Royal Mint - Myths and Legends - King Arthur 2023 Proof Range

[westminstrel]

Who saw this coming? 😏

https://www.royalmint.com/myths-and-legends/commemorative/king-arthur/

 

Available from 9 am today, Monday 20 February 2023.

[GoldDiggerDave]

Looks like the have used the same surface  animation as the bullion coins…..

no word of a lie the Bullion Tudor beast are way nicer on the eye than the proof version £1000 more. 

[westminstrel]

13 minutes ago, GoldDiggerDave said:

no word of a lie the Bullion Tudor beast are way nicer on the eye than the proof version £1000 more. 

Oh that’s interesting. I’ve only been collecting the 1 Oz silver reverse proofs, but I might eventually try and get a 1 Oz bullion example of each beast in silver to go with my set.

I’m just saving for the Coronation onslaught right now. 😅

[paulmerton]

I'm expecting there to be a £5 bunc option too.

Yet more coin oddities, in that the currently available bullion versions with the same date and reverse design have the queen on them.

[Zhorro]

23 minutes ago, paulmerton said:

I'm expecting there to be a £5 bunc option too.

Yes there is.

No queue at 9.03am.

[Shinus73]

1 hour ago, Zhorro said:

Yes there is.

No queue at 9.03am.

I think this sneaked up on people.

[James32]

They could of easily used this effort to release the next beast? Nooo let's milk old ground..

[paulmerton]

Surely this is a misprice!

[paulmerton]

Interesting that the graded version has a privy mark on it that the regular proof coin does not!

[paulmerton]

Well this is a plot twist....

https://www.royalmint.com/myths-and-legends/commemorative/king-arthur/register-your-interest/

"A limited-edition Privy marked Graded and Slabbed gold and silver Proof range with be available soon celebrating the mythical king Arthur.

Available in extremely limited numbers, the coin features a special privy mark in the form of a Celtic Trinity Knot, whilst David Lawrence, the artist behind its legendary reverse design, has signed certain editions.

NGC, one of the world’s leading coin graders, has independently, graded, slabbed, and certified the coins. Official royal Mint labels guarantee the authenticity of each coin in the range."

[Zhorro]

41 minutes ago, Shinus73 said:

I think this sneaked up on people.

Or lack of interest!

[Zhorro]

4 minutes ago, paulmerton said:

Well this is a plot twist....

https://www.royalmint.com/myths-and-legends/commemorative/king-arthur/register-your-interest/

"A limited-edition Privy marked Graded and Slabbed gold and silver Proof range with be available soon celebrating the mythical king Arthur.

Available in extremely limited numbers, the coin features a special privy mark in the form of a Celtic Trinity Knot, whilst David Lawrence, the artist behind its legendary reverse design, has signed certain editions.

NGC, one of the world’s leading coin graders, has independently, graded, slabbed, and certified the coins. Official royal Mint labels guarantee the authenticity of each coin in the range."

If I had bought one of the proofs at 9am, I would be a bit upset to now find out that these "limited edition" Privy proofs would soon be available!

[SidS]

It looks like the mint are trying to break a record.

So far Elizabeth II holds the record for the most used image of a monarch on coinage. Seems they want to churn out the Charles III ones. At this rate they'll be half way there by 2026. 😁

[Chrisplym]

35 minutes ago, paulmerton said:

Surely this is a misprice!

Hi Paul. Do you have a link please? Thank you.

[westminstrel]

35 minutes ago, paulmerton said:

Surely this is a misprice!

I don’t see this listed anywhere  🤔 

[paulmerton]

1 minute ago, Chrisplym said:

Hi Paul. Do you have a link please? Thank you.

 

Just now, westminstrel said:

I don’t see this listed anywhere  🤔 

It looks like it's be taken off the site now, but the register your interest page is still there.

https://www.royalmint.com/myths-and-legends/commemorative/king-arthur/register-your-interest/

[Chrisplym]

Ok. Thanks Paul.

[westminstrel]

How is 500 extremely limited mintage? 😀

[paulmerton]

How much would you expect the PF 70 privy version to be? I'd love one if it's 95 quid, but I suspect it won't be!

[SidS]

14 minutes ago, westminstrel said:

How is 500 extremely limited mintage? 😀

They're gonna melt 490 of them down. They're the unsold ones.

[Shinus73]

24 minutes ago, westminstrel said:

How is 500 extremely limited mintage? 😀

It's very low for a 1 oz silver proof from the Royal Mint, that size has a lot of collectors, although the additional 2500 non-privy versions dilute the exclusivity a bit.

[westminstrel]

4 minutes ago, Shinus73 said:

It's very low for a 1 oz silver proof from the Royal Mint, that size has a lot of collectors, although the additional 2500 non-privy versions dilute the exclusivity a bit.

That makes sense, thanks. 

[ak74]

42 minutes ago, Chrisplym said:

Hi Paul. Do you have a link please? Thank you.

https://www.royalmint.com/myths-and-legends/commemorative/king-arthur/myths-and-legends-king-arthur-2023-1oz-silver-proof-coin-fr-signed-by-the-artist/

https://www.royalmint.com/myths-and-legends/commemorative/king-arthur/

[paulmerton]

For the one with the privy mark:

Maximum Coin Mintage	1010

Interesting!

[westminstrel]

13 minutes ago, ak74 said:

https://www.royalmint.com/myths-and-legends/commemorative/king-arthur/myths-and-legends-king-arthur-2023-1oz-silver-proof-coin-fr-signed-by-the-artist/

https://www.royalmint.com/myths-and-legends/commemorative/king-arthur/

 

3 minutes ago, paulmerton said:

For the one with the privy mark:

Maximum Coin Mintage	1010

Interesting!

I just saw this and thought the same thing. Assuming 10 are for the Trial of the Pyx, what’s up with the remaining 500? 🤔