Royal Mint - Great Engravers 2021 - Gothic Crown information

[FlorinCollector]

@CollectorNo1 and their silver at a loss 😉

[MancunianStacker]

I hear they will be sold in sets of two (both sides)

[Foster88]

7 hours ago, CollectorNo1 said:

Do you know of anyone who wants to buy a kidney or liver..only way I'm going to afford them...🙄🙄😄 or I could stand on the street corner but don't think I'll get much..

You never know, flutter those eyelashes, you might be onto a winner....

Edited October 2, 2021 by Foster88

[Foster88]

6 hours ago, CollectorNo1 said:

So from today until whenever they release the coins..everyone is going to be selling their souls..family members and their bodies ,preparing for that Monday morning mayhem...🤣🤣 God bless us,everyone.....

That's if you’re lucky. I was ‘invited’ to be emailed by RM on the release of The Three Graces.

On the day, nothing. I saw that they’d been released that afternoon through this great forum and obviously they’d all sold out.

[NewCoins]

16 hours ago, westminstrel said:

I was scouring the Gazette and came upon these details.

https://www.thegazette.co.uk/notice/3892788
 

Gold Proof

- 10 kg

- 5 kg

- 1 kg

- 5 oz

- 2 oz 

- 10 oz piedfort (this is a new variation!)

Silver Proof

- 2 kg

- 1 kg

- 5 oz

- 2 oz

- 10 oz piedfort (this is a new variation!)

Design

For the obverse impression Our effigy with the inscription “· ELIZABETH II · D · G · REG · F · D · 5 POUNDS ·” and the date of the year, and for the reverse either:

(a) a portrait of Queen Victoria accompanied by the inscription “VICTORIA DEI GRATIA BRITANNIAR : REG : F : D ·”; or

(b) a depiction of the crowned shields of England, Scotland and Ireland accompanied by the inscription “TUEATUR UNITA DEUS ANNO DOM” accompanied by the date of the year in Roman numerals.

The coin shall have a grained edge.

And so the panic begins 🤮

[Frenchie]

9 hours ago, MancunianStacker said:

I hear they will be sold in sets of two (both sides)

Is anyone interested by the 10 kg gold dumbbells coins set ? 😁

 

Edited October 2, 2021 by Frenchie

[AndrewSL76]

Can I suggest that the @westminstrelchanges the title to this thread? I keep thinking they have just received the set with a details grade!!! Maybe ‘information’ better!! 🤣🤣🤣

[jultorsk]

^^ Seconded, that's stuff of nightmares and traumatising! 🙀😅😂

[westminstrel]

8 minutes ago, AndrewSL76 said:

Can I suggest that the @westminstrelchanges the title to this thread? I keep thinking they have just received the set with a details grade!!! Maybe ‘information’ better!! 🤣🤣🤣

 

5 minutes ago, jultorsk said:

^^ Seconded, that's stuff of nightmares and traumatising! 🙀😅😂

All done my friends.  I didn’t intend to traumatise y’all. ☺️

[AndrewSL76]

I was only joking, cheers anyway!!! 🤣🤣🤣

[AgAuEire]

Subscribed

[CollectorNo1]

On 02/10/2021 at 03:12, Foster88 said:

That's if you’re lucky. I was ‘invited’ to be emailed by RM on the release of The Three Graces.

On the day, nothing. I saw that they’d been released that afternoon through this great forum and obviously they’d all sold out.

I know..happened to me..registered my interest and no notification. Although I have had notifications in the past, guess its the luck of the draw! 🙄

[Zhorro]

8 minutes ago, CollectorNo1 said:

I know..happened to me..registered my interest and no notification. Although I have had notifications in the past, guess its the luck of the draw! 🙄

They are normally quite good at notifying people - two hours after a coin has sold out!

[CollectorNo1]

47 minutes ago, Zhorro said:

They are normally quite good at notifying people - two hours after a coin has sold out!

Ain't that the truth..😬

[Foster88]

2 hours ago, Zhorro said:

They are normally quite good at notifying people - two hours after a coin has sold out!

Exactly, if I’m honest, they couldn’t organise a p**s up in a brewery. 🙄

[GoldDiggerDave]

Been keeping some powder dry for this one!

[sovereignsteve]

Thanks for that, I've now got good 'old Henery in my head "Nothing beats the great smell of Brut"

[dikefalos]

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Edited October 4, 2021 by dikefalos

[dikefalos]

57 minutes ago, GoldDiggerDave said:

Been keeping some powder dry for this one!

And some other stuff for my credit card as well

[CollectorNo1]

I've stocked up on these....😥

[westminstrel]

I wonder if the two Gothic Crown coins will be spaced out as a “continuity series” like the Tudor Beasts given how much the two coins will cost, especially for the larger denominations.

[ArgentSmith]

Im a bit confused, this is the next coin of the Great Engraver series isn't it? The way I read the proclamation the next release will be one or the other of two designs described.🤔

[westminstrel]

On 20/10/2021 at 09:56, ArgentSmith said:

Im a bit confused, this is the next coin of the Great Engraver series isn't it? The way I read the proclamation the next release will be one or the other of two designs described.🤔

It is both designs - one will have the QV Gothic Crown portrait on the reverse and the QEII effigy on the obverse, while the other will have the shield design on the reverse and the QEII effigy on the obverse.

They’ve just written the proclamation with the obverse described once.  It is common practice I’ve seen them use when the obverse is same and the reverses differ for the same range or series of coins.  They use the “or” but I thing that is to avoid it reading like the reverse will have more than one design on the same coin. 

[AndrewSL76]

Whilst we are waiting for the Royal Mint to issue the 2021 Gothic Crown, I thought it would be nice to show the 1847 alongside the Alderney. Also gives me an opportunity to very proudly confirm I have finally managed to get a Gothic Crown. Probably just in time before the prices go crazy.

What do you guys think of the effort from Alderney? I think they did well. The only real difference is the alignment and I wonder if the Royal Mint will follow the 1847 or Alderney in that respect?

 

[AndrewSL76]

On 19/10/2021 at 23:56, ArgentSmith said:

Im a bit confused, this is the next coin of the Great Engraver series isn't it? The way I read the proclamation the next release will be one or the other of two designs described.🤔

As @westminstrel has said, it’s both. Look at the release from Alderney: