Recycled 2021 Silver Penny from the Royal Mint

[Zhorro]

I spotted this on the Royal Mint's website:

• Made from 100% recycled 925 sterling silver and finished to Brilliant Uncirculated standard
• Featuring a special privy mark

https://www.royalmint.com/gifts/by-occasion/recycled-silver-penny/

But yet again it is something on the website which states "Email when back in stock"!  Has it really been released???

[matt1r]

Don’t quote me but I could of swore I got an email about this a couple of weeks back and they were in stock…

[Zhorro]

It would be interesting to know what they were melting down to make these recycled pennies.

[matt1r]

13 minutes ago, Zhorro said:

It would be interesting to know what they were melting down to make these recycled pennies.

All the milk spotted proofs 😂

[SidS]

Why the portcullis design and not the dissected shield?

[Zhorro]

4 minutes ago, SidS said:

Why the portcullis design and not the dissected shield?

For some reason the Royal Mint uses the portcullis design on these "Celebration" pennies.  Below is a 2019 example of this type of penny.

[SidS]

Maybe they've decided they don't like the shield designs anymore? Maybe the portcullis stands alone as a design better?

Thought I'd seen the back of the insipid Ironside designs, the Britannia 50p was the only decent one really, and that was based on previous designs tbh.

Edited September 27, 2021 by SidS

[Zhorro]

2 minutes ago, SidS said:

Maybe they've decided they don't like the shield designs anymore? Maybe the portcullis stands alone as a design better?

Thought I'd seen the back of the insipid Ironside designs, the Britannia 50p was the only decent one really, and that was based on previous designs tbh.

I think it is probably due to marketing - collectors are more likely to buy them if they are distinctive.  I am not sure how many members of the public would be queuing up to buy a celebratory silver penny for £32.50 (see below Silver Penny commemorating the birth of a baby).  The Recycled Silver Penny is the same design, but it has the addition of a privy mark.

[SilverJacks]

I seem to remember this recycle penny costing £20 few weeks ago, unless my memory fails me.

[kena]

Here is the link to the £20 one - https://www.royalmint.com/gifts/by-occasion/recycled-silver-penny/

[Zhorro]

18 hours ago, kena said:

Here is the link to the £20 one - https://www.royalmint.com/gifts/by-occasion/recycled-silver-penny/

Thank you.  I have just received an email from the Royal Mint to say they are in stock - only 18 hours after your post!  I have now placed an order.

[kena]

Please let us know what you think of the silver penny once you have received it.

I did not consider buying once since I thought it was overpriced since it is only 3.56g while the the £20 coins like the Welsh Dragon were 15.71g (which it looks like they have stopped making).

[TeaTime]

I bought one and i like it !

To be honest i bought it because of the privy mark and the date on the reverse - i have a few silver pennies from year sets.

I wish the RM would disclose what it used to be, it would add a bit of a character to the coin. It arrived in BU condition with no milk spots !

[Zhorro]

I've just worked out that the special privy mark on this recycled silver coin is a Wind Turbine:

[Stuntman]

It's nearly a radiation hazard symbol 😉.

Definitely makes you wonder exactly what they were recycling!

[Stuntman]

On 27/09/2021 at 10:22, SidS said:

Maybe they've decided they don't like the shield designs anymore? Maybe the portcullis stands alone as a design better?

Thought I'd seen the back of the insipid Ironside designs, the Britannia 50p was the only decent one really, and that was based on previous designs tbh.

It would be a strange world if we all liked the same things - but I really like the 10p design in its original size with the big Lion on it.

A few years ago I sought out an Uncirculated example from my birth year, which only cost me about 50p I think from memory, from a reputable coin dealer.  I love it!

Edited September 29, 2021 by Stuntman
Unc rather than BU. Although it perhaps is BU. Anyway, cheap as chips because they minted hundreds of millions of them!

[SidS]

I will confess I like the lion design the best after the 50p. It's the 1/2p, 1p that are the worst. Followed by the 5p and 2p. It's not that they're awful, just there's so much blank space around them.

I heartily agree that it wouldn't do for us all to like the same, but I love the fragmented shield design, especially the 5p, it makes an awful coin almost cool.

[Stuntman]

I like the concept behind the fragmented shield design, and I agree with you about the 5p.

It slightly reminds me of those long cross silver pennies back in medieval times 🙂

[SidS]

Just now, Stuntman said:

It slightly reminds me of those long cross silver pennies back in medieval times 

You know I think you've hit the nail on the head, I never knew what it was I liked about it, but yes I can see that!

[Zhorro]

On 28/09/2021 at 11:53, kena said:

Please let us know what you think of the silver penny once you have received it.

I did not consider buying once since I thought it was overpriced since it is only 3.56g while the the £20 coins like the Welsh Dragon were 15.71g (which it looks like they have stopped making).

The penny has arrived and I have shown it under the "Today I received..." as I thought more people would see it there.  Sadly it does not give any details relating to the source of the recycled silver.

[Zhorro]

The RM looks to have sold out of this item (again?).  They can't be making many at a time - surely such a stop-start production process can't be very envirnomentally friendly!

[Zhorro]

Back in stock, but delivery is early November.  I've just spoken to someone at the Royal Mint (my online payment was rejected!) and I said that this item seemed to be in and out of stock, he replied that they were being made in batches to match up with orders.

[sjhdesmond]

On 29/09/2021 at 20:39, Stuntman said:

It's nearly a radiation hazard symbol 😉.

Definitely makes you wonder exactly what they were recycling!

To me it looks more like the hippie symbol for CND Ban the Bomb... So the opposite?

[TeaTime]

Hmm, if they are making them to order i may get another. Historically every coin i have ever bought from the RM that was minted to order has shot up in value... Obviously this is assuming they don't get 50,000 orders !