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First gold purchase


Rob81

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Evening all,

Just received my first purchase of gold, a 2023 1/2 oz Britannia in a blister pack from the Royal Mint.

Quiet pleased with the purchase until I noticed that the back of the blister pack is for a 1/4 oz coin, the info on the back of the blister pack is incorrect and doesn’t show the whole coin as it’s 1/2 oz!

spoke to the royal mint who confirmed they would email me a returns form for an exchange and never received an email! 
 

Not a great start to my journey. Anyone else had these issues before?

 

Thanks for reading

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It does take the shine off your purchase (no pun intended), but don't be discouraged. Start buying from different sources. It's a shame Royal Mint quality control missed this. I'm sure it'll be rectified. Nice coin though

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6 minutes ago, ZRPMs said:

It does take the shine off your purchase (no pun intended), but don't be discouraged. Start buying from different sources. It's a shame Royal Mint quality control missed this. I'm sure it'll be rectified. Nice coin though

Thanks. Yes, I will be looking at other sources for future purchases too. As it was my first I wanted to it to the Royal Mint :)

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4 minutes ago, SheepStacker said:

I'd keep it personally! A rare (!) error. Could be worth a few quid extra to esoteric collectors.

Binlord it on ebay as a super rare genuine piece of Royal Mint Limited Edition goodness...

Got to be worth a zillion pounds...

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4 minutes ago, SheepStacker said:

I'd keep it personally! A rare (!) error. Could be worth a few quid extra to esoteric collectors.

Straight off the bat - I’m not saying it is.

Would you not be a little worried about people thinking it’s not genuine when it comes to resale?

On the other hand.. If you’re able to show an invoice etc.. then I’m sure you’d could be fine.

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4 minutes ago, codenamedtango said:

Straight off the bat - I’m not saying it is.

Would you not be a little worried about people thinking it’s not genuine when it comes to resale?

On the other hand.. If you’re able to show an invoice etc.. then I’m sure you’d could be fine.

The 2023 has plenty of security features that I don't believe China has defeated yet?

Buy high. Sell low.

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1 minute ago, SheepStacker said:

The 2023 has plenty of security features that I don't believe China has defeated yet?

Yeah, I think that’s a fair point in general. 

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1 minute ago, James32 said:

I'd just take it out of the card and enjoy it for what it is. 

Do you always take them out? I’d thought the blister meant a little more value.

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6 minutes ago, codenamedtango said:

Do you always take them out? I’d thought the blister meant a little more value.

Not at all, tbh I only ever bought the 2022 bullion sovs in blisters this year ( well last year ) 

Other than those I've no interest in blister anything, buy your right the cards will/should add £10-£20 to the value.

It's just in this instance, I would keep instead of the return and wait process. 

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I like to buy the pre-dip dip

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Just now, SheepStacker said:

Not to me. I only buy blister packs when I'm giving PM away as presents.

Interesting. See, I’d probably pay a little bit more. Intrinsically it’s obviously the same either way, but I’d pay for the presentation element of it.

All part of the charm I guess, what someone looks for might not be what someone else does..

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Just now, codenamedtango said:

Interesting. See, I’d probably pay a little bit more. Intrinsically it’s obviously the same either way, but I’d pay for the presentation element of it.

All part of the charm I guess, what someone looks for might not be what someone else does..

Are you buying the gold, or the plastic? ;)

Buy high. Sell low.

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Just now, codenamedtango said:

Interesting. See, I’d probably pay a little bit more. Intrinsically it’s obviously the same either way, but I’d pay for the presentation element of it.

All part of the charm I guess, what someone looks for might not be what someone else does..

One man's ceiling is another man's floor. 

 

I like to buy the pre-dip dip

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2 minutes ago, James32 said:

Not at all, tbh I only ever bought the 2022 bullion sovs in blisters this year ( well last year ) 

Other than those I've no interest in blister anything, buy your right the cards will/should add £20-£20 to the value.

It's just in this instance, I would keep instead of the return and wait process. 

2023 memorial double sovs in blister packs 

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