886 range of jewellery from the Royal Mint

[Bixley]

I have just received an email from the Royal Mint giving me a link to their new jewellery range. I idly clicked on the link despite having no interest in jewellery. Amongst other things there are for sale some silver pendants at £245. The pendants I would estimate as being around one ounce in weight and the chains being perhaps a couple of ounces. Nice money if you can get it!

[Petra]

50 minutes ago, Bixley said:

I have just received an email from the Royal Mint giving me a link to their new jewellery range. I idly clicked on the link despite having no interest in jewellery. Amongst other things there are for sale some silver pendants at £245. The pendants I would estimate as being around one ounce in weight and the chains being perhaps a couple of ounces. Nice money if you can get it!

That’s why the only jewellery you stack is inherited jewellery!😁🤔

[flyingveepixie]

1 hour ago, Bixley said:

I have just received an email from the Royal Mint giving me a link to their new jewellery range. I idly clicked on the link despite having no interest in jewellery. Amongst other things there are for sale some silver pendants at £245. The pendants I would estimate as being around one ounce in weight and the chains being perhaps a couple of ounces. Nice money if you can get it!

Yeah I got that email too.  I had a quick look and then binned it.

[LawrenceChard]

2 hours ago, Bixley said:

886 range of jewellery from the Royal Mint

I have just received an email from the Royal Mint giving me a link to their new jewellery range. I idly clicked on the link despite having no interest in jewellery. Amongst other things there are for sale some silver pendants at £245. The pendants I would estimate as being around one ounce in weight and the chains being perhaps a couple of ounces. Nice money if you can get it!

Perhaps "886" denotes 886% mark up or premium?

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[Bruce06]

Their customer service is as disappointed as other Royal Mint services...i asked a simple question about bracelet size through email, but not a single reply after a week

[ant1882]

Jewellery in general always has a massive premium above the PM value and work involved in making it.

Ask any person on the street roughly what the price of gold & silver is and most won't have a clue.

[Essendie]

886 is the most uninspiring collection I've ever seen & wildly overpriced for no reason.

Their 'trace chain' is £195, but you can get a simple silver chain like that from Tiffanys for £95.
When Tiffanys is the cheap option for something so basic there is something badly wrong with your pricing.
For Jewellery I think Tiffs has more gift/resale appeal than the Mint anyway.
Try telling someone The Mint do jewellery & nobody cares.
Everyone has heard of the 'blue box'.

I like more minimalist, timeless styles, but they have to have 'something' about them.
None of that has anything appealing about it at all.

Edited to add, or less than £20 from Argos!

Edited November 7, 2022 by Essendie