Gazette Proclamation - £5 Mary Seacole

[westminstrel]

For the obverse impression Our effigy with the inscription “· CHARLES III · D · G · REX · F · D · 5 POUNDS ·” and the date of the year,

and for the reverse a depiction of Mary Seacole set against a background of the Union flag and the inscription “MARY SEACOLE”. The coin shall have a plain edge and in incuse letters the inscription “· THE ONE WHO NURSED HER SICK”, save for the cupro-nickel coin which shall have a grained edge.

https://www.thegazette.co.uk/notice/4371879

[sixgun]

She ran an upmarket café in the Crimea - she was never a nurse. This is blackwashing of our history. More Leftist BS. Sickening. 
 

 

[Zhorro]

The Mary Seacole £5 coins were released yesterday - not that many people seem interested!  New coin overload.

[westminstrel]

I get that they want to honour people annually (and probably tick a box somewhere too), but they should probably just release such coins as circulation coins.

I suppose these could end up being rare in retrospect as I don’t see there being a huge market for them.

I wonder if one way the RM crops their losses is by having dealers forced to accept quotas of every release (meaning they can’t pick and choose?), so any losses really get passed on to dealers? 🤷🏻‍♂️ 

[MBTPSilver]

No, fortunately we dealers can pick and choose, I know of a few dealers who passed up on this coin. The market is too overloaded, and this coin in particular (no offence to the lady in question) just isn't going to grab attention.

[westminstrel]

29 minutes ago, MBTPSilver said:

No, fortunately we dealers can pick and choose, I know of a few dealers who passed up on this coin. The market is too overloaded, and this coin in particular (no offence to the lady in question) just isn't going to grab attention.

Oh thanks for clarifying that. I always thought dealers had to be “all in”.