2022 25 Years Of The £2 Two Pound BU Pack Error Coin Missing Privy Mark

[goldhunter]

I ordered 5 of the 2022 25years of the £2 BU packs from the Royal Mint and 4 of the 5 coins do not have the privy mark below the Queen's neck.

Anyone else have this error coin, or do I have the only 4 in existence, I wish?????

 

Edited August 5, 2023 by goldhunter

[Zhorro]

What should it look like?  And what is on the other side of the coin?

Have they just put the wrong version of the coin in the pack?

[goldhunter]

It should look that this image

[margin]

Does yours have the special ‘25’ in the middle on the reverse?

[goldhunter]

18 minutes ago, margin said:

Does yours have the special ‘25’ in the middle on the reverse?

yes it does

[Bruce06]

That's interesting, but with royal mint QC, everything is possible.  If you get 4 out of 5 without privy marks, i think there may be much more than existence of 4.  However, if even return for exchange, i will still keep 1 or 2 for keepsake.

[Divmad]

Another QC issue at the RM.

[goldhunter]

9 hours ago, Bruce06 said:

That's interesting, but with royal mint QC, everything is possible.  If you get 4 out of 5 without privy marks, i think there may be much more than existence of 4.  However, if even return for exchange, i will still keep 1 or 2 for keepsake.

I think I will keep them all, they may be worth more than issue price providing there isn't too many of the errors.

The Royal Mint have obviously used the incorrect obverse die on these coins, it all depends if and when they realize the error as to how many have been minted and sent out.

 

[Zhorro]

6 hours ago, goldhunter said:

I think I will keep them all, they may be worth more than issue price providing there isn't too many of the errors.

The Royal Mint have obviously used the incorrect obverse die on these coins, it all depends if and when they realize the error as to how many have been minted and sent out.

 

There is one on eBay now for £99.

https://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/115880204551?hash=item1afaff9907:g:Gr4AAOSwDcFkziDg&amdata=enc%3AAQAIAAAA8NwcAhNOTCAPPKJCNHzDa%2Bty1Ed0M6VE5XLRJ89mMUiEipYCcz%2FO9rVd%2BWKGB4A%2FgaskBUvVyggRoH4htzzfM6ahvqOc3S2QAGJgWPARjCDk5Cv7YGbWl3DhD6BFifhwnqaKql5ueNI6a83R9vKlPszJD8YT3vq%2Fd5LUWvD1ZCBCQIadoCRjYT2u7%2F5D4iaNTs3gQL8WDrsDVz0EA0EgcXLELFZlXNkOiSHJySTLp1YyWkLkv%2B4FaSiD49L%2BnZB5T5N6DhD%2BMLmTuh%2BtE2Bm8iUuKEchSRMRiqkX2CSKgGd50I4bBzb%2FI3f0x2Ol09d3eQ%3D%3D|tkp%3ABk9SR7jU8by5Yg

Why not write to the RM?  Ask them whether they know about these errors and how they could have come about.  It is always nice to get official documentation about these types of error.

[goldhunter]

16 hours ago, Zhorro said:

There is one on eBay now for £99.

https://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/115880204551?hash=item1afaff9907:g:Gr4AAOSwDcFkziDg&amdata=enc%3AAQAIAAAA8NwcAhNOTCAPPKJCNHzDa%2Bty1Ed0M6VE5XLRJ89mMUiEipYCcz%2FO9rVd%2BWKGB4A%2FgaskBUvVyggRoH4htzzfM6ahvqOc3S2QAGJgWPARjCDk5Cv7YGbWl3DhD6BFifhwnqaKql5ueNI6a83R9vKlPszJD8YT3vq%2Fd5LUWvD1ZCBCQIadoCRjYT2u7%2F5D4iaNTs3gQL8WDrsDVz0EA0EgcXLELFZlXNkOiSHJySTLp1YyWkLkv%2B4FaSiD49L%2BnZB5T5N6DhD%2BMLmTuh%2BtE2Bm8iUuKEchSRMRiqkX2CSKgGd50I4bBzb%2FI3f0x2Ol09d3eQ%3D%3D|tkp%3ABk9SR7jU8by5Yg

Why not write to the RM?  Ask them whether they know about these errors and how they could have come about.  It is always nice to get official documentation about these types of error.

I will contact the mint about this error, thanks

 

[goldhunter]

Received this reply from the Royal Mint regarding the error coins with the missing privy mark.

"Thank you for your email.

Thank you for bringing this to our attention. This should not have happened, and we understand your frustration with receiving a product that is not up to our usual standards.

To issue a replacement order, please return the flawed product back to us. Please follow our returns process as seen on our website at the below link."

I took receipt of another 5 coins today from the Royal Mint and they are all missing the privy mark.

So I now have 9 out of 10 coins with the missing privy mark, so not a rare error unfortunately.

 

 

[Zhorro]

1 hour ago, goldhunter said:

Received this reply from the Royal Mint regarding the error coins with the missing privy mark.

"Thank you for your email.

Thank you for bringing this to our attention. This should not have happened, and we understand your frustration with receiving a product that is not up to our usual standards.

To issue a replacement order, please return the flawed product back to us. Please follow our returns process as seen on our website at the below link."

I took receipt of another 5 coins today from the Royal Mint and they are all missing the privy mark.

So I now have 9 out of 10 coins with the missing privy mark, so not a rare error unfortunately.

 

 

Maybe you should send one or two of the error coins back in order to get the rare correct coin!

[Divmad]

Have you found any more with the privy mark missing?

[goldhunter]

On 14/08/2023 at 16:46, Divmad said:

Have you found any more with the privy mark missing?

No just the 9 out of 10 that I ordered direct from the Royal Mint.

Least they got one correct so one should not be too critical. lol

 

[goldhunter]

Ordered another 10 which arrived today, to my amazement they all have the privy mark, which they are supposed to have.Well done  RM . 

[TeaTime]

I have a bunch of the '50 years of the fifty pence' BU coins without the privy mark (4 with and 4 without)- in this case a Spirograph type privy that should be next to the 50.

Initially i thought i had picked up a rare profit making opportunity, but i wouldn't be surprised if this was a common mistake for the RM 😐 

For this to happen (on the fifty pence) they must have separate dies, some with the privy and some without. Makes you wonder why they would produce dies without it when it is part of the design. The two pound coin i can understand because it's a standard obverse but the fifty pence has 'new pence' substituted for 'fifty pence' and is unique to this coin.

 

[Bruce06]

18 hours ago, TeaTime said:

I have a bunch of the '50 years of the fifty pence' BU coins without the privy mark (4 with and 4 without)- in this case a Spirograph type privy that should be next to the 50.

Initially i thought i had picked up a rare profit making opportunity, but i wouldn't be surprised if this was a common mistake for the RM 😐 

For this to happen (on the fifty pence) they must have separate dies, some with the privy and some without. Makes you wonder why they would produce dies without it when it is part of the design. The two pound coin i can understand because it's a standard obverse but the fifty pence has 'new pence' substituted for 'fifty pence' and is unique to this coin.

 

We all won't understand how RM is operating and managing in view of its ongoing quality issue.

[Divmad]

Surprised there hasn't been any more mention of this error coin, or examples showing up for sale here or on E Bay.

[SidS]

Id hazard a guess that the non privy mark is a die used to strike circulation coins. One or other type (with or without) could be sought after in future... Hard to know which yet thought. I'd hang onto them.

[goldhunter]

Some have been graded by NGC

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