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2022 Gold Proof Piedfort Sovereign - Photos


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2022 Gold Proof Piedfort Sovereign - Photos

I saw these late last week, but had to wait for the photos, particularly one of the milled edges:

2022GoldProofPiedfortSovereignElizabethIIPlatinumJubileePoundSterlingCoinSingleUnitedKingdomTheRoyalMintFifthPortraitreversecrop.thumb.jpg.ffd928340fe22702c5e213be699ce5eb.jpg

Normal reverse shot above, and obverse:

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Which was OK, but one with a slight blemish:

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Which is disappointing.

The milled edges:

2022GoldProofPiedfortSovereignElizabethIIPlatinumJubileePoundSterlingCoinSingleUnitedKingdomTheRoyalMintFifthPortraitedgeviewshowingdamagecrop.thumb.jpg.26f57b4c089f86def34f2ed7f62033bc.jpg

These looked very irregular at first glance, and there is a distinct middle "ridge" which makes it look like two collars have been used, and they don't quite meet up in the middle. This can only be seen on the indents, not on the raised "teeth". I was surprised at this.

Lastly, a boxed shot:

2022GoldProofPiedfortSovereignElizabethIIPlatinumJubileePoundSterlingCoinSingleUnitedKingdomTheRoyalMintFifthPortraitreversewithboxcrop.thumb.jpg.47e9994359ac6115df41eee771d914a6.jpg

What does everyone think about the strange milled edge?

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Chards

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1 hour ago, Scootermuppet said:

Does look a bit odd… like they’ve glued two sovereigns together 🤔

Aha!

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36 minutes ago, paulmerton said:

Thanks for the milled edge shots. Interesting indeed. What have previous years looked like?

Other years of piedforts? I don't know for some reason!

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Chards

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2 minutes ago, LawrenceChard said:

I doubt it.

But it does look like the RM production department has fudged it rather.

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It amazes me that they must have machined out the collar like that without realising.

On a tangential note, what did you think of this blooper?

 

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20 hours ago, LawrenceChard said:

2022 Gold Proof Piedfort Sovereign - Photos

I saw these late last week, but had to wait for the photos, particularly one of the milled edges:

on the

Normal reverse shot above, and obverse:

 

Which was OK, but one with a slight blemish:

 

Which is disappointing.

The milled edges:

2022GoldProofPiedfortSovereignElizabethIIPlatinumJubileePoundSterlingCoinSingleUnitedKingdomTheRoyalMintFifthPortraitedgeviewshowingdamagecrop.thumb.jpg.26f57b4c089f86def34f2ed7f62033bc.jpg

These looked very irregular at first glance, and there is a distinct middle "ridge" which makes it look like two collars have been used, and they don't quite meet up in the middle. This can only be seen on the indents, not on the raised "teeth". I was surprised at this.

Lastly, a boxed shot:

 

What does everyone think about the strange milled edge?

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on the top one there seems to be a white curved downward line about the middle.  also on the bottom one on the left hand side above "looked very".  trick of the light or on the capsule?

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17 minutes ago, bluffer said:

on the top one there seems to be a white curved downward line about the middle.  also on the bottom one on the left hand side above "looked very".  trick of the light or on the capsule?

I don't think they were shot in their capsules.

Don't worry though, we didn't stack the coins up on top of each other.

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Chards

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22 hours ago, Stuntman said:

I don't own any piedfort sovereigns and haven't even handled any, but I would suspect that all of them would have similar edge milling to the 2022 example.

Forum members will know!

No.  It's the first time I've seen this.  I've shot quite a few.  Normally I'd do a side view like this to show the added depth of a Piedfort.   Attached is typical of a Piedfort edge

2021elizabethiiGothicCrown10oz500poundsPiedfortGoldProofCoinrevinpresentationboxsideviewcrop.jpg

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2 minutes ago, Stuntman said:

Cheers - good to know.  I wonder why the RM appears to have used two collars on these 2022 coins though?

I don't think they've used two collars. Rather, I expect they have used a single collar that has been designed and then machined incorrectly without anyone noticing/caring.

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Probably correct, sadly.  It's such a shame.
I have yet to receive my 2022 BU quintuple (it's due to arrive tomorrow) and I sincerely hope that it is problem-free.

But having read the recent posts on the other thread, I do worry.

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