RM lunar new year coins question

[Sc391]

Is there any significance to these coins being dated 2023 yet still bearing the portrait of the late queen?  The mint has been careful of every new issue, yet continues to sell these.  Just seems a bit incongruous to me.  Thanks for your thoughts

[Stuntman]

Not really.

I think it is/was a case of if the dies for the 2023 coin had already been produced prior to The Queen's death, the coins themselves would be minted because it was thought to be less wasteful regarding the dies and materials.

This has meant that there are quite a few coin designs with a 2023 date and QEII on the obverse.  So none of them will have particularly high premiums on them in future (in my opinion) because there will be plenty of supply of them.

As I've said previously on the Forum, personally I don't want to own a 2023-dated coin with QEII on the obverse, but I can see the appeal to others.

Edited December 3, 2022 by Stuntman

[BullionBuyerUK]

3 hours ago, Sc391 said:

Is there any significance to these coins being dated 2023 yet still bearing the portrait of the late queen?  The mint has been careful of every new issue, yet continues to sell these.  Just seems a bit incongruous to me.  Thanks for your thoughts

I believe the lunar coin was the last coin actually released whilst the queen was still alive. So technically, the lunar rabbit is the final coin under Queen Elizabeth. Will that matter in the future? Probably not