King Charles' love of nature is immortalised as Royal Mint issues eight new coins featuring squirrels, doormice and national flowers

[BLOOMMAN101]

King Charles' love of nature is immortalised as Royal Mint issues eight new coins featuring squirrels, doormice and national flowers
Coins will feature creatures including the red squirrel and the hazel dormouse
They will range from 1p to £2 pieces and will soon appear in people’s change

https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/royals/article-12624203/King-Charles-nature-Royal-Mint-eight-coins.html

 

[Divmad]

Will the new 2023 definitive coins go into general circulation? It's a bit late in the year.

[Petra]

4 minutes ago, Divmad said:

Will the new 2023 definitive coins go into general circulation? It's a bit late in the year.

Coins end of year, notes middle of next year. Be a while till you see any though🤔🤔

[Divmad]

I see the RM website states that "Each reverse design also features an intricate pattern based on His Majesty’s cypher, created especially for these coins – as well as a privy mark that is exclusive to this set."

Does that mean ordinary 2023 definitive coins with this new design won't have the special privy mark, or that in future years there won't be one?

[Petra]

16 minutes ago, Divmad said:

I see the RM website states that "Each reverse design also features an intricate pattern based on His Majesty’s cypher, created especially for these coins – as well as a privy mark that is exclusive to this set."

Does that mean ordinary 2023 definitive coins with this new design won't have the special privy mark, or that in future years there won't be one?

The cypher will be on. The term definitive in this case means that these are the coins as is that will be put into production 

[Divmad]

31 minutes ago, Petra said:

The cypher will be on. The term definitive in this case means that these are the coins as is that will be put into production 

I've read further on the FAQ page of this issue, and it's clear that the privy mark only applies to the 2023 definitive issue.

[HonestMoneyGoldSilver]

Looks like cheap foreign tat to me

Like something France would make

[CoinCupboard]

Went to the mint this morning to try and get some. 

They don't have any in the shop for sale, really disappointing but usual royal mint. Release a coin, but have none to sell. All pre order. 

The bunc coins look quite busy in the left side. The circulation coins will be the same.

The proof coins look a lot better but pretty much guaranteed they will be toned in the first year of purchase. 

[Petra]

Look great😮

[CoinCupboard]

I do quite like the designs on the new definitives myself. Much better than the shield design we have been used to since 2008. 

A nice change for change. 

[marshbag]

I quite like them. Only picking up the BU set though.

[SidS]

They look a lot better in BU than proof! The awful net curtain/ lace table mat look of the proof disappears.

Edited October 14, 2023 by SidS

[CoinCupboard]

Bit of a better picture of the proof set from today. 

[CoinCupboard]

I mentioned this morning while on the tour about the "bird" in the kings ear. 

The tour guide thinks the portrait designer Martin Jennings did it on purpose. As the sign of the kings love for nature. He listens to the birds and the birds listen to him. 

Something like that. 😅

[DavePa]

Hi all,

Has anyone received a BU set yet ? I bought mine at same time as the final QE2 set which came straight away. The RM site then gets confused as to whether they have sent my order depending on how I check. 

RM been too busy sending out spot gold bars and free 50p s ? 😃

[CoinCupboard]

1 hour ago, DavePa said:

Hi all,

Has anyone received a BU set yet ? I bought mine at same time as the final QE2 set which came straight away. The RM site then gets confused as to whether they have sent my order depending on how I check. 

RM been too busy sending out spot gold bars and free 50p s ? 😃

I haven't received any of mine yet. 

I actually ordered a day after release from the Royal Mint gift shop itself. 

I've phoned already and the woman at the shop still managed to mess my order up!

I'll be giving them a phone again to chase up these sets (one for a Christmas present) and my gold bars (one for a birthday present). 

Unbelievable how long they keep your money for before sending things out. 

I very much doubt they will have any new commemorative or definitive 2024 coins ready at the start of the year. Which they should do!  

I was at the royal mint the first day they opened this year and there were no new coins to purchase from the shop. Then down when they released the new definitive coins and couldn't purchase them either. 😅 Crazy way to run a business in my opinion. 

Edited December 5, 2023 by CoinCupboard

[SidS]

With all this in mind, I'm ordering my William V coins now... 😁

[Petra]

I dithered over buying a BU set from the mint and decided not to. Then bought elsewhere for the same price and received within two days of ordering 🤔⛄️

[DavePa]

1 hour ago, Petra said:

I dithered over buying a BU set from the mint and decided not to. Then bought elsewhere for the same price and received within two days of ordering 🤔⛄️

Interesting. That must mean that they had enough to send out to dealers but not direct customers. Thanks RM ...

Glad that I found this place (via @BackyardBullion youtube) instead. Good people, fun experience, fair dealings. 

[DavePa]

1 hour ago, CoinCupboard said:

I haven't received any of mine yet. 

I actually ordered a day after release from the Royal Mint gift shop itself. 

I've phoned already and the woman at the shop still managed to mess my order up!

I'll be giving them a phone again to chase up these sets (one for a Christmas present) and my gold bars (one for a birthday present). 

Unbelievable how long they keep your money for before sending things out. 

I very much doubt they will have any new commemorative or definitive 2024 coins ready at the start of the year. Which they should do!  

I was at the royal mint the first day they opened this year and there were no new coins to purchase from the shop. Then down when they released the new definitive coins and couldn't purchase them either. 😅 Crazy way to run a business in my opinion. 

They are a bit rubbish. Wish I had joined the 5g / 50p gang now 😗

[BackyardBullion]

2 minutes ago, DavePa said:

Interesting. That must mean that they had enough to send out to dealers but not direct customers. Thanks RM ...

Glad that I found this place (via @BackyardBullion youtube) instead. Good people, fun experience, fair dealings. 

I still don't have mine yet.

[Agaupl]

Sorry to say there dealers in Australia have the BU set in for dispatch now… well at least they say they do. 

[Petra]

3 hours ago, Agaupl said:

Sorry to say there dealers in Australia have the BU set in for dispatch now… well at least they say they do. 

How much is postage?🤔⛄️😁

[Agaupl]

Just now, Petra said:

How much is postage?🤔⛄️😁

🤣 too much even for domestic. 

[DavePa]

Just received my set this morning. Nice coins !