closed Honey Error only 8 known

[artalien]

Auction starts now ends Wednesday 05/04/23 2100 bids at 2101 void. UK only (sorry). SD post inc with winning bid. Minimum £1 increments. Starting price £100.

Edited April 5, 2023 by artalien
increased number known by 1

[dicker]

101

[artalien]

Thanks sir 👍

[artalien]

Music to bid by:

 

[artalien]

Status update on day 2 of this 5 day auction: @dicker has the lead with £101. There are 3 potential snipers lurking in the undergrowth. Thanks to everyone for playing.

[artalien]

For balance:

 

[SilverCalum]

Can I ask a couple of questions about the coin:

What is known about the honeycomb error coin? How was the error caused?

Is the RM aware of it? 

 

[artalien]

2 hours ago, SilverCalum said:

hat is known about the honeycomb error coin? How was the error caused?

Here is a thread about it Callum:

 

2 hours ago, SilverCalum said:

s the RM aware of it? 

I contacted the mint and they told me that since I did not buy the coin directly from them they could not verify the coin was genuine.

I had 2 one sold on ebay for £200 the other I had to cancel the sale there as it was bought by an American who wanted it shipped to the USA. This despite listing it on ebay for UK delivery only.

Thanks for your interest Callum. I bought the coins on TSF.

[Solachesis]

11 minutes ago, artalien said:

İ contacted the mint and they told me that since I did not buy the coin directly from them they could not verify the coin was genuine.

What a stupid cop out by them, what's the point of all those 'groundbreaking' security features if it doesn't even convince the mint they are real? 

[sovereignsteve]

1 hour ago, artalien said:

as it was bought by an American who wanted it shipped to the USA. This despite listing it on ebay for UK delivery only.

Stick them on with Ebay GSP enabled. Overseas buyers can't buy them without using the GSP and you just have to send them to the GSP depot in the midlands. Costs slightly more in Ebay fees though, but not much if you are on a 80% offer.

1 hour ago, artalien said:

I bought the coins on TSF

Someone on here kicking themselves then!

[artalien]

9 minutes ago, sovereignsteve said:

Someone on here kicking themselves then!

As a forum legend ( @James32) once posted, worry not about the potholes behind you but the ones in front  😉

[artalien]

There are 8 known not 7, I forgot about the one spoken of in this thread.

I will change the title to reflect my recall.

[artalien]

So the coin for auction has the right specific gravity (ballpark my equipment). Are we to entertain the coin is silver but fake......? Is mint recognition relevant in this case? Why? Plus don't I play banging tunes 😃

Edited April 3, 2023 by artalien

[Solachesis]

5 minutes ago, artalien said:

So the coin for auction has the right specific gravity (ballpark my equipment). Are we to entertain the coin is silver but fake......? Is mint recognition relevant in this case? Why?

Whatchu talkin about fam? Go to sleep 😆 mint likely just doesn't want to acknowledge it's doing a terrible job, but lack of acknowledgement would make it less desirable as it could just be construed as terrible QC

[artalien]

1 minute ago, Solachesis said:

Whatchu talkin about fam?

It's interesting what gives x value. Been watching the mint process on the tube

Edited April 3, 2023 by artalien

[Solachesis]

2 minutes ago, artalien said:

It's interesting what gives x value. Been watching the mint process on the tube

I think when it is acknowledged and then given a specific name by NGC, when graded with the label, it is considered official and it will have its own population, which can be looked up and confirm it's scarcity, if the mint doesn't confirm it, then NGC can't label it as a mint error, and could just grade it as normal and likely just give it a lower grade due to considering it poorly struck 

[artalien]

4 hours ago, Solachesis said:

lack of acknowledgement

I see and I agree somewhat yet do you actually need the mint to tell you your silver is silver

4 hours ago, Solachesis said:

poorly struck

Nope, die clash, struck well by improper die as I understand it.

Edited April 3, 2023 by artalien

[Solachesis]

3 minutes ago, artalien said:

I see and I agree somewhat yet do you actually need the mint to tell you your silver is silver

Nope, die clash, struck well by improper dies as I understand it.

I think it would have been good to have been able to send it to the royal mint so they can verify it and confirm that it is genuine (even though it blatantly would be) and yeah by poor strike I just meant the process in which it was minted was not done correctly resulting in the funky result 

[artalien]

4 minutes ago, Solachesis said:

the royal mint

Well yes, good but they opted out of their own coin - disgrace- apologies to The King but he needs to know 👍

Edited April 3, 2023 by artalien

[Solachesis]

3 minutes ago, artalien said:

Well yes, good but they opted out of their own coin - disgrace-

Yeah they be silly CatFace. Maybe they thought you be wanting to return anything from a tube to a monster box, so used said excuse about not being able to confirm it's genuine to rid themselves of any liability, when in actuality you just wanted acknowledgement and clarity.

Anyway time to go back to sleep

[artalien]

Just now, Solachesis said:

Anyway time to go back to sleep

Just happy to be not working 😃

[artalien]

Status update day 3 of this 5 day auction: causing >

 

[artalien]

Day 4 of 5 all 🤫

[artalien]

Day 5 auction ends 2100 tonight. Only one bid so far. All 🤫

[Zeuk]

On 02/04/2023 at 20:42, artalien said:

 

I contacted the mint and they told me that since I did not buy the coin directly from them they could not verify the coin was genuine.

 

Good job you found another one in a tube that you did buy from them 🤔