

 

It's crazy isn't it. The mintage was 210,000, which seems like a large number - but compared with the rest I guess it isn't, and the relatively low mintage is exacerbated by people keeping hold of them when they find one, thus making them even rarer in the wild. You'd be extremely lucky to find one today even if you sifted through dozens of big bags of 50ps from a bank.

Here's an eBay auction for a circulated one that sold for £160, which seems even crazier when you can get uncirculated ones for less! https://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/Kew-Gardens-50p-Original-Genuine-Circulated-great-condition-2009-Rare-/403222335467

[Bruce06]

Yes, it is super crazy for 2009 Kew Gardens, and you can't get 1 in major auction with less than 100 pounds plus premium.

For 1992 EU, it's with even less mintage, but price is much less than Kew. 

[AndrewSL76]

3 hours ago, Altitudes said:

For anyone interested the lunar edge Britannia from Trial of the Pyx is available again.

https://www.royalmint.com/our-coins/events/trial-of-the-pyx/Britannia-Lunar-Edge-Year-of-the-Pig-2019-UK-1oz-Silver-Bullion-Coin/

Wow - it is STILL available! I guess because it does not show on the website - you can only really see it by clicking that link! 

[AndrewSL76]

2 hours ago, westminstrel said:

@Altitudes

Yup. As Paul says, it’s the 2009 Kew Gardens released for circulation that has one of the lowest mintages of circulation coins.

Strangely (or maybe shrewdly!) the RM released a silver proof version again in 2019, and I guess people just automatically got on the Kew Gardens bandwagon thinking it would become sought after too. In reality, the 2019 silver proof Kew Gardens is no rarer than any other RM silver proof coin. 

A 2019 PF70 sold in the recent coin cabinet auction for £675.00 too. 

A.

[westminstrel]

47 minutes ago, AndrewSL76 said:

A 2019 PF70 sold in the recent coin cabinet auction for £675.00 too. 

A.

Yes, similar price as a PF70 Queen’s Beasts 2oz Completer silver proof.

I guess all I was saying is the 2019 Kew Gardens silver proof is not particularly rare compared to other silver proofs - it’s just desirable to those who collect 50ps.

Edited October 14, 2021 by westminstrel

[DarkChameleon]

7 hours ago, Altitudes said:

For anyone interested the lunar edge Britannia from Trial of the Pyx is available again.

https://www.royalmint.com/our-coins/events/trial-of-the-pyx/Britannia-Lunar-Edge-Year-of-the-Pig-2019-UK-1oz-Silver-Bullion-Coin/

Are they producing an older britannia now?, are they adjusting the mint on 2019 brits so they can make more?, is that even legal?

[paulmerton]

2 minutes ago, DarkChameleon said:

Are they producing an older britannia now?, are they adjusting the mint on 2019 brits so they can make more?, is that even legal?

As it says on that page: "A 2019-dated silver coin that was inspected at the 2020 Trial of the Pyx"

See https://www.royalmint.com/our-coins/events/trial-of-the-pyx/ for more information about that process.

[daca]

2021 Cook Islands - Starfish

Gold 1 oz and 1/10

Silver 1oz, 1/4 and 1/10

2021 DC Comics - Green Lantern Logo Proof

 

Edited October 16, 2021 by daca

[daca]

2021 South Africa Big Five II  Elephant

5 Oz - Proof - Mintage 500 Silver / 50 for gold

1 kilo - Proof - Mintage 100 Silver / 10 for gold

 

 

2022 South Africa - Krugerrand proof (release date 20.10.2021)

 

2 Oz - Mintage 400

1 Oz - Mintage 1000

 

Edited October 17, 2021 by daca

[MrStacker]

Would've been cool if the 2021 DC Comics Green Lantern Logo Proof coin had a feature where the logo could illuminate in the dark. 😆

[CollectorNo1]

36 minutes ago, MrStacker said:

Would've been cool if the 2021 DC Comics Green Lantern Logo Proof coin had a feature where the logo could illuminate in the dark. 😆

I'm 50/50 on that 🤔

[Bullionaire]

New snowman coin on the RM website at 9am this morning. Can't see it mentioned anywhere on the SF. 

[Zhorro]

34 minutes ago, Bullionaire said:

New snowman coin on the RM website at 9am this morning. Can't see it mentioned anywhere on the SF. 

I guess Christmas is getting earlier each year!

[Zhorro]

Is this the Snowman 2021 design?

https://coinhunter.co.uk/50p/the-snowman/brilliant-uncirculated/

[paulmerton]

12 minutes ago, Zhorro said:

Is this the Snowman 2021 design?

https://coinhunter.co.uk/50p/the-snowman/brilliant-uncirculated/

Yes

[paulmerton]

£2.99 here if you don't want the coloured version or fancy presentation pack 😝 https://uk.thekoinclub.com/products/unpackaged-the-snowman-2021-50p-brilliant-uncirculated-coin

[Slam]

Snowman minty piggy bank for £150 without security lock, now thats taking the ****, RM milking it for sure, at least have a lock on it, lol.

[paulmerton]

Topically, I hadn't realised @LawrenceChard's favourite word was a registered trademark of the royal mint 🤫

https://www.trademarkelite.com/uk/trademark/trademark-detail/UK00003376718/MINTY

[LawrenceChard]

1 hour ago, Slam said:

RM milking it for sure

Not more milk!😎

[Happypanda88]

1 hour ago, LawrenceChard said:

Not more milk!😎

RM has been milking so much recently, it has created an overspill onto their silver bullions causing milk spots ! 😅

[kimchi]

Great stuff, always love the snowman!

Does anyone know when he gold proof 50ps went up to £1065? Is this the first release at that price?

[CollectorNo1]

29 minutes ago, kimchi said:

Great stuff, always love the snowman!

Does anyone know when he gold proof 50ps went up to £1065? Is this the first release at that price?

Go on to Westminster coins..they are asking £1250.00 and they get them from the RM....😳😳😳😳😲

[kimchi]

1 hour ago, CollectorNo1 said:

Go on to Westminster coins..they are asking £1250.00 and they get them from the RM....😳😳😳😳😲

That's the 'collector' price for some of these more desirable gold 50ps (in PF70 or FDC) imo, but not at release! I get that these are very limited and largely only for the 'money no object' crowd now we're onto issue 4 of an uncirculated coin but it's a lot...

The last time I looked at one from the Mint I believe it was something like £995, so wonder when new releases broke the £1k mark - ?

[paulmerton]

Those types of gold proofs just don't appeal to me - I think it's the weird salmon pink copper colour! If they added a bit of silver to make it a bit yellower, or just made them 24-karat gold, I think they would look a lot nicer (although I probably still wouldn't buy one!)

[Zhorro]

1 hour ago, kimchi said:

Great stuff, always love the snowman!

Does anyone know when he gold proof 50ps went up to £1065? Is this the first release at that price?

I think it was last year when the price of gold hit the record high.  I am sure the Decimal Day gold 50p was about £1,150 (and the SOTD was about £1,250 - still in stock at the Royal Mint for £1,285!), and then prices came down for new releases to the current £1,065.